What We Do: Resident Services

blood-pressure check at a Merced developmentAt each multi-family community, we provide services to help residents achieve self sufficiency. Services are provided on-site. A Resident Services Coordinator works at each community to bring events, activities, and resources to residents.

Resident Services Program Focus Areas/Goals

Our Focus Areas are Education and Employment, Youth, Health and Financial Literacy. Below are our goal statements for each area:

Focus Area: Education and Employment

Goal: That increased access to educational resources will lead to opportunities for residents to increase their income and general well-being.

Focus Area: Financial Literacy

Goal: That financial knowledge will lead residents to increased financial stability, a more stable financial future, and will help maintain the fiscal viability of the property.

a child with a Resident Services coordinatorFocus Area: Youth

Goal: That children who live at Merced Properties will have access to resources which will help them develop academically, further the properties' quality of life, and increase resident retention.

Focus Area: Health

Goal: That residents will become more physically and mentally healthy and will become more involved in improving the quality of life at the property.

Resident Services Programs include:

• General Equivalency Diploma (GED) Classes and Scholarships
• English as a Second Language
• Computer Classes
• Parenting Classes
• After School Programs
• Senior Activities
• Tutoring
• Referral Services

 

The Resident Services Program can impact residents’ lives in many different ways, for some it may simply help them make it day to day. For others, it empowers them by providing information and links them to resources that they may not have known about.
–Ivy R. Taylor, former Director of Resident Services