Family
Self-Sufficiency Program
 Families
who participate in the federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program
are eligible to be part of IHFA'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.
IHFA has a Family Self-Sufficiency video available
for interested persons to view at each branch office. For more
information, call 1-800-458-2791 or contact your local
Branch Office.
Family Self-Sufficiency Program Brochures:
 English
(requires
Acrobat Reader)
Spanish
(requires
Acrobat Reader)
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