Funding proposal for the transitional house for the disabled

            Many challenges face movement from an institutional environment into the community. The Agency for Independent Living is a non-profit agency. We are going to base our proposed Transitional House for the Disabled on the agency. Our proposal needs a start up program budget of $280,600. We are going to move the disabled from an institutional living perspective to a community living perspective using services and opportunities available in the community. The disabled will get rehabilitated at the Transitional House. Movement to the House will empower the individuals to make informed decisions thereby having more control of their lives (Allen, 2011)

Potential community partnerships

John Fredrick Family Foundation 7618 Market Street Suite 876 Chicago, IL 11941 Contact: Mrs. Patricia Jones, Secretary Interested areas: Elderly, Hospital, Social services, women center and services Grant range: $2,000-$12,000	Me for You Foundation Four Theater Square, Suite 811 Rockford, IL 9735-8765 Contact: Ms. Judy Lee, CEO & President Interested areas: Social services, youth development, aging centers, women centers and services Grant range: $25,000-$500,000
Chicago Foundation P.O. Box 6512 Champaign, IL 87380 Contact: Mr. Steve James Interested Areas: Cerebral palsy, mentally and physically disabled Grant range: $4, 000-$16,000	Buffalo Charitable Trust Foundation 8909 Sports Avenue, Suite 7699 Aurora, IL Interested areas: Physically disabled, visually impaired, goodwill industries Grant range: $4,000-$25,00

Problem statement

            The agency would like disabled people to live in a community where there is real support as opposed to nursing homes. Both young and old disabled have wanted more choices other than nursing homes. Our agency has a strong bias to the institutional care system. Most of the states that receive Medicaid have nursing home services, but community-based services are not compulsory. Most of the Medicaid long-term care money caters for institutional services while the remaining is left to cover community-based optional programs (Jetha, 2015)

            There is the likeliness of more cases of disabled homelessness if the current ways of institutionalization do not get reformed. There are disabled individuals who are running away from total dependency and are not ready to live in sheltered, segregated, and skilled nursing homes. They are likely to get depressed in the nursing homes if they have ambitions. The parties may want freedom to engage in drugs, and it is likely that the moment they are on their own they will stop taking their prescribed drugs. After a while, they will lose contacts with the social security. The disorganization may be too much to enable them abandon street life.

            There is a family crisis where a disabled individual gets forced into nursing homes without their wish. The forceful admittance into nursing homes can get attributed to lack of funds to start programs and inadequate low-income housing. There are more problems when individuals have no qualifications for social security benefits. Such individuals, therefore, have to remain institutionalized. The problem deteriorates when institutional programs have limitations in their budgets thereby eliminating more qualified people from getting the services. This proposal is going to work due to the following reasons (Priestly, 2001)

·         The disabled will gain full autonomy of their lives

·         The disabled will have full exercise of their independence

·         The individuals will get freed from oppression

·         It will complement the services already in place

·         The disabled need other programs besides institutions

·         The Supreme Court has mandated the Olmstead Act

Goals and objectives

            The primary goal of the agency is moving disabled from institution to a transitional house. We will have two houses housing six individuals each. The agency will also offer basic educational skills that will enable them cope with basic chores. The long-term goal is eliminating institutionalization (McQuillan, 1974)

Project activities

            All individuals in the transitional house will work alongside a house social worker and interns. The social worker will help the in establishing medical benefits and monthly budgeting and banking. The residents will get medical care from their personal doctors. However, the house will employ a nurse on a regular basis while supporting them with supportive services.

            The House will rely heavily on volunteers in meal preparation. Their progress will get evaluated every six months by the social worker in collaboration with the nurse. The residents will have weekends for personal shopping with help from the social worker and student intern. The emergency alert system will get installed to alert on the occurrence of any emergency. All the resident services will aim at instructing them to become self-sufficient (Roulstone & Hwang, 2015)

Yearly budget

State Grants	$0.00
Extra funding ·         Fundraising ·         Donations	$0.00 $0.00
Salaries ·         Two social workers ·         Registered nurse ·         Two certified nurse assistance ·         In-house supportive service ·         Social worker student interns ·         Volunteer visitor	$57,600 $48,000 $38,400 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Placement ·         Bills, alarm, and restructuring ·          Recreation room ·         Bedrooms ·         Bathrooms	$60,700 $4,000 $5,000 $3,500
Insurance	$11,400
Transportation	$28,000
Durable medical equipments ·         Four wheelchairs ·         Four Hoyer lifts ·         Four transfer shower benches	$3,000 $3,000 $1,000
Extra things ·         Four computers ·         Office equipment	$12,000 $5,000
Total yearly budget	$280,600

                       

The group process

            Our group process was very successful. We did not experience conflict between member or communication failures. We decided what our proposal would be and went through the components of the proposal while assigning each component to each member of the group according to the ability. We would reach each one of the members through email or the telephone. The group consisted of the following members

Name	Responsibilities
Patricia Jones	·         Organize the group process
Jonathan Gell	·         Research and give a list of potential partners ·         Summarize the proposal
Steve James	·         Needs statement ·         Develop target group ·         Find the cause of the problem ·         Research on the cost of the problem
David Kilburn	·         Project description (Goals and objectives) ·         Develop a time chart
Veronica Rodriguez	·         Responsible for current barriers ·         Develop ways to evaluate the program
Alexander Lee	·         Research and develop budget breakdown (Personal cost, operational cost, budget summary)

                The group would meet to talk about the progress and deal with various questions from the group on Thursday. The group decided to email the information to Patricia Jones in the next one week so she could compose the draft and email us the copies. In the following weeks, we made necessary changes in the draft proposal in readiness for presentation. We were now ready to present our fund proposal.

Works Cited

Allen, J. E. (2011). Nursing Home Administration, 6th Edition. New York: Springer Publishing     Company.

Jetha, A. (2015). The Impact of Arthritis on the Early Employment Experience of Young Adults:             A Literature Review. Disability and Health Journal .

McQuillan, F. L. (1974). Fundamentals of Nursing Home Administration. Detroit: Saunders.

Priestly, M. (2001). Disability and the Life Course: Global Perspectives. New York: Cambridge    University Press.

Roulstone, A., & Hwang, S. K. (2015). Disabled People, Choices and Collective Organization:     Examining the Potential of Cooperatives in Future Social Support. Taylor and Francis                   , 849-864.

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