Transcript Healing House - Madison

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Healing House
A Community Need for Medical Respite
You are homeless being treated
for cancer
 You are a mother with small
children
 You are released from the
hospital after surgery
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IMAGINE
When you are released you may be given 35 days of hotel vouchers so you have a
place to recuperate which is great, except:
 No meals
 No child care or child care support
 No medical attention
 No prescription filled or medication
follow up
What Now?
IMAGINE
When you are released, you are discharged to
which offers you:
 24/7 care
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Healing House
3 meals a day
Child care and support
Medical attention
Case manager to assist with transitional housing needs
Most importantly Healing House
provides you and your family
PEACE OF MIND.
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Healing House – An Idea
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In April 2012 Dane County Board asked
MUM to convene a committee. The
committee worked for three months to
develop recommendations which
included addressing a large gap in
medical respite care.
What is Healing House?
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A program of Madison-Area Urban Ministry
(MUM)
Located at 303 Lathrop Street
Provides medical respite care to families who
are homeless and have an immediate family
member in need of ongoing medical
recovery.
Respite will be provided for up to 28 days
Follow-up includes, medical care and case
management in obtaining of transitional
housing.
Clients will be identified as needing
recuperative care by discharging hospitals.
Facility will be staffed 24 hours a day and 7
days a week
A Look At Medical Respite
Around the Country
Average Daily Cost –
Hospital vs. Medical Respite Center
Hospital Savings
Hospital Savings
A comparison of Cincinnati, OH and Madison, WI
Cincinnati saw a 6.2 million total annual cost avoidance for three hospitalsand the
community.
Cincinnati, OH
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Population:
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297,517 (2013)
# of Hospitals
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Madison, WI
Population:
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Three
# of Hospitals
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243,344 (2013)
Four
IMAGINE
National Health Care
for the Homeless Council
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Homeless patients have 50% fewer hospital
re-admissions within 90 days of discharge if
they receive respite care. (“Medical Respite
Care: Reducing Costs and Improving Care.”
Policy Brief, April 2011)
Around the Country – Medical
Respite Findings
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Ten pilot medical respite programs
receiving support from the Health
Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) reported:
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Severity of diagnoses dropped
Access to financial resources improved
Housing status improved
Clients learned to manage his/her health
condition
1 of 10 decided to enter a treatment
program after receiving medical respite
care.
Capital Budget
Site Development
$ 10,000
Exterior Remodeling
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Interior Remodeling
$ 135,500
5,000
(can be reduced with volunteer construction services)
Contractor Contingency fees
$ 48,160
Architect/Engineering fees (negotiable)
$ 34,772
Furnishings (potential in-kind donations)
$ 39,875
Total
$ 273,307
Financial Plan
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As a non-profit medical respite we do not
anticipate realizing a profit. We anticipate
being able to raise the required operational
funds through donations and fundraising
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Program funding will be sought through a
variety of funding sources, including, but not
limited to:
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Private Foundations
Area hospitals
Congregational and individual donations
In-kind donations of goods and services
Supplies
Volunteer Opportunities
Healing House Supporters
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Local Support:
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Churches:
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Joe Parisi
Paul Soglin
Chuck Erickson
County Supervisor Heidi Wegleitner
Regent Neighborhood Association
Alder Shiva Bidar-Sielaff
Grace Episcopal
First Congregational UCC
Lake Edge Lutheran
Lake Edge UCC
Prairie Unitarian
Memorial UCC
Task Force Members:
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Linda Ketcham, Madison-area Urban Ministry
Rev. Eldonna Hazen
Rev. Lex Liberatore
Rev. Jonathan Greiser
Terri Johnson, Madison-area Urban Ministry
Susan Marsh, RN,
Rev. Stephen Marsh
Peggy Bezruki
Ronald Schutz
Wendy Cooper
Caroline Werner
Karen Andro
QUESTIONS
about Healing House?
Healing House
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Strengths
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Over 40 years of
operation in Madison
area
Support from Mayor
and Alder
Unmet need in
Madison area making
this the first facility
of its kind
Support from
community and
government agencies
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Weaknesses
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Cost of needed
renovation to rental
property at 303
Lathrop
Need of operational
funds
Not able to serve
everyone in need due
to limited space
Operational Plan
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Medical shelter will be located in a quiet
residential neighborhood
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Formerly two-story home was most recently
used as a infant/toddler daycare.
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The home is owned by First Congregational
Church
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The 3,600 s.f. single family dwelling is zoned
residential
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Site is centrally located, on a bus line, has offstreet parking, is handicapped accessible and
close to all three hospitals
Operational Plan
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Installation of sprinkler systems is mandatory
Interior remodel to include showers in two
bathrooms
Plan is to partner with Operation Fresh Start
for some remodeling needs
State of Wisconsin does not require licensing or
bonding
Building permit will be required
Insurance coverage is required
Employees will be referred by local non-profits.
All employees will be given a written job
description
MUM - Background
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Madison-Area Urban Ministry was incubated
through First Congregational Church Madison
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MUM has been a voice for social justice in Dane
County for over 40 years. During its history,
sixteen of the most innovative and community
building nonprofits in the area were conceived
and hatched by MUM.
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MUM’s staff consists of compassionate,
specially trained individuals with years of
experience in assisting the poor and hurting
population of Dane County. Healing House is
a concept born of decades of seeing community
needs and figuring out a way to help.
Marketing Plan
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Currently, there are no other agencies providing
medical respite in the Madison area
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Information related to proposed plan has already
begun with our 41st anniversary Fundraiser
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Fundraising efforts are already underway
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Community awareness and support is evident with
organizations and individuals such as:
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Salvation Army
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Local Faith Communities
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Mayor and Alder
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Porchlight
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Local Hospitals
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Business and Operational Plan has been designed
similar to the successful Samaritan House in North
Carolina
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Frequent conversations exist between planning staff
and various running medical respites.
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St. Mary’s, Meriter and UW Hospitals are willing to
refer eligible patients to us.