Volunteer

Partners in Housing relies heavily on volunteers to provide the many services we deliver to homeless families.

There are currently 65-70 families are in the Partners In Housing (PIH) program with approximately 120 children. Volunteers are an integral part of Partners in Housing assisting with nearly everything our agency does.

You can help out with childcare, office duties, donation room duties, budget counseling, special events, landscaping our homes and much more!

Click here for more information on how you can become involved as a Partners In Housing volunteer!

Take a look at Volunteer Pikes Peak's community-wide, web-based volunteer database.
Volunteer Pikes Peak is a collaborative program of Pikes Peak United Way and the Center for Nonprofit Excellence with the purpose of promoting and facilitating volunteerism in the Pikes Peak Region.
Volunteer Pikes Peak mobilizes our community toward social action and is a key resource for volunteer involvement.  It brings people and the community needs together through a range of programs and services.

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Featured Volunteers
                   

Partners In Housing is proud to showcase our
HomeBuyer Education Seminar volunteers!

The HomeBuyer Education Seminar is a service of Partners In Housing (PIH) provided by volunteer instructors who are professionals in the home buying process. During the seminar, which is free of charge and open to the public, participants receive 6 hours of education, information and training teaching them about the process of purchasing their home and about the resources available in our community.

The volunteers donate approximately 6 hours of instruction per month, plus time spent attending planning meetings throughout the year. Many of our volunteers have been providing these services for over 12 years to approximately 300-400 participants annually.

Through this monthly seminar, the volunteers provide a much needed community service for low-to-moderate income homebuyers. Professionals from the home buying process (lenders, realtors, and home inspectors) volunteer from eight different companies to partner with PIH, HUD and the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) in offering professional homebuyer education once a month to an average of 30 to 35 attendees per class. Most of our volunteers have been involved in this effort since 1997, which was initiated by PIH as a VISTA/AmeriCorp Project.

The target population for the course consists of low-to-moderate income families with limited funds for closing,  public housing residents, Section 8 renters and PIH partners. As a result of taking the workshop at least 40% of the attendees have gone on to apply and be approved for CHFA mortgage loans and approximately 20% have chosen other mortgage products being offered within our community.

Evidence that our volunteers are both effective and productive is reflected in CHFA’s own statistics and those of PIH. In return for the volunteers instructing the workshop, PIH receives a reimbursement per workshop attendee/couple from CHFA that goes to support PIH programs and operations ranging from $5K to $10K annually. These funds are a key part of the PIH strategy to increase internally-generated revenues, thus decreasing reliance on donations and grants.