Integrating
Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing
Name of Grantee
Department
of Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS)
Title of Grant
Affordable
Housing with Long-Term Supports
Type of Grant
Integrating
Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing
Amount of Grant
$900,000
Year Original Funding
Received
2004
Kris Baldwin
Program Administrator, DAAS
PO Box 1437-S530
501-682-8509
kris.baldwin@arkansas.gov
NCB Development Corporation (NCBDC)
All persons who are currently
residents of nursing facilities and those at risk of nursing facility
placement.
The overall goals of this project being
administered by the Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) under the
Arkansas Department of Human Services will be to (1) partner with persons with
disabilities of all ages and other stakeholders in a workgroup to identify
current and innovative models of AHLTS, create a short-term and a 10-year plan
to meet Arkansas's needs, and implement the plan; (2) conduct a county-level
needs and resource analysis for community-based care options to direct state
activities and provide planning estimates; (3) address the immediate need for
affordable AFC and assisted living options by implementing and modifying
policy, program, and development infrastructure to facilitate their creation;
(4) create universal design standards for state implementation to promote
housing accessibility statewide; (5) provide financial and development tools
(including universal design standards), technical assistance, and financing to
create and help replicate demonstration projects; (6) provide training and
dissemination on grant activities to consumers, providers, developers, and
state staff to transfer knowledge and create sustainable capacity; and (7)
develop and maintain a housing registry to facilitate linkages to
community-based sheltering arrangements.
Some of the major outcomes include meaningful
consumer involvement in state planning efforts leading to improvement in
consumer satisfaction; development of state infrastructure to support
innovative settings offering high levels of care that are sustainable, easily
integrated into neighborhoods, and viable in small, rural markets; formulation
of efficient business models to foster the rapid development of these
innovative models; and implementation of development financing, demonstration
projects, and an affordable supportive housing registry to promote access to a
wide variety of community-based options.