Essential Home Repair

Contact Person: Kelly Shepherd, Home Repair Coordinator

Agency Name or Parent Company: SNAP - Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Essential Home Repair

Address: 3102 W Fort George Wright Dr, Spokane, WA 99224

Email Address: repair@snapwa.org

Phone Number: 509-456-7627

Homepage/Website: snapwa.org

Established: 1966

Target Population: low-income

No. of Persons Served/Year: 750

No. of Paid Staff: 5

Services Provided:

• Minor home modifications (e.g., grab bars, raised toilet seats, handheld showers, handrails, lever door handles)
• Major home modifications (e.g., remodel bathrooms, adjust counter/cabinet heights, ramps, elevator/platform or chair lifts, widen doorways, roll-in showers)
• Repairs (e.g., roofing, electrical, carpeting/floors, stair repairs)
• Home assessments
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• Participate in task forces/coalitions or planning activities with other agencies
• Integrate home modification or repairs within existing home and community-based and/or long-term care programs

Funding Source(s):

• Older Americans Act Title IIIB
• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Weatherization Assistance Program/Department of Energy, State Housing Finance Agency (e.g., home modification loan programs)
• Private Pay
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Total Budget: $800,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes