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<span>Dental Technician</span><br>Earned dental technician state license under the Aspire Program, which helps rental Assistance clients learn how to budget and save for career goals.

<span>Auto Mechanic</span><br>Auto mechanic tuned up his job potential by earning training certificate after he enrolled as a participant in the Housing Commission's Family Self Sufficiency Program.

<span>X-ray Tech</span><br>X-ray tech, earned her way back to self-sufficiency thanks to Housing Commission’s Achievement Academy.

SDHC Achievement Academy

Family Self-Suffciency Program

The main program offered at the San Diego Housing Commission’s (SDHC) Achievement Academy is Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS), available at no charge to families receiving federal Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8) and those living in our public housing properties.

FSS is a voluntary five year program for adults and offers an array of courses to help your family gain financial self-sufficiency, including:

Career planning

Goal setting

First-time homebuyer support

Education support

Job training

Book scholarships

Small business

Qualified participants can establish an escrow account—a special savings account of your own in which SDHC deposits a portion of your rent. FSS is now enrolling families into the program. Participation is voluntary and does not affect your housing in any way.

For more information about Family Self-Sufficiency, please call Frances Flores at (619) 578-7451.