Learning Disaster - Teaching Repairs

There is no end in sight for the need of skilled individuals to work in the residential home construction industry.  What our vocational participants learn on the job repairing a disaster survivors home will last them a life time.

Despite this continuous and constant need for skilled labor, across all trades it is becoming harder to find willing participants. ROAD continues to seek partnerships with new organizations that can help provide the individuals willing to learn how to install a roof, hang drywall, lay flooring, etc.  There is not an element of home repair and renovation that we do not encounter in working with disaster surviving family.

As homes continue to be built and age, likewise disasters continue to create damages, both of which need skilled trades workers to meet the need. ROAD continues to provide both.

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Just this month ROAD has once again created a valuable partnership to move recovery forward.  ROAD has partnered with SBP USA who will provide participants from their state level AmeriCorps program to serve with ROAD for a 10 month cohort making homes home again for disaster survivors with little to no means of recovery on their own.

ROAD will bear a cost share for this labor team in exchange for over 2,000 hours of recovery help per participant.  These participants will serve full time for 10 months making needed repairs to disaster survivors across the state, while learning valuable construction skills for a vocation after their service.  This will put ROAD in the drivers seat of making recovery happen and participants in a position for gainful employment.

Financial support for this labor force is needed as we increase capacity to serve those in need in a shorter time frame than ever before.  Typical recovery has taken 2 1/2 to 3 years to meet the needs for families across the state per disaster.  With your help that time can be cut in half.

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