Jackson County, Missouri Saving Neighborhoods… Changing Lives… One House At A Time!

Jackson County, Missouri

Saving Neighborhoods…

Changing Lives…

One House At A Time!

1 Program – 3 Issues

Job Training

HomelessnessVacant Homes

Vacant Homes – How Many Are There?

No one really knows!

7,000?

12,000?

15,000?

Vacant Homes Come With A High Price Tag

Breeding Grounds

For Crime

Dumping GroundsFor Trash

Driving PropertyValues Down

Costing Tax Dollars

Transforming The House…

… Is Just The Beginning

Avoiding Recidivism 19,000 prisoners are released

from Missouri Correctional facilities each year.

Within 5 years, half are back in prison – most within a year of being released.

65% violating parole or probation are unemployed.

Rehabbing Homes & Lives

Former Inmates Receive

Crucial On-The-Job Training

Providing A Home To Those Who’ve Experienced Homelessness

The Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City “conservatively” estimates there are more than 16,000 homeless people in the metro area.

Homelessness is on therise among families.

One House At A Time…

First Constructing Futures home completed in April 2009.

Home presented to single mom with two daughters, one with special needs.

A Public-Private Partnership (Project 1) Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association

COMBAT

Connections To Success

Arrowhead Contracting

Anderson Windows

Bryan Cave Law Firm

Extended Stay America

Genesis Plumbing

Home Depot

Lance Kaden Plumbing

Lowes

KC Heating & Cooling

Morse Electric

A Second House Changing More Lives

Second Constructing Futures home completedin August 2010.

Presented to a family that had rebounded from being homeless in 2008 with both parents getting jobs and paying debt.

A Public-Private Partnership (Project 2)Vineyard Neighborhood

Association

Constructions To Success

Boan Heating & Cooling

The Builders Association

of Greater Kansas City

Designer’s Choice

Friends of Connections

To Success

Habitat for Human of

Greater Kansas City

The Habitat Restore

Home Depot

Manuel Technical &

Career Center

Jackson County

Parks & Recreation

Jackson County

Public Works

Constructing Futures By Changing Lives

“This programis all about

changing lives.

”Jackson County Executive

Mike Sanders