Safe at Home

Contact Person: Heather Binder, Executive Director

Agency Name or Parent Company: Rebuilding Together

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Safe at Home

Address: 1 E. Benton St. Suite 307, Aurora, IL 60505

Email Address: heather.binder@rtaurora.org

Phone Number: 630-801-9044

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

Established: 1993

Target Population: Low income homeowners, persons with disabilities

No. of Persons Served/Year: 150

No. of Paid Staff: 4

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)
• 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):

• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Total Budget: 400,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes