| The Need |
"This capital campaign is the largest undertaking in MHFH’s history. The campaign is necessary to take this organization to the next level and serve more women and children who need our help. "
—Board Chair
(Jon Kleinberg)  |
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| The Benefits |
| Highlights of the Village |
| Project Cost |
| How to Give |
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| The Need |
| Since the early growth of MHFH, Lucy Hall-Gainer has understood that the optimum way to develop the full potential of the treatment approach is by creating a village where all client services are consolidated and integrated with daily living, where clients constantly experience the reinforcing power of community and where destructive influences can be kept outside. |
| Today, housing, treatment, medical services, training and other program elements are delivered in multiple locations, stretching already limited resources. Residential treatment is divided among several apartment complexes. Under these circumstances, optimal control cannot be maintained over the environment, people and situations that a client may encounter. Additionally, 12-month leases result in frequent moves when rents escalate or a complex comes under new ownership. This undermines the sense of stability that is so important in the MHFH program. |
| The MHFH Board of Directors wants to purchase an apartment complex in order to create the MHFH Village. Because leases of longer than one year are not available for apartments, purchase is the only feasible option to avoid the expense and energy drain of frequent moves. |
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| The Benefits |
| The healing force of community will be enhanced. |
| The effect of having a safe, supportive community in recovery cannot be overstated. The village will give literal and physical meaning to what already exists emotionally and spiritually for women and children. |
More women will be served
In 2005, the number of women seeking services has doubled. The village will provide potential space for 300 or more women and children, significantly increasing the current capacity, with only an incremental increase in cost. |
Lifestyle change will be reinforced
The village concept will assure control over what and whom clients encounter day to day. Stability will be enhanced by having a single home throughout treatment, avoiding the relocation that is now necessary as clients progress in recovery. Many clients have never before experienced having a long-term home, and being able to remain in one place through the entire program will dramatically strengthen other attitudinal and behavioral changes the client is working to make in her life. |
Resources will be used more efficiently
Approximately 60 percent of current operating costs are related to housing, and owning offers real opportunity for savings. |
| Consolidation of services in the village will significantly reduce travel time for staff as well as clients, allowing treatment time and energy to be focused on therapeutic activities. |
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| Highlights of the Village |
- All MHFH residences will be consolidated within one complex
- Treatment and housing will be all inclusive, allowing consistent levels of care.
- Children will be cared for on-site at the Heavenly Angels Day Care Center
- The medical clinic will operate in immediate proximity to where the women and children spend most of their time
- On-site clothing bank and food pantry will provide convenient access to necessities
- Amenities will include a café to promote healthy, nutritional eating as well as socialization, a library and a phone center (residential units have no phones to encourage disengagement from former associates who facilitated destructive behaviors)
- Ongoing activities will be offered in the evenings and on weekends to promote healthy living
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| Project Cost |
| The cost of acquiring an appropriate apartment property with approximately 125 units along the Roswell Road corridor in North Fulton is projected in the range of $7-$8 million. |
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| How to Give |
| Checks may be made payable to MHFH Capital Campaign and sent to: |
MHFH
P.O. Box 501205
Atlanta, GA 31150 |
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