Today, we’d like to offer our thanks to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for pledging funding to underwrite the purchase a new wheelchair-accessible van for the transportation of residents of Imagine!’s Next Step Group Home and to cover a portion of personnel costs associated with driving the van.
Imagine!’s Next Step Group Home in Broomfield, a new facility specifically for aging individuals with I/DD is designed to easily accommodate technology options from Imagine!’s SmartHomes. The Next Step Group Home will serve as a home base for meeting the multiple and varied needs of six low-income individuals with developmental disabilities who are seniors or experiencing the early onset of aging-related conditions that often accompany these disabilities. This specialized care will allow the clients to live in a neighborhood setting while avoiding the more costly nursing home alternative.
The Next Step Group Home will add to the community’s supply of affordable housing units and will be designated affordable for a minimum of 40 years. It will be specially designed and equipped to address the needs of individuals with special needs – featuring, for example, a wheelchair-accessible entrance route; doors, passageways, and bathrooms wide enough to permit individuals using wheelchairs to move about easily; light switches, electrical outlets, thermostats, and other environmental controls in accessible locations; bathroom grab bars; and barrier-free lifts to assist residents with limited mobility in moving between wheelchairs, beds, and showers while protecting staff members from injury.
In addition to the purchase of the van, the pledged FTA funding will support transporting the residents to and from appointments with doctors, dentists, and physical therapists; day habilitation programs; churches; recreation centers; and retail stores.
Thank you, FTA, for your support of Imagine! and the people we serve.
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