HomeMy WebLinkAboutFSS Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Information FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY (FSS) PROGRAM
Families who participate in the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program are eligible
to be part of the Office of Housing and Community Development's Family Self-Sufficiency
(FSS) Program. FSS is a voluntary program that helps families become economically
independent. Through this program households learn to set goals that always include
employment and often include home ownership.
FSS Program participants agree, via a five-year contract, to establish and attain specific goals.
The program's goals include assisting families to become free of all forms of state and federal
welfare through employment. FSS Specialists in each branch office meet with household
members to establish goals that might include: employment,job training, education,job search,
money management, credit repair, and home ownership. Working as a team, the family, local
service providers and the FSS Specialists help families identify and eliminate obstacles to self-
sufficiency.
Participants may receive an interest-bearing escrow (savings) account that accrues as their
household's portion of the rent increases because of an increase in earned-income. The tax-free
account is given to the family when they complete their FSS Contract of Participation and are
free of welfare for 12 consecutive months.
For more information about the program, contact the Program Coordinator at (808) 959-4642.
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