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Safe and Sustainable Housing for American Indians

A Good Idea

Description

The Red Feather Development Group (RFDG) aims to bring sustainable and affordable housing to Tribal Lands. The group leads two separate initiatives. The first initiative works to bring solar energy to tribal lands while the second seeks to build sustainable housing. RFDG partners with homeowners, community members, and tribal agencies to provide training and resources, address community members most urgent housing and safety needs, and repair and weatherize homes.

Goal / Mission

The Red Feather Development Groups (RFDG) goal is to bring sustainable and affordable housing to Tribal Lands.

Impact

The Red Feather Development Groups (RFDG) community development work has seen promising results. In seven years, the organization has reached over 1,000 individuals and distributed over 700 "home health kits" to tribal land homeowners.

Results / Accomplishments

The Red Feather Development Group has seen promising impact. Between 2013 and 2019, 1,090 individuals participated in RFDG culturally relevant educational courses, 754 home health kits were distributed to homeowners, 215 homes were used as learning laboratories, and 153 homes received substantial home weatherization improvements. In addition, over 100 families received assistance through Red Feather’s Native Home Resource Network case management program.

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
info@redfeather.org
https://www.redfeather.org/
Topics
Economy / Housing & Homes
For more details
https://www.redfeather.org/
https://www.preventioninstitute.org/publications/c...
Target Audience
Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

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A Good Idea meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.