Student Housing Voucher Program

 

Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority’s Student Housing Voucher Program provides rental assistance for low-income Native students while attending college.

• Students may qualify for up to $1,000.00 per semester, $2,000.00 per year and lifetime maximum of $8,000.00 or 8 semesters.
• Student’s primary residence at time of application must be in a qualifying community such as
  
  Angoon, Craig, Douglas, Juneau, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Skagway, Wrangell or Yakutat
  
  
• Student’s total household income may not exceed 80% Median Family Income (MFI)
• Student must be Alaskan Native or Native American
• Student must attend an accredited university or vocational institution
• Must be a full-time student- minimum of (12) credits; (9) credits for graduate school
• Part-time students- minimum of nine (9) credits – may be eligible for 50% of the maximum assistance
• Minimum GPA for eligibility is 2.0

 

Contact Dawn Wesley HERE with any questions or call (907) 780-6868

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Fax completed application and requested documentation to (907) 780-6895

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

 

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a federally funded program that helps low income households with their home energy bills. The Federal LIHEAP Program serves households with income that fall into the 150% Alaska Poverty level.

The LIHEAP Program provides a one-time benefit to eligible households to assist with home energy heating costs. The amount of the benefit is determined by household income, household size, fuel type, and geographic location.

TO QUALIFY, YOU MUST

• Complete the LIHEAP application.
• Meet income guidelines.
• Assistance may apply to heating or electric bill.
• Depending on which community, non-Native applicants must apply directly through the state of Alaska. (See list below.)

Communities served:
Both Native and Non-Native Households
Angoon, Craig, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Kake, Klawock, Klukwan

Native households only
Douglas, Haines, Juneau, Kasaan, Ketchikan, Pelican, Petersburg, Saxman, Skagway, Tenakee, Wrangell

When can I apply?
Applications for Heating Assistance are accepted November 1 through May 15th of each year. If you are legally disabled or age 60 or older, we will accept your application as early as October 15th. All other applications will begin processing on December 1st. Applications are now available below for download.

How do I know if I will receive Heating Assistance from a tribal organization?
For a list of communities served by tribal organizations go to the State HAP Website HERE
or contact your local tribal organization or the Heating Assistance office. It can delay your benefits if you apply with the wrong organization.
Tribal organizations providing Heating Assistance are:

• Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association - 276-2700
• Association of Village Council Presidents - 543-3521
• Kenaitze Indian Tribe I.R.A. - 283-3633
• Kuskokwim Native Association - 675-4384
• Orutsaramuit Native Council - 543-2608
• Seldovia Indian Tribe - 234-7898
• Tanana Chiefs Conference - 452-8251
• Tlingit - Haida Regional Housing Authority - 780-6868
• Yakutat Tlingit Tribe - 784-3238 ext 235

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THRHA, empowering the people of Southeast Alaska to be
self-sufficient and in turn create self-sustaining communities, one individual at a time.

Financial Literacy Program

• Are you living paycheck to paycheck?
• Do you make the minimum payment on your credit cards?
• Do you have retirement? Savings for child’s college needs?
• Do you feel like you just can’t get ahead?

Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority has put together our first Financial Literacy Program for the people of Southeast Alaska. Financial Skills Specialist, Dawn Wesley,  travels in a mobile classroom style to Angoon, Craig, Douglas, Juneau, Kake, Kasaan, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, Skagway, Wrangell and Yakutat sharing financial strategies to empower the people.

 

Program Activities
Three Phase Financial literacy training

• Phase 1: Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families Curriculum by First Nations Oweesta
• Phase 2: Curriculum specific to the group’s request  i.e., Credit, Investments, retirement
• Phase 3: One on one training with Individuals on credit and budgeting, with the goal being financial stability sufficient for homeownership

Contact Dawn Wesley, Financial Skills Specialist HERE with any questions or call (907) 780-6868

FREE! Income Tax Preparation

Voluntary Income Tax Preparation Initiative

• Need help filing your basic income tax forms for 2012?
• Not sure what deductions you can take advantage of this year?
• Don't have a computer?
• Is this your first time filling out an IRS individual income tax return?
• Want to save some money?

Then come see us on Saturdays! We can help you.

As a part of our Financial Literacy Program, Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority has put together our first Voluntary Income Tax Preparation Initiative and its main offices on Jenkins Drive have become a tax preparation site in partnership with Alaska Legal Services Corporation, University of Alaska Southeast, Alaska USA Mortgage Company, First Nations Development Institute, First Bank and the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Together we are offering free individual income tax preparation for families need assistance or just wanting to save some money.

Every Saturday between now and April 15th, 2013, you can come into our main conference room at 5446 Jenkins Drive in Juneau between the hours of 10:00am and 1:00pm for tax preparation assistance. We are also continuing to offer Financial Education courses so while you're here, be sure and sign up for that as well.

Please note that we do not provide assistance for comprehensive income tax returns, business tax returns or returns involving litigation or ongoing legal action. Call us before you come in if you have any questions about qualifying.

 

 

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Contact Dawn Wesley, Financial Skills Specialist HERE with any questions or call (907) 780-6868

Energy Cents Program
The purpose of THRHA- Energy Conservation Program Energy Cents is to assess the high energy costs experienced by our Southeast communities in: Craig, Douglas, Haines, Hydaburg, Juneau, Kasaan, Ketchikan, Klawock, Petersburg, Saxman, and Wrangell with emphasis in the extremely high energy cost communities of Angoon, Hoonah, Kake, and Yakutat. Our main objective will be to reduce household energy consumption through energy conservation education and installing of energy upgrades.
This project will complete home energy usage assessments and provide energy conservation education and energy use monitoring for 400 single family homes. This program will also host energy fairs in communities that want our support in delivering such an event. These Energy Fairs will be a community driven event supported by THRHA in hopes that by addressing energy issues on a community level will bring awareness to energy conservation education and energy conservation efficiency.
This project is funded through a Tribal Department of Energy grant and is intended to be complimentary to the weatherization program.

 

Project deliverables include but are not limited to:

• 28 crew members (home energy consumption assessors) trained to conduct home energy conservation assessments
• 400 home energy usage assessments completed
• 13 community meetings / Energy Fairs
• 400 tenants and multiple community members receive energy efficiency and energy demand reduction education and training

For any questions or if your community is interested in this program, please contact Tasha McKoy our Energy Conservation Program Coordinator-
by clicking HERE or (907) 780-6868

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