Thank you for your interest in becoming a resident of the Legacy House! We believe you are a treasure made in the Image of God, and as a result, you deserve to be loved. We believe love is not something given in word only but in action. We believe this because we have discovered the love of God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus came to this Earth and gave Himself, everything He had, so that we could be forgiven of our sins and welcomed into relationship with our Heavenly Father. Jesus fed the hungry, He healed the sick, He loved the broken and He loves you! It is through His acts of love and teachings of righteousness that we have learned to do the same. 

Legacy Housing exists as a platform to help launch foster youth who have aged out of the foster care system into adult life with the tools necessary to succeed. We endeavor to help combat the increasing trend of youth homelessness and sex trafficking among the aged-out foster youth community by providing safe housing, Christian mentorship, and formal education. We desire to see each of our residents achieve educational greatness, therefore our residents are required to take advantage of the scholarship opportunities available to them and continue their formal education while residing at the Legacy House. Overall we seek to be a family-oriented support system for every resident who joins our program both during their residency here and in their life to come. We are so grateful for your consideration of our program and we are enthusiastically looking forward to connecting with you! Please fill out the attached Residency Application at your earliest convenience and return it to us by pressing submit below. 

Following the receipt of your application, our team will review your paperwork and set up an interview in order to get to know you in person. We will then spend a minimum of 2 weeks together at various Legacy Family functions. If residency is granted, you will be notified and welcomed to move into the Legacy House. If you have any questions or requests during this process please feel free to email us at connect@legacyhousingproject.com or call us at 386-589-0943. Thank you again for reaching out to us, we look forward to hearing from you! 

Kind Regards, 

Rich Tidwell 

Founding CEO, Legacy Housing

THE LEGACY CODE OF CONDUCT OVERVIEW 

In order to maintain a peaceful atmosphere which fosters healthy relationships and educational success, the Legacy House has a strict Code of Conduct to be observed by all residents. Upon moving in, new residents have a 60 day probationary period in order to determine whether the new resident is ready to be part of our program or not. New residents within the probationary period may have their residency terminated at any time, without forewarning, if in violation of the following Code of Conduct. 

Following this probationary period, in the event that a resident is in violation of a house rule such as missing curfew, sneaking out of the house, inviting unapproved individuals onto property, engaging in conflict with another resident, or engaging in conflict with House Parents through negative attitudes or disobedience, they will be placed on another probationary review period for 30 days. During this probationary period, if the resident being reviewed violates any rule for any reason at any time, they will immediately forfeit their residency. This includes but is not limited to: 

1. Engaging in conflict of any kind for any reason. This includes initiating or instigating conflict, responding to instigation poorly, or escalating conflict into violence. It is highly recommended that if a resident is considering initiating conflict or responding poorly to instigation, that resident separate themselves from the other resident(s) until they are able to return to a state of peace and reconcile. Conflicts must be resolved quickly and amicably between the two involved parties or both parties will be at risk of residency forfeiture regardless of who initiated. 

2. Violating a house rule. This includes being late for the curfew by even 1 minute without prior approval, bringing pets of any species at any time into the home as this is prohibited, inviting unapproved person(s) onto property or into the home at any time, using or possessing a controlled substance or alcohol, engaging in conflict with other residents, disobeying or showing disrespect of any kind to the program directors, failing to help share the responsibility of keeping the living areas clean, or reluctance to participate in group dinners or other Legacy Family events. 

3. Having a negative or ungrateful attitude towards the Legacy House, its House Parents or Residents. Any resident of the Legacy House who cannot find it within themselves to be obedient, grateful, and have a positive attitude will forfeit their residency in order to give those who will be grateful the opportunity to reside here. A negative, gossiping, discontent, ungrateful attitude is the most destructive of all to this program and it is not welcome here as it removes peace from the home. 

Overall, The Legacy House Code of Conduct helps to ensure each resident has the opportunity to live in a peaceful home where they can focus on school and/or work without the emotionally traumatic effects of continual and unnecessary drama. We want each resident to love living here and our Code of Conduct helps to ensure that reality!