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BHA NewsletterFamily Self -Su ciency & Homeownership Programs

2014 Q1: WIN

FSS & HOP Par cipant Brag Wall: This space is designated for FSS Coordinators to highlight achievements of Family Self -Su ciency andHomeownership par cipants. Keep up all the hard work!

One FSS par cipant recently graduated and used her escrow funds to obtain reliable transporta on. Thishas allowed the client to expand her business. She is now able to serve more clients and has increased her

family’s income.

Another FSS par cipant was re -hired a er being permanently laid o . She was unemployed for severalmonths, but during that me she stayed in touch with her previous supervisor. She con nually told her

supervisor that she was s ll interested in working if any posi ons became available. A new posi onopened up and the FSS par cipant was hired! Persistence pays o !

One FSS par cipant recently purchased a home through Habitat for Humanity. He loves his new home andenjoyed being able to decorate his front porch with lights for the recent holiday season. This par cipantalso successfully nego ated for more hours at his place of employment.

Brag Wall & FSS Note 1

Upcoming Events 1

Homeownership Hub 2

Focus on Finance: FreeCommunity Tax Service

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Education & Workshops 4

Health Hotspot 5

Contact Info 6

Inside this issue:

Upcoming Events:

BHA O ce will be Closed: - January 20 (Mar n Luther King, Jr. Day) - February 17 (Presidents’ Day) - April 18 (Good Friday)

-HAND Home Buyers Club Class: February 1 & 8, 2014from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM at City Hall

-Free Community Tax Service: February 7, 2014from 1:00 PM—5:00 PM at the BHA

-College Goal Sunday: February 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM

at Ivy Tech Community College

Note From a Recent FSS Graduate: “To anyone on the FSS program who is hoping for a bright future I want to encourage you to maintain focus noma er how hard life may seem. I am happy to say that in 2008 I was a single divorced woman hoping for abe er future. While on FSS, I stuck with my employers and nished my AS degree and also earned my cer cateas a dental assistant. I plan to nish my BS and use the funds from my escrow account to either pay on studentloans or as a down payment to buy a home. I would never be where I am today if I wasn’t on the FSS programand also the support I was given from the BHA.”

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Are you interested in Homeownership?

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FSS Coordinators:

Elizabeth Hacker

Phone: 812-339-3491 x 120ehacker@blha.net

Kate Schnabel

Phone: 812-339-3491 x 116kschnabel@blha.net

ROSS Program Coordinator:

Terri Korus

Phone: 812-339-3491 x 115tkorus@blha.net

ROSS Resident Assistant: Debbie Weaver

Phone: 812-339-3491dweaver@blha.net

BHA Service Coordination Staff Contact Information

Spellbound by Emily Brontë

The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.

The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow. And the storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go.

Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes beyond wastes below; But nothing drear can move me; I will not, cannot go.