Integrating
Long-Term Supports with Affordable Housing
Grant
Information
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
Contact
Information
Kris Baldwin
Program Administrator, DAAS
PO Box 1437-S530
501-682-8509
kris.baldwin@arkansas.gov
Subcontractor(s)
NCB Development Corporation (NCBDC)
Target
Population(s)
All persons who are currently residents
of nursing facilities and those at risk of nursing facility placement.
Goals
Activities
Abstract
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'
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.
The housing registry will be maintained on the Web site for
the Arkansas Department of Human Services. This change was necessitated due to
a budget reduction of $100,000.