<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Teri Reinemann <<a href="mailto:flicadv@hotmail.com">flicadv@hotmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">December 6, 2010 1:55:35 PM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">HSC ListServe <<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Bishop Sheen home repair & modification grants</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Teri Reinemann <<a href="mailto:flicadv@hotmail.com">flicadv@hotmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Foundation, Inc. has asked for assistance in getting the word out about home repair and accessibility modification programs available to residents of Tompkins County. For more information, contact Sheen Housing at 585-657-4114 or email<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><a href="mailto:sheen2@rochester.rr.com"><font size="3" face="Calibri">sheen2@rochester.rr.com</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The HOME Grant: This grant is for all ages. It involves the entire home, inside and out. There are inspections and the work is put out to bid to contractors on an approved Contractor’s list. The process is quite lengthy but well worth the time. The homeowner rarely needs to pay anything toward this grant.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10) for the HOME grant:</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">1</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$24,900</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">2</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$28,450</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">3</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$32,000</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">4</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$35,550</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">5</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$38,400</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">6</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$41,250</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">7</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$44,100</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">8</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$46,950</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Access to Home Grant: This grant assists frail elderly and people with disabilities with modifications to their homes. This includes both exterior and interior modifications, e.g. installation of ramps, lifts, handrails, expanded doorways for wheelchairs or walkers. Adaptive modifications to kitchens and bathrooms are also available.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10) for the Access to Home grant:</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">1</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$29,880</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">2</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$34,140</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">3</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$38,400</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">4</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$42,660</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">5</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$46,080</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">6</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$49,500</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">7</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$52,590</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">8</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$56,340</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The Affordable Housing Corporation grant is for all ages and is a 60%/40% grant. Bishop Sheen pays 60% of the cost of one major repair. The homeowner or another agency is responsible for paying the 40%.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">The following list shows the gross annual income limits per number of people in the household in Tompkins County at this time (12/10) for the Affordable Housing Corporation grant:</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">1</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$39,850</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">2</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$45,550</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">3</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$51,250</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">4</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$56,900</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">5</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$61,500</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">6</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$66,050</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">7</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$70,600</font></div><div style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span><span><font size="3" face="Calibri">8</font><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><font size="3" face="Calibri">$75,150</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri"></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">All of the grants are for owner occupied single family homes.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Sheen can assist people in mobile homes with the Affordable Housing Corporation grant as long as they own the property the mobile home is on.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">Sheen can assist people in mobile homes with the Access to Home grant even if they do not own the property the mobile home is on.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">All grants are distributed on a first come, first serve basis.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><font size="3" face="Calibri">See<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sheenhousing.org">www.sheenhousing.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><o:p><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></o:p></div><br>Teri Reinemann<br>Systems Advocate<br><a href="mailto:flicadv@hotmail.com">flicadv@hotmail.com</a><br> <br>Finger Lakes Independence Center<br>215 Fifth Street<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br>607-272-2433<br><a href="http://www.fliconline.org/" target="_blank">www.fliconline.org</a><br> <br>Check us out on Facebook:<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Finger-Lakes-Independence-Center/103601407579?ref=ts" target="_blank"><font color="#0068cf">http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Finger-Lakes-Independence-Center/103601407579?ref=ts</font></a><br><br><br><br><br></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>