Company Profile
SBP
Company Overview
Since 2006, SBP has rebuilt over 2000 homes and developed affordable housing for those impacted by natural disasters. We help community members return home by engaging volunteers who care about people that they have never met before. By practicing efficient construction techniques, we help clients restore emotional well-being, financial stability, and enhance community resilience. AmeriCorps members serving with SBP directly impact the lives of our clients’ by contributing to the SBP mission: shrinking the time between disaster and recovery.
Company History
SBP was founded in March 2006 by Zack Rosenburg and Liz McCartney after the couple (now married), who originally lived in Washington, D.C., volunteered in Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish following Hurricane Katrina. The parish, located just outside of New Orleans, was rendered 100% uninhabitable by Katrina’s floodwaters. Seeing the inefficiency and unbearably slow progress of the institutional - or “traditional” rebuilding process, but inspired by the residents' collective spirit and fierce determination to rebuild, Zack and Liz launched an organization - originally called St. Bernard Project - to help them achieve their recovery goals.
With the tremendous support of donors, volunteers and corporate partners, that organization has grown from a three-person volunteer team into a national organization headquartered in New Orleans, and recognized as a leader in disaster resilience and recovery, with a mission to shrink the time between disaster and recovery.
With operations nationwide, it rebranded in 2016 changing its name officially to, SBP. In doing so the new name allows the organization to grow well beyond its hyper-local roots in St. Bernard Parish, while still retaining the legacy and spirit of those early days.
Benefits
While serving as an AmeriCorps member with SBP, you receive free limited healthcare and access to a childcare assistance program that may cover childcare expenses.
Student Loan Forbearance
Upon graduation from the AmeriCorps program, members receive an education award of $6,095 that can be spent towards qualified student loans or tuition at Title IV schools