Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area Affiliate Get Involved

Partner Homeowner Information, Application

Idaho Falls Area Construction; Thrivent Builds

Contact Idaho Falls Area Habitat Affiliate

Habitat for Humanity®

Idaho Falls Area
PO Box 51055
Idaho Falls, ID 83405
Phone 208-528-0298
Fax 208-528-0298

habitat@datawav.net

Get Involved

Habitat for Humanity® Idaho Falls Area Affiliate

Habitat is a hand up, not a handout.

Volunteer

Habitat for Humanity® Idaho Falls Area Volunteer Interest Survey

Tell us how you can help by completing the Habitat® Idaho Falls Area Volunteer Interest Survey. You can download and save or print this survey from the web page. The form is also available at the ReStore®.

Liability Waiver

Habitat for Humanity International® requires a signed liability waiver from all volunteers, no matter where they work or what they do. A responsible adult must sign a waiver for a minor. To review, save or print the waiver in English, click here. To review, save or print the waiver in Spanish, click here. The form is also available at the ReStore®.

Mail the completed forms to us at the address on the first page of the survey, or bring them to the Idaho Falls Area ReStore® at 238 Northgate Mile, Idaho Falls.

Volunteers are needed for home construction (minimum age 16, or 18 to use power tools or work on a roof, and accompanied by an adult ) — including landscaping (no construction experience necessary), in the ReStore® (no retail experience necessary) and to serve on our committees —

Construction

Family Support

Family Selection

Fundraising

Site Selection

ReStore

Volunteer Coordination

Finance

Volunteer Safety Course

Habitat for Humanity®, Idaho Falls Area, requires that all volunteers new to the organization complete a volunteer safety course before working at a construction site.

The online course is at www.hfhvolunteerinsurance.com. If you do not have access to a computer with Internet service, please contact our office.

We recommend that you carefully read and follow the instructions at hfhvolunteerinsurance.com. You will see two blue buttons on the right hand side labeled Step 1 and Step 2. Click the Step 1 button.

You will see this screen.

Item 3 shows an access code. You will need to write down this code to use in Step 2 when you register for a class OR select the code, then Copy and Paste into the login box in Step 2. All Habitat® volunteers use this code. After you have the code, close this page/screen, which will return you to the introductory page - the first one shown above.

Now click on Step 2. You will see a login screen. Type or copy the access code into the box that says Employee Access Code and click Submit.

The safety course catalog screen appears (courses are available in Spanish from ths screen)

Scroll down to and select the course "Volunteering on a Habitat for Humanity Work Site". This is the mandatory safety course. The course will load and run automatically. When the presentation finishes you will take a quiz. Once the quiz starts you cannot go back to review the material. Click the green square to start the quiz.

When you finish you will be given a score and a Pass/Fail. If you pass, follow the directions to the course completion screen to register for your Certificate, which will be sent to the Idaho Falls Area office. Your Location and our official name is Idaho Falls Area.

There are many other safety and construction courses listed on the catalog page. They are available to volunteers, and you are welcome to complete as many as you would like to.

You will have to register at the jobsite if you have not attended one of our affiliate's regular monthly orientations. Click here for our calendar for upcoming orientation dates.

Apply to be a Build Partner Homeowner

If you or someone you know is in need of decent, affordable, sustainable housing, please contact us for more information about the competitive application process for Habitat® home ownership. You can come in to the Idaho Falls Area ReStore®, 238 Northgate Mile, Idaho Falls and ask for an application packet, or download or print the application forms by clicking here.

Partner families must have lived in the Idaho Falls area for at least one year and must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Habitat® homes are simple, no-frills, affordable, sustainable, energy efficient and built in modest income neighborhoods. Habitat® Idaho Falls Area uses several floor plans from the National Affordable Housing Network.

Partner families save many thousands of dollars on build costs, loan fees and mortgage interest. Habitat® builds homes with partner family and volunteer labor using donated materials and sells the home to the family at no profit — the home price to the family is usually substantially lower than comparable housing. Habitat® charges no interest on the mortgage. Mortgage payments are affordable and go into a revolving Fund for Humanity® which is used to build more homes.

Habitat for Humanity International® and Habitat® Idaho Falls Area do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual preference, age, national origin, gender, disability or family status.

RV Care-A-Vanners®

This is a volunteer program for people who travel or live in RVs. Care-A-Vanner® build events typically last for two weeks. No construction experience is necessary and there are many non-construction jobs on a build site if you prefer not to be involved in construction. Pets are not allowed on a job site. We provide hard hats and safety glasses; you will need to bring sturdy shoes and sturdy gloves. Our affliate will arrange for RV parking. Pre-registration for a specific build is required. For more information about the Habitat for Humanity International® Care-A-Vanner® program and to register to work on a build, click here. Please complete the Volunteer Safety Course (see instructions above) before you arrive at the build site.

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