What We Do: Resident Services

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

Resident Services Program Focus Areas/Goals

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

Focus Area: Education

Goal: To use education as the foundation for creating and increasing opportunities for our residents.

Focus Area: Financial Literacy

Goal: Increased financial knowledge for our residents will lead to stability and preparation for the future.

a child with a Resident Services coordinatorFocus Area: Children

Goal: By giving children a safe place to socialize and learn, and by giving them opportunities they might not otherwise have had, they will learn to value themselves.

Focus Area: Health

Goal: To help our residents maintain physically and mentally healthy lifestyles.

Resident Services Programs include:

• General Equivalency Diploma 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