Giving A Hand Up!
Kylie Graham / Johnson County Post
Application:
Important to READ THIS FIRST:
Rebuilding Together’s mission is repairing homes, revitalizing communities and rebuilding lives. To our mission, we provide home repairs and modifications for eligible neighbors in partnership with volunteers, businesses, local government agencies and other community partners. Home improvement services are provided at no cost to the homeowner. While we would like to serve all homeowners who express interest in services, please know that we are often limited by our funding sources, eligibility requirements, service areas and capacity to take on new projects. Incomplete applications may be declined.
Eligibility Requirements:
You must own your home and you must have lived in that home, in Shawnee, Kansas, for the last 10 years.
You must intend to remain in your home for at least 3 years
You must have a current homeowners insurance policy for the property.The total gross income for all residents of your home must be less than $81,040.
What happens after Rebuilding Together receives my application?
When we have received your complete and signed application (including copies of documents) we will notify you within 4-6 weeks if your home will receive an evaluation. You may be contacted by a RTS Board member to schedule a home preview. He/she will come to your home, meet with you to assess the state of your property, and determine the work RTS will perform if your application is accepted by RTS. The preview report will then be reviewed by a Rebuilding Together Shawnee committee that will make a recommendation for a vote of the RTS Board of Directors to either accept or deny the application.
You will be notified within another 4 - 6 weeks of the visit to your home for the home evaluation telling you whether or not your application has been approved by the RTS Board. If your application is accepted we will start trying to match your house with a volunteer group to do the approved repairs from the list of items you have requested on your application.
When you are matched, the leaders of your volunteer group (called House Captains) will contact you in order to organize the work that they will do at your house. They will purchase supplies and plan and facilitate your repairs. House Captains are not Rebuilding Together employees, they are volunteers donating their time to help you; their neighbors.
Note: Regrettably, Rebuilding Together Shawnee does not have enough resources to assist all the eligible homeowners who submit a completed application or to do all repairs requested on the homes we work on.
What Repairs can Rebuilding Together make?
Rebuilding Together Shawnee’s labor is primarily voluntary. When an applicant is selected as a participant, they receive assistance by a group of volunteers to make important repairs that the homeowner needs to their property. Since volunteers do the bulk of the labor, the amount and scope of work that gets done for each project site is up to the capabilities, and energy of the individual volunteers.
Homeowner's Agreement / Waiver
By SUBMITTING your application, you agree: I certify that the information I have provided on this application is accurate and that I own the property at the given address. I have no present intention to move or offer my home for sale. I grant Rebuilding Together Shawnee permission to take or have taken still and moving photographs and films, including television of me, my guests and my home. I consent and authorize Rebuilding Together Shawnee its advertising agencies, news media and any other persons interested in Rebuilding Together, and its works , to use and reproduce the photographs, films and pictures and to circulate and publicize the same by all means including without limiting the generality of the forgoing, newspapers, television media, brochures, pamphlets, internet, instructional materials and books. I confirm that (except for the conditions listed on this application) my home is a safe place for volunteers to work.
If you are not the applicant but know of a neighbor, friend, or family member in need, please fill out the form below so that we can try to help:
If you can not complete this online form for whatever reason, you may print, complete, and mail our paper application form to us. This method will delay our review and approval process. Applications can be dropped off or mailed to: Rebuilding Together Shawnee, 7021 Johnson Drive, Shawnee Mission, KS 66202
Rebuilding Together prohibits discrimination against applicants and homeowners based on any legally protected classification such as race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or family status, age, religion or creed, marital status, disabled veterans status, or any general disability. All qualified applications will be eligible to apply for program services.