PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WAITING LIST OPENING AND CLOSING SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHER CHOICE – MAINSTREAM PROGRAM

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COMMUNITY TEAMWORK, INC. ,155 Merrimack Street, 3rd Floor, Lowell, MA 01852

PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE WAITING LIST OPENING AND CLOSING SECTION 8 HOUSING VOUCHER CHOICE – MAINSTREAM PROGRAM

Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI) announces the opening of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Mainstream Program for one week beginning Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 8:30 AM through Wednesday, January 22, 2020 until 7:00 PM. On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 we will begin accepting applications from 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM.

In order to participate in the Mainstream Program the head of household, spouse, co-head, or spouse must be a non-elderly person with a disability.

There is no advantage to being first in line as the waiting list will be established by the above criteria.

To obtain an application you may 1) Visit the offices listed below; 2) Call CTI’s Intake Department at 978-654-5819; 3) Submit a written request that an application be mailed you. CTI will not be responsible for the applicant’s receipt of mailed applications: 4) Visit our web site at www.commteam.org to print a Mainstream Housing application.

Applications will not be sent or accepted by e-mail or FAX. Only one application per household will be accepted. Completed applications must be returned to CTI no later than January 22, 2020 by 7:00 PM or postmarked no later than Wednesday January 22, 2020 by 7:00 PM. No applications will be accepted after that time.  Applications will be accepted without regard to race, color, creed, sex, religion, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin.  Applying for this program will not affect your placement on any other rental assistance or public housing waiting list.

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Mainstream Program APPLICATION

Applications will be distributed at:

Community Teamwork, Inc.

Rental Assistance, 3rd Floor, 155 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852

Open: 8:30AM-5:00PM: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday Open: 8:30AM -7:00PM Wednesdays

The Northeast Independent Living Program, Inc.    

20 Ballard Road, Lawrence, MA 01843

Open: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

Lowell Transitional Living Center

193 Middlesex St., Lowell, MA 01852

Open: 9:00AM-5:00PM: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

 

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Mainstream Program APPLICATION

 

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Community Teamwork Launches Needs Assessment Survey ~ Available online/in print through February 2020

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By NICOLE DEFEUDIS | ndefeudis@lowellsun.com | Lowell Sun

PUBLISHED: January 5, 2020 at 3:09 pm | UPDATED: January 5, 2020 at 3:13 pm

LOWELL — Starting Tuesday, Community Teamwork will once again collect responses from those in Lowell and neighboring towns on issues surrounding poverty.

The community action agency conducts a Community Needs Assessment every three years to guide its programs and services. The last survey, conducted in 2018, spurred two summits and a city task force to address youth homelessness.

This year, CTI hopes to more than triple participation in the survey.

“We have the resources to respond to the needs (of the communities), but we need to know what they are,” CTI Director of Development and Marketing Kathleen Plath said.

Most questions are multiple choice, with the exception of one open-ended response. Community members can submit the survey anonymously, Plath said.

After collecting responses, CTI will compile and analyze the data to form a Community Assessment Report and Strategic Plan, which will be published and released to the public.

“We really use this as a way to really engage the whole community and share what we’re seeing as some of the needs,” Plath said.

CTI will collect responses from those in Lowell, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford.

The agency hopes to achieve as much diversity as possible in the responses, Plath explained. The survey can be accessed online in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Print versions are available in each of those languages, as well as Khmer.

Grants Coordinator Miranda Allan urges those from all participating communities to take the survey.

“What poverty looks like Lowell might be really different to what it look like in Westford, for example,” she said.

Those who complete the survey have the option to enter a raffle for a $100 Visa gift card.

“It’s important at this stage of the game that we get as much feedback … as possible,” Plath said.

The survey can be found at commteam.org. CTI will also disperse print versions to local libraries and municipal buildings.

Organizations that wish to receive print copies can contact Miranda Allan at MAllan@commteam.org.

 

https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/01/05/community-teamwork-launches-needs-assessment-survey