Committees

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If you are interested in joining any of these committees, contact the committee chairs at the email addresses or phone provided. Please check the Events and Meetings Calendar for Committee meeting dates and locations.

Faith Relations	[Staff Contact]
To cultivate Habitat For Humanity St. Tammany West's relationship with local churches, seek Covenant Churches, and maintain ties to currently involved churches.
Family Selection	[Staff Contact]
The committee organizes and carries out application, interview, and selection processes. We find the families who fit the criteria of need for shelter, ability to make no-interest loan payments, and ability to partner with Habitat for Humanity.
Family Support	[Staff Contact]
Works with families through sweat equity, home ownership education, home purchase process, adjustment to new responsibilities and continued partnership with the organization. The committee is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating this aspect of the program.
Development and Advocacy Committee	[Staff Contact]
The Development and Advocacy Committee serves as a liaison between Habitat staff and board, helping to develop and implement long range strategic plans and sustained giving to ensure that the fiscal needs of the affiliate are met.  Members serve as ambassadors, sharing Habitat’s mission with the people of west St. Tammany Parish, developing relationships, and encouraging new and continued donations of resources, as a means to eliminate sub-standard housing in our community.
Women Build	[Staff Contact]
Women Build empowers women to build homes, enabling them to positively impact the lives of families by making homeownership a present reality. Women Build committee members seek to bring in new resources of volunteers and funding to further the home-building mission of Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West.