Hills Disability Housing Inc
Business Plan - draft

18th March 2011

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Mission Statement
Our aim
To create a comprehensive and responsive accommodation service in the one of the major townships in the Adelaide Hills for citizens who have an intellectual disability and associated health needs.

What do we mean?
• Comprehensive: There are almost 300 people who will require supported accommodation in the foreseeable future in the Adelaide Hills area. We therefore need a model that will meet the needs of a very diverse group of people. IDSC have stated that 1 in 5 people in the community suffer a degree of intellectual disability that is significant.

• Responsive: We would like our service to be responsive to the needs that develop within the community, and with flexibility.

Overview
The Hills Disability Housing group will establish a Core and Cluster village within one of the major townships in the Adelaide Hills. This village will provide supported accommodation for 20 people with intellectual disabilities.

The need for this facility is immediate; therefore the group is actively fund-raising to achieve its aims as quickly as possible.

The goodwill of the local authorities and general community is essential to the success of this necessary community resource. It is expected that the land will be made available and secured within eighteen months. The building of the facility will proceed soon after this.

The facility will be run as a self-funded business, and will function with qualified staff, to provide an on-going service for the intellectually disabled within our local community.

2. PROPOSAL DETAIL

2.1 Facility, Location and Layout

1. The core: The “community house” – a space for community dining and/or entertainment centre with a well-equipped kitchen and staff. It will also be the administrative centre with office and administrative space for the facility’s manager, and ablution block. This “house” could be used in the following ways:

• To provide wholesome communal meals for any residents who for one reason or another need them; for example, if they come home too tired to cook for themselves. This service could support residents with intellectual disabilities in the general community.

• A space for games, fun, discos, entertainment and learning for people both within the village and without.

• A space for residents in the group home to mix with a wider group of their peers.

2. A group home – situated close to the “community house” and forming part of the core, that will accommodate 4 people with severe intellectual disabilities who require 24/7 support, in their own rooms with en-suite bathrooms, rooms for overnight carer/s, and a dining area and kitchen.

2.3 Cost of the Facility
It is anticipated that the land alone will cost approximately $500,000.
The cost of building the facility cannot be ascertained until the land is secured and a builder’s survey undertaken.

However, it is estimated that the Core building and Group home will cost approximately $500,000.

The twelve individual residences should be approximately $100,000 per 2 bedroom unit, and approximately $120,000 for the 3 bedroom units.

3. FINANCIAL PLAN
3.1 Source of Funds
We have so far raised nearly $60,000.

The group has recently registered as a charity with full Deductible Gift Recipient status. It will now be much easier to attract public interest and tax effective donations.

While the primary fund-raising will be undertaken within the group,
we have already obtained assurances from sources within the building supply and construction industries that will enable us to erect the homes at far lower than market value.

The current State and Federal Government policy is to provide funding
for on-going care to an approved facility, providing the other costs are met by that organisation.