Application

Elijah Family Homes carefully screens its clients and there are stringent rules to which they must commit.  An application with accompanying documents must be completed first.  Upon review and acceptance of the application, rigorous interviews are conducted for further information gathering.  A decision is made and a client is notified of the outcome.

Elijah Family Homes participants must abide by established policies and:

• seek employment or job training
• participate in substance-abuse testing
• attend EFH and recovery meetings.

Application

The top priority of EFH is providing rent subsidies. Rent subsidies for EFH cost an average of $5,000 per family per year. Tenants share rent costs with sliding scale payments.  A second priority for EFH is to offer resources for tenants to have:

• education and employment assistance
• mentors, tutors and role models
• accountability and fiscal responsibility
• mandatory random drug urinalysis tests
• family activities.

In selecting housing, Elijah Family Homes focuses on safety and security.  EFH tenants present a special needs population, including:

• children and parents have experienced trauma
• children are reunited with parent(s) after removal
• parents lack a supportive, family safety net
• families represent multiple generations of poverty, substance abuse, child abuse, domestic violence and poor education.