LAPHAM PARK VENTURE

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LAPHAM PARK VENTURE
Lapham Park Venture 1901 North 6th
Street Milwaukee, WI 53212
- 200 Units -

• Partners
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
  (HACM)
• Milwaukee County Department of Aging
• S.E.T. Ministry, Inc.
• Community Care Organization
• St. Marys Family Practice Clinic
• Lapham Park Resident Organization

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BACKGROUND

• Built in 1964
• 1993 HACM Designated as Elderly Only
• 96 African-American and 56 Female
• 74 of Residents are Very-low income
• Median annual income is 7,553
• Result of residents wanting improved services
• Primary Goal Maintain and improve the quality
  of life and improve housing for elderly
• Secondary Goal Determine if a continuing care
  retirement community can work within Public
  Housing and facilitate aging in place

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DESIGN / STAFFING

• Model for Prevention, Assisted Living and Health
  Care Services
• Congregate Meal site, Transportation,
• Case management and Long Term Care
• On-Site Primary Medical Care
• Physical Therapy and Prescription Management
• Design includes
• Therapeutic Whirlpool Health Need
• Crafts Room
• Movie Theatre
• Barber and Beauty Shop
• Billy Braggs Golden Gloves Gym
• Billiards Room
• Note Design based on Resident Survey

200 Units 200 Units
1 BR 190
2 BR 10
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DESIGN / STAFFING (Continued)
LAPHAM PARK VENTURE Mission To create a
supportive continuing care community where low
income older adults can comfortably age in place.
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PROCESS

• CORE LAPHAM PARK VENTURE MEMBERS
• HACM
• Existing HACM property - rehabilitation through
  liaison work with residents
• Milwaukee County Department on Aging
• Congregate meal site, transportation,
  case-management and funding for community-based
  long term care
• S.E.T. (Services, Empowerment, Transformation)
  Ministry
• On-site medical care including primary care,
  physical therapy and prescription management
  through Medicaid
• St. Marys Family Practice Clinic
• On-site physician services to residents

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PROCESS (Continued)

• Lapham Park Resident Organization
• Provide assistance with Outreach to the
  Community and Organizes Social and
  Community-Based Activities
• Medicaid reimburses 94/day
• Residents pay 0 for Services
• WI State Supplement to SSI recipients is 83
• 200 units subsidized by HACM Difference of
  resident payment (30 of income) and operational
  cost of unit
• HUD Funding
• Rehabilitation Costs - 1.3 million - HUD
  Capital Fund

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PROCESS (Continued)

• WI Medicaid Waiver Comparison
• Nursing Home Residents vs. Lapham Park Residents
  Savings to State of WI Over 1M
• On-site Clinic to Provide Routine Medical
  Assistance
• Prescription refills, hospice care, dental care,
  Home Health Care, Physical Therapy and Podiatry
• Residents Interested in help are visited by
  S.E.T. Ministry, Inc. Residents are connected
  to 20 appropriate service providers and 200
  specialists

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PROCESS (Continued)
FUNDING SOURCES AND USES FUNDING SOURCES AND USES FUNDING SOURCES AND USES FUNDING SOURCES AND USES
Community Care Organization Medicare and Medicaid Dollars 1,410,000 33 Managed health care services for frail older adults provides all medical, clinical and ancillary services necessary to support independent living
HUD Capital Funding 1,300,000 30 Gut rehab of basement of Lapham Park - HVAC work, plumbing and sewer work
Private Foundations Pettit Foundation Helen Bader Foundation Milwaukee Foundation Faye McBeath Foundation MI Foundation 1,300,000 30 Clinical space and community space including furnishings for the movie theater, town square, billiards room
Milwaukee County Department on Aging Older Americans Act 129,000 3 On-site case management, elderly nutrition programs housekeeping services
Housing Authority 27,000 1 Utilities
WI Housing Economic Development Agency 25,000 1 Therapeutic bathing spa
Milwaukee County CDBG 25,000 1 AE fees
SET Ministry Private Donations 20,000 1 Special Needs
TOTAL 4,236,000
21,000 per unit
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MANAGEMENT / MARKETING

• Management Company (Contract cost is
  468K/Year)
• Friends of Housing is under contract with HACM
• Friends of Housing Provides Traditional
  Services
• Maintenance
• Rent Collection
• Leasing
• Wait list is not site specific
• 2 turnover
• Marketing
• Venture Partnership with social workers,
  hospitals, friends, and family allows word of
  mouth lease up

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CHALLENGES/FAILURES/LESSONS LEARNED

• Think outside of the box and doing things a
  different way
• Sharing mutual information and risk taking
• Breaking down traditional agency
  barriers/territories
• Reallocation of each agencys resources with
  minimum start-up costs
• Resident-centered approach
• Collaboration between the public and private
  sector

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SUCCESSES/HIGHLIGHTS
Award Ford Foundation and Harvard University
Innovations in American Government

• Town homes at Carver Park (Complement to the
  site)
• Public housing development
• Friends of Housing is the Management Company and
  an LLC Partner in the tax credit application
• 18 months of rehabilitation - Town homes at
  Carver Park
• Opened in September 2002
• 122 unit mixed-income accessible development
• 51 public housing units
• 51 tax credit rental units
• 20 market rate units
• Also provides market rate housing

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SUCCESSES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Economically integrated Carver Park neighborhood
• High level of accessibility for residents and
  visitors with disabilities
• Town homes serve families that need two to five
  bedrooms
• Town homes funded with a 9.1 million HUD Hope
  VI Grant combined with affordable housing tax
  credits
• Development includes 20 homes in the surrounding
  neighborhood for low and moderate income families
  under the HACM homeownership program
• HACM - Comprehensive public safety program in
  the neighborhood, which adjoins the rehabilitated
  Lapham Park assisted living development with Town
  homes at Carver Park

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