Client Resources & Housing Programs

RCAP Solutions has been helping people in Massachusetts since 1969 with a wide range of housing and supportive services, and we now have the capability and capacity to replicate this record of success in other states and territories.   RCAP Solutions has extensive knowledge of federal and state programs that can help your community create or expand its housing and client services programs.  We have the technical expertise and staff available to replicate management of these programs in other areas of the United States, its territories, or possessions. 

Our technical assistance and program management services in this area include:

Housing Assistance

RCAP Solutions provides a comprehensive array of programs which assist tenants in paying for their rent.  These subsidies provide rental support for tenants in privately owned units.  The tenants must be income eligible and the units must pass program-specific housing quality standards inspection.

Our rental assistance programs available to residents of Worcester County, Massachusetts include:

•  Federal Housing Choice Voucher •  Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program •  Preservation Vouchers •  Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation •  Department of Mental Health Voucher •  Department of Mental Retardation Voucher	•  Independent Living Program •  Family Unification Program •  Aids Voucher (JRI) •  Designated Voucher •  Mainstream Voucher

RCAP Financial Assistance (Formally Known as RAFT)

The Residential Assistance for Families in Transition program was started in 2004 and helps families in arrears for rental assistance, mortgage assistance or utility assistance.

Intake Assessments for RAFT Program on Hold Due to the rapid depletion of remaining funds, and the high number of current applications in process, we are no longer distributing or accepting new Intake Assessments for the RAFT program. We do anticipate more Financial Assistance funds, which routinely become available in the Fall. Updates regarding replenishment of funds will be announced on our website at www.rcapsolutions.org, in local newspapers, as well as through service providers in the Worcester County area. While we are unable to offer you Financial Assistance at this time, we would like to help with your housing problem, if we can. If you would like to explore other options, please contact our Housing Consumer Education Center staff at (978) 630-6770. Those who currently have a full five page application will be scheduled for an intake interview, this will occur no later than June 30, 2009.

Work Force Development

RCAP Solutions offers assistance to those going off public assistance, fleeing domestic violence or those in entry level jobs that want to upgrade their skills. These include:

•  Job Link •  Safe Step •  Moving To Work •  Family Self-Sufficiency

Supportive Services

These are programs that help families in crisis, provide homelessness prevention counseling, financial literacy counseling, landlord tenant mediation, housing and supportive services for those fleeing domestic violence, first time homebuyers and property owners with services designed to make the housing experience better. These include:

•  Safe Step •  Housing Consumer Education Center •  Shelter Plus Care •  Property Owner Technical Assistance and Training •  First Time Homeowner Training and Support •  Mediation Services