Project Report
| Mar 11, 2025
Houses are forever
By Chad E. Detwiler | President / CEO
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SBP-USA Vocational Team Members
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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Nov 9, 2024
A New Way
By Chad E. Detwiler | President/CEO
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How-To tape & mud
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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How-To hang drywall
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How-To framing
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How-To tool safety
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Jul 12, 2024
Learn Early to Serve
By Chad E. Detwiler | President/CEO
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Roof replacement
NCCC AmeriCorps SW Region team Grizzly 5 is active in Oklahoma on a 6 week service project. These young adults are learning what it means to serve your neighbor as they perform construction tasks for disaster surviving families who have waited over a year for help. Roofing, insulation, drywall, painting, etc. are all tasks the team is learning how to accomplish. Listening to disaster survivors share their story is also part of the task, but also part of the recovery as the families heal through having volunteers provide much needed help.
Disaster survivors in Oklahoma are growing in number after this years border to border tornadoes have wreaked havoc in numerous towns. Volunteers from no skill to high skill are needed and are able to help. Through professional contractor project management any volunteer willing can make a difference in a disaster survivors life. Help is needed, help is in your hands!
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Service Team
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