DuPage Habitat for Humanity

1. Build impact in the lives of the underprivileged in our community by serving families through sustainable construction and housing support services; leverage shelter as a catalyst for community transformation; and growing capacity to serve the most vulnerable, the disaster-affected and the urbanizing world.
2. Build awareness and increase impact in the affordable housing sector by supporting market approaches that increase products, services and financing for affordable housing; and Promoting policies and systems that advance access to adequate,
affordable housing.
3. Create societal awareness for the need of affordable housing by mobilizing volunteers as hearts, hands and voices for the cause of adequate, affordable housing; and Serving as a leading voice in growing awareness of housing as a critical foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.
4. Continuously work to increase organizational sustainability, mobilizes resources and stewards them faithfully.

A full list of our strategies is available by viewing our strategic plan on our website at: https://tinyurl.com/DHFH-Strat-Plan.
A brief summary of our strategic tactics are listed in association with the above goals:
1. Increase families served annually by 15%; perpetually work in a target neighborhood revitalization project; create a disaster response plan
2. Increase capital through 3rd party lenders; leverage crowd funding & Micro-financing; join like organizations in political advocacy.
3. Utilize National Service (AmeriCorps) to leverage human resources; target faith based organizations for partnership; increase the amount of volunteer opportunities; take leadership roles within the community to increase alliances and brand awareness; develop a reputation as the leading authority on affordable housing in the region.
4. Create sustainable income sources through social enterprises to cover all operational costs; utilize capital campaigns for expansion; support staff development.

DHFH has decades of experience in our mission goals and growing the organization for greater impact in our community. We are part of a worldwide federation of over 1200 affiliates that share resources and best practices for mission advancement. We are also part of a tight knit group of affiliates in the Chicagoland area that meets to collaborate on strategies around program delivery, fundraising, and administration of our chapters. We have a staff of over 35 at DHFH that specializes in different areas of our affiliate. We were recognized as one of onluy 21 affiliates in the United States to achieve the recognition of Affiliate of Excellence. This is a rigorous internal evaluation, a Habitat version of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality award.

We are governed by a volunteer board of directors consisting of 16 members who support and advise the affiliate for mission delivery and community impact.

Since 1995 we have provided home ownership opportunities for over 120 families. We have also provided home preservation for another 60+ homeowners. Two years ago we identified and began work on our first target Neighborhood Revitalization community that has made significant progress since that time. Over the last few years we embarked on a growth campaign to increase the amount of families we serve and our overall community impact. This year we expect to serve 47 families and grow our affiliate internally to allow us to have greater external output and significance.

We expect to continue our growth, increase collaboration within our region and with our national organization for efficiencies and leverage our ability to test new methods and market approaches to be the best possible stewards of the resources that the community invests in our mission.