Program areas at The Road Home Dane County
Housing & hope - provides very affordable apartments owned by The Road Home with full time on-site case management; properties managed by meridian group.
Building futures (formerly known as second chance apartment project)-creates supported housing for young families through collaboration with The ywca madison and rise Wisconsin.
Mvp - The mainstream voucher program is administered by The city of madison community development authority and Dane County housing authority. The Road Home partners with both agencies to provide support services for over 50 families with section 8 mainstream vouchers, allowing them to pay 30% of their income for rent. Each housing authority has different eligibility criteria but in both partnerships, The household needs to include a head of household between 18-61 years old with a disability.
Rapid rehousing for families - a rapid rehousing program, in collaboration with The ywca madison, that uses a progressive engagement approach to rental assistance and support services.
House-ability - housing subsidy and support services for families with an adult with a disability, provided in collaboration with The ywca madison and The salvation army.
The breese apartments - The Road Home partners with stone house development for nine affordable apartments for homeless families in a mixed-income development. Stone house manages The apartments and The Road Home provides supportive case management services.
Housing stabilization - supports formerly homeless families in housing through case management, goal planning, and communication with landlords.
Moving up - provides families who have stabilized and no longer need such intense services with section 8 vouchers, enabling them to move into other rental units where they will continue to receive some supportive services. This opens up permanent supportive housing units for families who are currently homeless.
The heart room - a pilot program that provides six families with opportunities to achieve housing stability long-term. Includes three years of significant rental assistance with flexible and family-driven support and services. A partnership with orchard ridge ucc, joining forces for families (jff), early childhood initiative (eci) and The Road Home.
Rise - in collaboration with The salvation army, The Road Home provides support services to about ten families a year in a new rapid rehousing program, who also receive a rental subsidy and assistance with housing location.
Healing house - provides a safe place for families when someone needs to prepare for or recover from a medical procedure, childbirth, hospitalization or something similar. The eight-bed facility provides clients with three meals a day, child care assistance and case management.
Foundations - provides scatteredsite, permanent supportive housing (housing located throughout The community instead of in one apartment complex) to six families in our community who are chronically homeless. Foundations is primarily funded through hud with The Road Home providing case management and administering The program. Families pay 30% of their income back into The program.
Tailor place - in partnership with stone house development, 10 units of affordable housing for families who have previously been in a rapid rehousing program or permanent supportive housing program, thereby opening space in those programs for families currently experiencing homelessness.
Fair oaks - is a partnership with stone house development, Inc. to provide affordable three-bedroom apartments for larger families who have experienced homelessness. Through united way funding, we will also be partnering with The playing field who is expanded to create a new early learning center on The east side of madison that will serve children living in fair oaks apartments.
Ace - ace apartments on madison's east side were made possible by many partners including The developers at movin' out, Inc. Along with Wisconsin management company and Dane County housing authority. The Road Home staff provides supportive services for 4 families residing at ace apartments who receive assistance with project-based housing vouchers.