HUD Announces $19.5 Million in Funding To Produce More Assisted Living in Four States

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $19.5 million in grants last week to help convert existing multifamily projects into assisted living facility for the elderly.  The projects, located in Arizona, Maryland, New York and Ohio, will be funded through HUD’s Assisted Living Conversion Program and are awarded on competitive basis.

"These grants will provide an affordable option to nursing homes, helping seniors to live independently," said HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. "The funding we announce today will allow the elderly an opportunity to age in place in familiar surroundings as they become older and require supportive services."

The details on the grant recipients are as follows:

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ARIZONA
Phoenix
Kivel Manor
$3,929,367

The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to convert 15 third floor units to assisted living units. Minor modifications will be made to 15 previously converted first floor units to bring them into code compliance for use by persons with dementia. The funds will also be used to add a Wanderer’s Garden for use of the residents with dementia. As a result, of the ALCP there will be 24 hours a day on-site staff to respond to the needs of the ALF residents. The ALF will also have available 3 meals a day. Housekeeping service will be provided to clean apartments and do laundry. The role of the Service Coordinator will be expanded.

MARYLAND
Baltimore
N.M. Carroll Manor Apartments

$5,020,436
The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used for the conversion of apartments in this 100-unit, 7-story building to units that will serve the frail elderly. The planned conversion involves 16 existing elderly housing units on Floors 1 and 2 into 16 fully accessible units for the frail elderly. A Medical Care Room and Community Room are also included in the conversion. Unit modifications include widening of doors and bathroom/kitchen improvements. Upon completion, the 16 Assisted Living Care Apartments will be licensed as a Supportive Housing (SH)/Assisted Living Services Program in accordance with the Maryland Department of Aging. The unit conversions, medical care area and community room will facilitate the delivery of services in an economic manner and accommodate the future needs of the residents as they age in place in a safe, decent and affordable environment.

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NEW YORK
Syracuse
Bernardine Apartments, Inc.
$2,544,147

The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to continue the conversion of frail elderly housing in this 206-unit, 24-story building to units. This phase of the conversion will involve converting 10 existing independent elderly housing units on Floor 19 into 9 fully accessible units for the frail elderly. Unit modifications include extensive upgrades to the unit bathrooms and kitchens and doors to comply with handicap accessibility requirements. A resident lounge area and life safety improvements will also be constructed which will benefit the residents of the converted ALCP units and facilitate the delivery of services in an economic manner and accommodate the future needs of the residents as they age in place in a safe, decent, and affordable environment.

OHIO
Chillicothe
NCR of Ohio
$3,988,867

The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to convert 25 elderly units on the second and third floor to assisted living units. Hopeton Village is an existing 7-story building with 109 one-bedroom units. This is an expansion of the 2008 ALCP funding which permitted the conversion of two floors, each containing 17 units, to assisted living. All proposed alterations to the facility and living units will meet with handicapped accessibility requirements. Providing assisted living units will allow frail elderly residents already living in an independent environment to receive the support they require to remain in Hopeton Village.

OHIO
Cuyahoga Falls
NCR of Ohio
$3,972,699

The Assisted Living Conversion Program grant funds will be used to provide 39 assisted living units on floors 4, 5 & 6 into 39 to allow frail elderly residents to age in place at Portage Trail Village. Portage Trail Village is a 13-story high-rise building consisting of 199 units comprised of efficiency units and one-bedroom units. Under the 2008 ALCP funding, the project converted 32 units on the first, second, and third floors to assisted living units. The proposed conversion will create the necessary services spaces for supportive services and accommodations mandated by the Ohio Revised Code and Residential Care Regulations. All proposed alterations to the facility and living units will meet with handicapped accessibility requirements. Providing assisted living in Portage Trail Village will allow frail elderly resident already living in an independent environment to receive the support they require to remain in Portage Trail Village.