UPDATE: Thank you for your interest in the Franklin County RISE Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program. Due to the overwhelming response, we have reached our current program capacity, and ERA applications are now closed.
We recognize how disappointing this news may be and are thankful for your understanding and patience with Franklin County RISE. We aim to support as many educators to offset their housing burden as possible and remain committed to exploring every avenue to improve access to quality child care for our children and strengthen the entire early child care system.
If you have not already, please consider exploring these additional housing resources that may be of assistance: Franklin County PRC Emergency Assistance, Tenant/Landlord Mediation services, and Columbus Legal Aid.
Emergency Rental Assistance:
Early childhood educators are among the lowest paid professionals with average wages ranging from $11.39 an hour for assistant teachers to $12.22 an hour for lead teachers. These salaries fall below the living wage for a single adult without children and put them at serious risk for housing cost burden (paying more than 30 percent of their income for housing).
Franklin County committed $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to create a dedicated Emergency Rental Assistance fund to support early childhood educators struggling with housing costs.
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