Roane County HFH Main Page
1391 James Ferry Road
Kingston, TN  37763
(865) 376-5770

• Fund Raising
  The committee should raise sufficient money as determined by the board in its planning process each year to fund the needs of the organization.  The committee is responsible to plan and execute special campaigns, establish a prospect list and write grant requests. 
  
• Public Relations
  This committee promotes public awareness with quarterly newsletters, annual brochures, annual fact sheets and publicity pieces for special events.  This committee works closely with the Fund Raising committee to achieve proper visibility through mailings, advertising and more. 
  
• Family Selection
  Review Applications
  Assist applicants to complete all items
  Collect supporting documents
  Conduct home visits
  Know and communicate selection criteria and time frames to applicants
  Present applicants for board approval

• Family Support
  Support families as a friend and information source
  Provide homeowner training sessions
  Train family sponsor/advocate/friends (S/A/F)
  Ensure that families understand and have opportunity to complete required sweat-equity hours
  Provide feedback to the board regarding the effectiveness of current policies and procedures and an update of sweat-equity hours
  Assist families throughout the process by answering questions, helping with planning and budgeting, identifying other community resources, providing home-maintenance tips, etc.
  
• Site Selection & Procurement
  This committee works with the local affiliate's board of directors to define focus areas or neighborhoods and works to acquire building sites within them. Sometimes, focus areas are best tackled by renovating or rehabilitating existing structures. In other instances, land donations present opportunities for new construction. Focus area research helps affiliates determine if they should concentrate on large property development or scattered site development.
  
• Building / Construction Coordination & Supervision
  This committee works with Site Selection to evaluate potential sites, creates workable house plans, develops systems and schedules for organizing families and volunteers for construction, and establishes contacts in the professional community.  

• Volunteer Coordinating
  This committee works to find and coordinate the volunteer resources for both construction and nonconstruction needs. 
  
• Church Relations
  Pursuing partnerships with faith communities falls under the jurisdiction of an affiliate's church relations committee, though sometimes a development or volunteer committee handles it instead. Committee members serve as liaisons between the church and the affiliate, making presentations to congregations on Habitat's behalf and passing along information on groundbreakings, volunteer workdays and house dedications.
  
• Delinquent Pay
  This committee may help a family with special needs for assistance.  A Family Sponsor should act as a mediator for problems such as delinquent house payments.  

• Board Development
  The primary focus of the Executive Director and Board should be to develop that part of the organization that will run the program.