Safe at Home

Contact Person: Kristopher Lewis, Executive Director

Agency Name or Parent Company: Rebuilding Together Baton Rouge

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Safe at Home

Address: 4371 Mohican-Prescott Crossover, Baton Rouge, LA 70805

Email Address: info@rtbr.org

Phone Number: 225-960-4700

Homepage/Website: https://www.RTBR.org

Established: 2003

Target Population: Elderly impoverished homeowners, veterans, & individuals with disabilities

No. of Persons Served/Year: 200

No. of Paid Staff: 7

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
• 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):

• Private Pay
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Special Features: Community Care Coordinator that makes. referrals for wrap around services

Total Budget: 600,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes