HEART Program

The HEART (Housing Education and Rehabilitation Training) Program is a hands-on learning experience for young people to achieve their goals of attaining a high school diploma while transforming Dubuque’s most blighted neighborhood back into a livable, walkable community for working families.

The HEART Program is a public/private partnership that changes lives of today’s youth by providing vocational construction training and education through the complete rehabilitation of properties in Dubuque. The program also seeks to inspire a lifelong love of learning, while teaching self-reliance and instilling personal growth.

Students also have an opportunity to participate in the HEART Bridge Program, an extension of the program in which students earn stipends based on their cooperation, hard work, and attendance.

Thank you to the following HEART Program partners:

City of Dubuque
Community Housing Initiatives
Dupaco Community Credit Union
Four Mounds Foundation
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Iowa Workforce Development
Northeast Iowa Community College
Gronen Properties

HEART students testing out the strength of a header they built.

HEART students renovating the exterior of a home.

Lori Anderson
Transition Facilitator
loanderson@dbqschools.org
563/552-3089

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY:
Students must be 16 or older and receiving special education services. Additional requirements exist. Please contact the special education department for details.