What: Project Home’s Serving Those Who Served Program is a focused initiative to make health and safety related home repairs, accessibility modifications and energy efficiency improvements to the homes of low-to-moderate income veterans and their families. These projects are a helping hand and are an important reinvestment in our community and our service men and women.
For Whom: Honorably discharged Military Veterans who:
- Own their homes
- Are at or below 80% of their County Median Income
- Live in Dane or Green County, WI
Why: With over 16,000 Wisconsin Veterans unemployed and 62,000 disabled (statistics from www.heat4heroes.org), there is a clear need in our state and our community for this program. By making veterans homes’ more accessible, comfortable and affordable, we can improve their quality of life and begin to repay them for their sacrifice.
When: STWS launched in July 2016! Our goal is to continue to build a sustainable program that will be available for veterans who are struggling financially and with their homes.
What We Have: The skills, equipment, training and experience to help veterans stay in their homes
- Project Home staff has done thousands of health and safety home improvement projects.
- Our agency has weatherized over 21,800 homes since 1976
- We have served 150 Veterans, since 2014, through other programs. With STWS, we are expanding our efforts and assisting more area Veterans in need.
What We Need: Continued community support and conversation! In order to sustain this initiative, we need area businesses, organizations and community members to join us in this effort! Local sponsors and donors are what made STWS possible, and they are vital to its continued success!
Please MAKE A DONATION today and talk to veterans (and non-veterans) to help spread the word about our program and how we can help.