Plano Family Self-Sufficiency Program
helps families become financially
independent
Plano is a city north of Dallas in the state of Texas, located mostly
within Collin County. Plano is named for the flat plains of the area.
What is the
Plano Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program?
The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program
is voluntary
program that
helps families become financially
independent and become free from government
assistance.
The program is designed to help participants
meet
their
short
& long term personal, educational,
and professional
goals.
The program will
also
assist
in building a savings
account which is
then given to the participants
upon
successful
graduation.
The
FSS
Program
is
free to join.
Who Can
Participate in the Plano FSS Program?
Any family who has participated
in the House
Choice Voucher Program or has lived in Public Housing through the Plano
Housing Authority for a minimum of 1 year.
Why Should you go Through the FSS program?
The
FSS program will help you find the
services required to become self-sufficient.
They include:
-
1.
Education
-
2.
Life
Skills
-
3.
Budgeting
-
4.
Career
planning
-
5.
Program
Nights
-
6.
Home
Ownership
BEST
of
all, you are financially "rewarded"
for
working hard and increasing your wages!
How Plano FSS Program
Works (Example Scenario)
BEGINNING
-
So at
the
beginning
of
the
FSS
Program your lease
payment
structure
may look like
the
picture above; your rent is $1000/month and Plano Housing Assistance (PHA)
pays $500 and you pay $500.
PROGRESS
- In the future
as
your
earned
income increases,
so
will
your
portion
of lease payments
due
to
government
rules.
Let’s say now you need to pay $800 and PHA pays $200.
SAVINGS
-
However
every
time
your
rent
portion
increases,
a
portion of that
increase
is
now
placed
into
a savings
account
by the
PHA
every month, e.g.,
$150/month.
You
then
receive
the
entire
amount
saved
up when
you
complete
the
FSS
program.
-
Do you want to
truly
be free from being dependent
on government
assistance and not having
control of how long it
will last?
-
Have you been
a member
of the Plano
Housing
Authority or Family Choice
Voucher
Program for at least
one year?
-
Want to take advantage
of FREE
classes
to learn valuable life skills?
-
Want
to be
financially
"rewarded"
for working hard and
increasing
your income?
Consider the Plano Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program!
FSS Program is offered from Plano Texas Housing Authority (PHA)
HOW TO JOIN:
The head
of the
household
enters into a contract
with the PHA. This
contract contains an action plan developed with a PHA staff member that
identifies
the education & employment
goals
of the
participant. It also
outlines
the activities and
services necessary
to achieve this goal.
Plano FSS Program REQUIREMENTS:
Attend quarterly
Life Skills
Meet
with
Program
Complete a Community Become
gainfully
employed
Workshops
Coordinator
every
6 months
Service Project
every year
1.
Attend quarterly
Life Skills
Workshops
2.
Meet
with
Program
Coordinator
every
6 months
3.
Complete a Community Service Project every year
4.
Become gainfully
employed
5.
Attend Program Nights
6.
Become Welfare free 12 months prior to graduation (excluding SNAP
& Housing assistance)
WHAT IF I DON'T FINISH
THE
FSS PROGRAM:
You can continue on your housing assistance
program but your escrow (savings account) is reverted back to the U.
S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Interested in finding out more
about Plano FSS Program?
Please contact:
Rebecca Williams
Plano Housing Authority
1740 Avenue G
Plano, TX 75074
972-423-4928 Ext. 360
rwilliams@planoha.org
Take control of your future today.
Plano
Housing Authority
www.planoha.org
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