{"id":2260,"date":"2021-03-26T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockfordhabitat.org\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:24:57","slug":"how-habitat-is-doing-the-job-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockfordhabitat.org\/es\/2021\/03\/26\/how-habitat-is-doing-the-job-right\/","title":{"rendered":"How Habitat is doing the job right"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ron Clewer, Illinois Market President, Gorman & Company, LLC<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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How many of us have heard \u2013 if you\u2019re going to do a job, do it right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For several years, I have committed to moving nonprofit organizations from thinking about how many people they serve, to achieving impact or the quantifiable difference they\u2019ve made in the lives of people they intend to help. The Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity chapter is one of our local organizations that gets and achieves impact alongside the homeowners they assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stable, affordable housing is essential to strong, vibrant families and communities, and has been shown to improve educational access and outcomes, wealth and financial stability, and civic and social engagement \u2013 but that\u2019s only part of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health and financial security are deeply interconnected. There is significant research that shows the adverse impact poor health has on financial security. There is also research that financial insecurity has a deep impact on physical and mental health. It\u2019s a vicious cycle, but Habitat is proven to be effective at breaking that cycle and helping their homeowners build financial security and wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contradictory to long-stated American values of equal opportunity, hard work, and upward mobility, the impacts of wealth inequality are far reaching and evident in poor outcomes for all areas mentioned above. Because of the work of our Rockford chapter, which brings its international organization\u2019s values home to roost in our neighborhoods and the homes and hearts of Rockford Habitat homeowners, I have seen lives, families, and neighborhoods transformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As former CEO of the Rockford Housing Authority, I was lucky enough to see several of our residents–residents hoping for and willing to work for more– obtain not just a house through Habitat, but a new home and lifestyle; a lifestyle that changed their families\u2019 educational, financial, and health trajectories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keri and her team at Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity are not just doing it right, but deliver outcomes with a level of empathy that is making durable change in Rockford. If you haven\u2019t yet served as a volunteer or been a donor to Habitat, I encourage you to consider both now, as \u201cbuild season\u201d is just around the corner and it\u2019s always a heartwarming experience to do the job right.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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For several years, I have committed to moving nonprofit organizations from thinking about how many people they serve, to achieving impact or the quantifiable difference they\u2019ve made in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161727633,"featured_media":2262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockfordhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ron-Clewer-headshot.jpg?fit=664%2C694&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb8kyv-As","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3198,"url":"https:\/\/rockfordhabitat.org\/es\/2022\/01\/07\/habitat-internationals-position-on-climate-change-part-3-of-our-housing-the-environment-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":2260,"position":0},"title":"Habitat International’s Position on Climate Change: Part 3 of Our Housing & the Environment Series","author":"Community Engagement","date":"enero 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"So far in our series on the overlap between housing justice and environmental justice, we explored emerging disparities in access to energy-efficient housing as well as disparities in the urban heat environment that have been cemented by decades of development patterns informed by discriminatory policies. 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