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Contact:
Katie Everist
Communications
651-431-5605
Kathryn.Everist@state.mn.us
32 organizations across state receiving $7.1M
to help older Minnesotans age in place, secure housing
Services to provide and improve
housing for older adults who are homeless or at risk of being so are funded
this year by Live Well at Home grants administered by the Minnesota Department
of Human Services.
The housing-related grants are among
a total of $7.1 million grants awarded to 32 organizations providing services
and supports that allow older Minnesotans to remain in their homes rather than
move to nursing homes or other more expensive settings.
Human Services Commissioner Emily
Piper announced the grants today while visiting an Alliance Housing
Incorporated building in Minneapolis’s Whittier neighborhood that serves primarily
older Minnesotans with low incomes. Alliance Housing is receiving $700,000 to
help build a new 41-unit affordable housing project in Minneapolis’s Longfellow
neighborhood to serve older homeless adults, a population that is on the rise
across Minnesota. In 2015, the number of homeless adults age 55 and older was
843, an 8 percent increase from 2012, according to Wilder Research’s most
recent one-night statewide study of homeless people.
“Minnesota is a national leader
in providing long-term services and supports for older adults in part because
Live Well at Home grants have helped people stay home as they age, which is
what most prefer,” said Piper. “This year we have a greater focus in the expanding
older adult population who need housing. For all Minnesotans, safe, affordable
housing is fundamental to quality of life.”
Live Well at Home grants to
stabilize housing are going to:
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Alliance Housing Incorporated, $700,000 for the development and furnishing of a
41-unit affordable housing project to serve adults who are homeless in Hennepin
County.
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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul
and Minneapolis, $431,544 to
serve 50 to 60 additional older homeless adults within its Homeless Elders
program by providing case management and secure housing in Hennepin and Ramsey
counties.
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Ebenezer,
$351,000 for safety and accessibility improvements in a major renovation of the
200-unit, Section 8/202 Ebenezer Park Apartments in Minneapolis.
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Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership, Inc., $250,000
to help older adults who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, find
and keep safe rental housing in Becker, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and
Wadena counties.
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Southwestern Minnesota Opportunity Council Inc., $226,238 for home improvement help for older adults
and service coordination for older adults at risk of homelessness in Murray,
Nobles, Pipestone and Rock counties.
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Sustainable Resources Center, $693,145 for work on 120 homes in Hennepin County to
create safer and healthier environments for older occupants over a two-year
period.
Other Live Well at Home grants have been awarded to:
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Age Well Arrowhead Inc., St. Louis County, for grocery delivery service and
assisted transportation service, $404,434
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Aitkin County CARE,
Aitkin County, to expand and support in-home caregiver respite and homemaking
services, $48,551
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Augustana Care,
Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties, to launch Learning Lab for
Eldercare Technologies, which offers demonstrations of tools designed to help
elders stay safely in their homes, $252,224
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Caregiver Response Effort & Service Team (CREST), Martin County, to provide a variety of services to
at least 250 more older adults, an increase of 20 percent, $46,727
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Winona, Winona County, to help 125 older adults live
independently through transportation, chore, light housekeeping and home
modification services, $111,832
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Consumer Directions, Inc, Benton, Crow Wing, Douglas, Isanti, Morrison,
Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and Wright counties, to increase awareness and
participation in self-directed services that are most impactful in helping them
to remain in their homes and maintain their health, $40,124
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DARTS,
Dakota County, to scale community services and transportation systems to prepare
for growing client demand, $78,371
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ElderCircle,
Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching and St. Louis counties, to expand service options
by adding respite and caregiver consulting, $127,199
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Faith Community Nurse Network of the Greater Twin
Cities, Anoka, Carver, Chisago,
Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Isanti, Mower, Olmsted,
Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Wabasha, Washington, Winona and Wright
counties, to reduce falls among older adults through the Stepping On program,
$207,243
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Family Service Rochester, Olmsted County, to increase older adults enrollment
and active volunteers in a program that helps older adults live independently
in their homes, $203,783
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Helping Hands Outreach, Morrison and Stearns counties, to increase the number
of older area residents who use home and community-based services and to
increase the number of hours they receive support, $99,999
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Horizon Health,
Morrison County, to provide education about available services that will help
people live longer in their homes, with new assessment procedures and education
aimed at employers, $192,313
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Korean Service Center, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and
Washington counties, to expand the Escort/Transportation Program for Korean elders,
$52,400
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Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc., Aitkin, Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille
Lacs and Pine counties, to expand home delivery services of groceries and other
items to older adults and homeowners with disabilities, $65,748
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Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard and Itasca counties, to build
capacity to provide services for older Minnesotans to live in the community and
recruit clients for the adult day services program, $133,000
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Neighbor to Neighbor, Becker and Otter Tail counties, to provide transportation, respite, home delivered meals, exercise classes and household services to prevent nursing home placement, $99,000
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Northwest Community
Action, to provide respite for caregivers and home modification services for
adults 65 and older and volunteer management in Roseau, Kittson, Lake of the
Woods and Marshall counties, $220,094.
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St. John Lutheran Home, Brown County, to implement a TV and mobile-based
healthcare delivery system that electronically coordinates care between
caregivers and family members, $277,404
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State Services for the Blind, statewide, to expand the Aging Eyes Initiative to
provide training and early vision loss intervention resources to existing aging
network providers across Minnesota, $76,000
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Store To Door,
Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties, to establish
new service models that better meet the food needs of under-served elderly
adults, specifically older adults in poverty, low-income seniors, older adults
from the Somali immigrant community and people living in senior housing and
assisted living, $181,553
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Vision Loss Resources, Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti,
Ramsey, Scott, Washington and Wright counties, to provide cost-effective
services to help older adults with uncorrectable vision loss to increase their
independence and remain in their homes, $363,500
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Volunteer Services of Carlton County, Inc., Carlton and St. Louis counties, for delivery of
transportation, chore, discharge planning, caregiver respite, support and
education services, $232,931
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Walker Adult Day Services, Cass, Crow Wing and Hubbard counties, for a new
location with added services and capacity to serve cities around Walker, $375,283
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Waseca Area Caregiver Services, Waseca County, to expand the group respite program,
$69,997
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Wellspring Faith
In Action, Watonwan County, to develop
and maintain programs that allow for older adult independence, including
exercise, grief support, transportation and light chore services,
$84,400
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West Central Minnesota Communities
Action Inc., Douglas, Grant, Pope, Stevens and Traverse
counties, to improve quality and availability of transportation services
through a partnership with Rainbow Rider, $350,000.
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