Overview
TGHA is excited to announce a new Self-Sufficiency program under the MTW demonstration initiative called STEPS. STEPS stands for Striving Towards Empowerment, Progress, and Self-Sufficiency. This program is mandatory for all non-elderly, non-disabled household members between the ages of 18-61.
The purpose of the STEPS program is to promote the development of local strategies to coordinate the use of Housing Assistance with public and private resources and to enable families eligible to receive assistance under these programs to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency.
The objective of the STEPS Self-Sufficiency Program is to reduce the dependency of low-income families on welfare assistance and on Housing Assistance. Under the STEPS Self-Sufficiency Program, families are provided referrals to community partner agencies to pursue opportunities for education, job training, counseling, and other forms of social service assistance while receiving Housing Assistance so that they may obtain the education, employment, business, and social skills necessary to achieve self-sufficiency.
TGHA Self-Sufficiency staff will be working diligently in the upcoming months to assist with the enrollment process for all families required to participate.