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Committees

If you are interested in joining any of these committees, contact the committee chairs at the email addresses or phone provided. Please check the Events and Meetings Calendar for Committee meeting dates and locations.

Building
To coordinate labor, plans, materials and family interests to build the finished product, "a simple, decent house in a decent community for God's people in need."
 
Church Relations
To cultivate Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette's relationship with local churches, seek Covenant Churches, and maintain ties to currently involved churches.
 
Family Selection
The committee organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes. We find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with Habitat for Humanity.
 
Family Support
Works with families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization. The committee is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating this aspect of the program.
 
Finance
 
Fund Raising
To raise sufficient money as determined by the Board of Directors to fund the needs of the organization in order that simple, decent housing can be built with Partner Families.
 
Legal
To provide a liaison with Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette's attorney and monitor the legal needs and requirements of the organization, including insurances.
 
Office Support
This group staffs the office, which provides coordination and support for the organization.
 
Public Relations
Meets at 5:30 the second Wednesday of each month, at the Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette office. Mission: To continually improve the community's awareness of our work, recognize our participants, and encourage new donations of time and materials so more people have simple, affordable housing.
 
Site Selection
Identify potential sites, evaluate sites' availability and appropriateness, evaluate sites suitability for affiliate's basic house plans, develop a site acquisitions criteria policy for board approval, implement the board-approved site acquisition policy and maintain acquired sites.
 
Volunteer
Recruits, interviews, trains and coordinates volunteers to carry out Habitat for Humanity of Lafayette's mission in Lafayette.
 
Women Build
 

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