Current Projects and Grants
Housing Fund of Central Alabama Grant: JCCEO, Shirley Hill, Birmingham, AL 205-320-7023
Grant amount: $25,000
The Housing Fund of Central Alabama awarded a grant in February 2006 to the Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity (JCCEO) to support its Housing Counseling Program.
The Fund’s Grants Officer, Lois Chenier, said the grant is helping to pay a portion of the salaries for the Program Coordinator and the Homeownership Education Specialist. These positions support JCCEO’s Housing Counseling Program, a program designed to provide housing counseling services to low- and moderate-income individuals who are Jefferson County residents. Counseling services are offered first in groups of 15-25 individuals. Those are followed by individual counseling sessions. Housing counselors spend an average of eight hours per client, according to JCCEO.
JCCEO Housing Counseling programs that are supported by the Fund include:
• Default Mortgage and Default Counseling;
• Delinquent Rent; and
• Pre-Purchase
“We’re pleased to be able to offer this grant to JCCEO for its Housing Counseling Program,” said Lois Chenier, Grants Officer for the Fund. “JCCEO has been serving Jefferson County for more than 40 years, and the grant review committee was impressed by the non-profit’s longtime commitment to and positive impact in the community.”
The Fund’s 17-member Capacity Building Advisory Committee (CBAC) recommended approval of the grant to the HECA Board, which approved the grant.
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