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LMH awarded HUD grant to
help families become Self-Sufficient
TOLEDO, January 8, 2021: Lucas
Metropolitan Housing has been awarded a HUD 2021 Family
Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Grant in the amount of $263,400. The
award supports the salaries for 4 FSS Coordinators who will
continue to assist public housing and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)
participants with achieving their self-sufficiency goals.
“Self-sufficiency” is defined as a household’s ability to
maintain financial, housing, and personal/family stability. LMH
assists families with employment, training, post-secondary
education, financial literacy and much more.
The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS)
Program supports the Department of Housing and Urban
Development’s strategic goal of increasing economic opportunity
for HUD-assisted families. FSS Program Coordinators develop
local initiatives to connect participating families to public
and private resources to increase their earned income and
financial empowerment, reduce or eliminate the need for welfare
assistance, and make progress toward economic independence and
self-sufficiency.
“The LMH Housing Choice Voucher
Programs Department is delighted to have received the renewal
grant funding for our Housing Choice Voucher Family
Self-Sufficiency (HCV-FSS) Program. This renewal allows us to
continue aiding our HCV-FSS participants and their families in
successfully achieving the goal of self- and
economic-sufficiency,” stated Shanetta Moye, Vice President of
Housing Choice Voucher Programs.
“We love the Family
Self-Sufficiency Program and the opportunity it gives our
residents to establish an escrow through their earned income.
This grant will allow us to continue seeing the success stories
from our residents and to remain an integral part in their lives
as they take action to change for the better,” said Vivian
Crawford, Interim Vice President of Resident Services.
“Since the initiation of our
Family Self-Sufficiency Program, LMH has proudly watched as 70
participants have graduated and made better lives for themselves
by either improving their level of educational attainment,
improving their credit scores, start saving for a home or by
becoming homeowners,” expressed Joaquin Cintron Vega, LMH
President &CEO. “This grant will help us sustain this program
and help others gain their independence.”
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