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Community Service for Public Housing Residents
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Under section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, every adult resident of public housing is required to perform eight hours of community service each month, or participate in a self-sufficiency program for at least eight hours each month or a combination of the two totaling eight hours each month (42 USC 1437j). This requirement does not apply to various exempt groups such as elderly persons, certain disabled individuals and others. (24 CFR 960.600-609).
Options for Community Service:
Ask the agency for the volunteer coordinator and let them know you are interested in volunteering at least eight hours a month.
Under section 12 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, every adult resident of public housing is required to perform eight hours of community service each month, or participate in a self-sufficiency program for at least eight hours each month or a combination of the two totaling eight hours each month (42 USC 1437j). This requirement does not apply to various exempt groups such as elderly persons, certain disabled individuals and others. (24 CFR 960.600-609).
Options for Community Service:
- Adult Basic Education: 308-398-7432
- American Red Cross: 308-382-3790
- Angels Care Home Health: 308-589-0170
- Asera Care Hospice: 308-384-1080
- Azria Health: 308-382-5440
- Bickford Cottage Retirement Ctr: 308-384-3800
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters: 308-384-3456
- Boy Scots of Nebraska: 308-382-3717
- Central NE Community Service: 308-385-5500
- Central Nebraska Council on Alcoholism: 308-385-5520
- CHI St. Francis Hospital: 308-384-4600
- City of Grand Island: 308-385-5444
- County House: 308-381-1988
- Edgewood Vista: 308-384-0717
- Goodwill Retail Store-N Webb Road: 308-384-7010
- Goodwill Retail Store-S Locust Street: 308-398-1006
- GRACE Foundation: 308-675-0889
- Grand Island Parks and Recreation: 308-385-5444
- Grand Generation Center: 308-385-5308
- Grand Island Public Schools: 308-385-5900
- Habitat for Humanity: 308-385-5510
- Hall County Extension Office: 308-385-5088
- Head Start: 308-385-5115
- Heartland CASA: 308-385-5125
- Heartland United Way: 308-385-2675
- Hope Harbor: 308-385-5190
- Humane Society: 308-385-5305
- Literacy Council of Grand Island: 308-385-5515
- Meals on Wheels Program: 308-385-5308
- Mosaic: 308-381-1690
- Multicultural Coalition: 308-385-5242
- Orphan Grain Train: 308-675-1388
- Parish Thrift Store: 308-398-3443
- Project Hunger: 308-385-1590
- Salvation Army: 308-382-4855
- Stuhr Museum: 308-385-5316
- Sudanese Center of Grand Island: 308-227-1786
- Tiffany Square: 308-384-2333
- United Veterans Club: 308-381-1555
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center: 308-382-3600
- Voices for Companion Animals: 402-527-8228
- YMCA: 308-395-9622
- Willow Rising: 308-382-8250
Ask the agency for the volunteer coordinator and let them know you are interested in volunteering at least eight hours a month.
- Church
- Nursing home
- Hospital
- School
- Child care center
- Hospice
- Recreation center
- Senior center
- Homeless shelter
- Food bank
- Nonprofit organization
- Caring for children of other residents so they may work or volunteer