S.H.A.R.E. Program.
Self-Help Assistance Resource Education
While most
programs operated by Little Dixie are in Choctaw, McCurtain and
Pushmataha Counties, there are some efforts that take us well out of
southeast Oklahoma.
One such
program is Little Dixie's Self-Help Assistance Resource Education
(SHARE) program. Since 1980, Little Dixie has held a contract with
USDA Rural Development to administer training and management
assistance to Rural Development and Self-Help Housing grantees in an
11-state region of the country.
Little Dixie
staff members travel throughout the central part of the country to
provide training and monitoring services. The training includes
overall program structuring, planning and operational management
such as budgeting, staffing, etc. Among the areas monitored are:
program compliance reviews; expenditures of program administrative
funds; clientele construction money; and construction quality.
Each year,
Little Dixie's SHARE staff monitors approximately $10 million in
administrative budgets and $60 million in construction budgets of
Self-Help Housing Program grantees.
States
currently being served by the program are: Arkansas, Kansas,
Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma,
South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming.
Little Dixie
employs a program director, a consultant, eight training
specialists, an analyst and a clerk to carry out the
responsibilities of the SHARE program.
S.H.A.R.E.Contact Information
Little Dixie NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center
500 East Rosewood
Hugo, OK 74743 580-326-5165 Fax: 580-326-9239
Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc., is a member of
NeighborWorks America(R) Network
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