Support To Encourage Low Income Families

Providing home repairs, home rehabilitation, construction to enable home access for the disabled, and financial assistance to prevent eviction, foreclosure, and utility shutoff

SELF helps low-income residents of Butler County maintain self-sufficiency through a combination of employment, education, emergency and personal empowerment assistance. Services include job transportation, job search, interview-quality clothing, educational counseling, construction training, and education-related transportation. SELF also administers an IDA (Individual Development Account) program to enable qualifying individuals to obtain funding for a home, post-secondary education or business start-up costs. SELF provides education and micro loans to individuals who wish to start micro businesses and provides home repairs to low-income homeowners. Through JOBS NOW,SELF provides holistic support to help individuals obtain/maintain employment through a goal-oriented plan, and Getting Ahead classes assist in developing life skills necessary to escape poverty.