1. Jackson County, Missouri Saving Neighborhoods… Changing Lives… One House At A Time!

2. 1 Program – 3 Issues Job Training HomelessnessVacant Homes

3. Vacant Homes – How Many Are There? No one really knows! 7,000? 12,000? 15,000?

4. Vacant Homes Come With A High Price Tag  Breeding Grounds For Crime  Dumping Grounds For Trash  Driving Property Values Down  Costing Tax Dollars

5. Transforming The House… … Is Just The Beginning

6. Avoiding Recidivism  19,000 prisoners are released from Missouri Correctional facilities each year.  Within 5 years, half are back in prison – most within a year of being released.  65% violating parole or probation are unemployed.

7. Rehabbing Homes & Lives Former Inmates Receive Crucial On-The-Job Training

8. Providing A Home To Those Who’ve Experienced Homelessness  The Homeless Services Coalition of Greater Kansas City “conservatively” estimates there are more than 16,000 homeless people in the metro area.  Homelessness is on the rise among families.

9. One House At A Time…  First Constructing Futures home completed in April 2009.  Home presented to single mom with two daughters, one with special needs.

10. A Public-Private Partnership (Project 1)  Ivanhoe Neighborhood Association  COMBAT  Connections To Success  Arrowhead Contracting  Anderson Windows  Bryan Cave Law Firm  Extended Stay America  Genesis Plumbing  Home Depot  Lance Kaden Plumbing  Lowes  KC Heating & Cooling  Morse Electric

11. A Second House Changing More Lives  Second Constructing Futures home completed in August 2010.  Presented to a family that had rebounded from being homeless in 2008 with both parents getting jobs and paying debt.

12. A Public-Private Partnership (Project 2)  Vineyard Neighborhood Association  Constructions To Success  Boan Heating & Cooling  The Builders Association of Greater Kansas City  Designer’s Choice  Friends of Connections To Success  Habitat for Human of Greater Kansas City  The Habitat Restore  Home Depot  Manuel Technical & Career Center  Jackson County Parks & Recreation  Jackson County Public Works

13. Constructing Futures By Changing Lives “ This program is all about changing lives. ” Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders