HAI Group in the Community

• HAI Group serves more than 1,000 public housing authorities across the country. HAI Group lobbies on behalf of housing authorities on precedent setting laws that will directly affect their ability to provide safe housing for residents. HAI is committed to being at the forefront of such efforts.
  
  
• Locally, HAI Group staff serves eight or more public housing resident families through its holiday program, which was initiated by the staff and all money is raised by the staff through activities supported by HAI Group management. This is an annual event that has taken place for the last 16 years. HAI Group works directly with Executive Directors of local Connecticut housing authorities to select families that are especially needing and deserving of an extraordinary holiday.
  
  
• Regionally, staff at HAI Group serve on Boards and Committees of regional associations and often provide free training sessions at their conferences.
  
  
• Nationally $10,000 is distributed to four public housing residents in the form of scholarships. This program began in 2002 at the suggestion of staff members who were moved by presentations made at scholarship luncheons at national conferences and who also wanted to make a difference in the lives of public housing residents. HAI Group management fully funds the scholarship awards, which are now annual events. It is hoped that these public housing residents will serve as future role models in their community.
  
  
• HAI Group rewards personal safety actions of children in public housing through contests it sponsors. Prize money is distributed annually to PHAs across the country, with nearly $17,000 prize money given away in 2005. This money is set aside and budgeted annually. Hopefully an awareness level is raised in children to allow them to avoid or prevent future mishaps.
  
  
• As a company that depends heavily on technology, we upgrade our computers constantly. Staff felt that older computers could be put to good use by public housing authorities in their resident opportunities programs. It is our policy to donate old computers to PHAs. To date, more than 230 computers and one laptop have been donated to housing authorities across the country for use in their resident computer labs.
  
  
• HAI Group was innovative in working to assist housing authorities in meeting community service requirements through its unique implementation of training programs that track training hours and provide necessary documentation for client files at no additional cost to PHAs or residents.
  
  
• HAI Group staff spent more than 100 hours collectively providing free one-on-one training on insurance and risk management issues at PHA sites and/or conferences.
  
  
• HAI Group set up snack and beverage vending machines in the office for its employees. All profits are distributed to charities. This has been an ongoing activity for five years.
  
  
• HAI Group hosts the Web sites of Minnesota and NCRC NAHRO at no cost to the groups to support communication within the industry.
  
• HAI Group staff sponsor numerous fundraising events for American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. Employees donate time and money and spend up to 24 hours of their personal time walking the track at Cheshire High School (CT) for the event (even when it rains!). If you're interested in contributing to this year's team, please click on the logo to visit our HAI Hopes team site.
  
  
• In an effort to help victims recover from the damaging effects of Hurricane Katrina, Housing Authority Insurance Group and its employees raised more than $7,000 for the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.
  
  With a company donation of $5,000 and an additional $2,260 from staff, the HAI Group family came together to help provide funds to those desperately in need of food, water, and supplies.
  
  The company would like to thank all of those who were able to provide donations. For more information or to make additional contributions, please visit the American Red Cross online at www.redcross.org or call them at 1-800-HELP-NOW (1-800-435-7669).