Helping Hands Home Modifications

Contact Person: Karla Zervos, Program Manager volunteer

Agency Name or Parent Company: Fairbanks Senior Center-North Star Council on Aging

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Helping Hands Home Modifications

Address: 1424 Moore Street, Fairbanks, AK 99701

Email Address: helpinghands@acsalaska.net

Phone Number: 907-457-4263

Homepage/Website: https://fairbanksseniorcenter.org/programs-services/helping-hands

Established: 2018

Target Population: Seniors & family / service & care providers

No. of Paid Staff: 1

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
• Refers to providers (e.g., Home modification program, occupational/physical therapists, funding sources)
• 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
• Partners with state or local non-profit home modification programs (e.g., Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, etc...)

Funding Source(s):

• Weatherization Assistance Program/Department of Energy, State Housing Finance Agency (e.g., home modification loan programs)
• Private Pay

Special Features: Start-up began with volunteer labor and material reimbursements. Grant funding added in 2020.

Total Budget: $100k

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes