Rebuild Upstate

Contact Person: Dayle Stewart, Community Engagement Director

Agency Name or Parent Company: Rebuild Upstate

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Rebuild Upstate

Address: PO Box 8693, Greenville, SC 29604

Email Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: 864-603-2708

Homepage/Website: https://rebuildupstate.org/

Established: 2006

Partnerships: South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments, City of Greenville, Greenville Housing Fund, Greenville County Redevelopment Authority - all contract grantors. Also partner with corporate, church and individual groups for funding and volunteers.

Target Population: low-income owner-occupied homes, seniors, persons living with disabilities and homes with children present

No. of Persons Served/Year: 350

No. of Paid Staff: 11

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)
• Refers to providers (e.g., Home modification program, occupational/physical therapists, funding sources)
• 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...)
• Member of ReFrame Association - national organization for home repair nonprofits.

Funding Source(s):

• Older Americans Act Title IIIB
• Older Americans Act Title IIIE
• 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)
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Special Features: Rebuild Upstate partners with local volunteers to perform critical home repairs and safety/accessibility modifications for low-income homeowners in Anderson, Greenville, Oconee and Pickens Counties of South Carolina.

Total Budget: 1,100,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes