Delaware Water Gap Assisted Living Facility, Pennsylvania
MIA Consulting will offer high-end assisted living options such as personalized assistance, supportive services and compassionate care in a professionally managed, carefully designed community setting. It is the perfect alternative for seniors who can no longer live on their own at home, yet do not need 24-hour, complex medical supervision. The approach provides the ideal solution for seniors who need some help with daily activities, such as bathing, dressing and medication reminders. MIA Consulting’s focus will be on wellness and keeping residents as independent as possible by providing a tailored plan of assistance. Residents will enjoy beautifully appointed living spaces, delicious meals, engaging social activities, transportation and personalized assistance and care.
MIA Consulting understands that each resident is an individual with unique needs and preferences. That is why they will meet with each resident and family, and conduct an assessment prior to move-in and at regular intervals after move-in to understand the need for assistance and support in many important areas.
The Delaware Water Gap Assisted Living Facility is located on 18 acres of land bordering a river in the scenic Delware Gap, Pennsylvania. Some of the amenities include two swimming pools, golf course, and a horse stable.
Magnolia Gardens ALF, Florida
In July 2008, our firm was contracted to manage this 100 unit assisted living facility for the Pinellas County Housing Authority. The main goal of our contract is to turn around an operation that had been in deficit since it opening in 2003. This state-of-art facility, located in North Pinellas Park, is a one story building offering beautifully designed studios, one and two bedrooms units complete with private bathrooms and kitchenettes.
MIA Consulting has conducted a full review of all operations and implemented a plan of action that included eliminating over-staffing and overtime, reducing costs and increasing revenues with a full-fledged marketing plan and negotiating service reimbursements from state and federal agencies. This operations is expected to be fully profitable within six months of operation.
Helen Sawyer Plaza ALF, Florida
In 1998, MIA Consulting Group, Inc., was awarded a contract by Miami Dade Housing Agency to create, implement, and manage the first assisted living facility within public housing in the nation using new funding sources and partnership arrangements.
MIA Consulting Group, Inc. obtained and integrated, for the first time, three levels of public funding, developing all financial systems and reporting, and automation of all operations. MIA Consulting Group, Inc. also created and implemented new management and personnel training methods, including staff leasing arrangements.
This project is the recipient of four national awards, a case study model for the Housing Research Foundation and has been designated a national model by USHUD Public and Indian Housing.
Quiet Waters Assisted Living Facility, Florida
MIA Consulting is under contract to develop this project in the areas of financial operation and provision of services.
Palm Ave Baptist Tower ALF, Florida
MIA Consulting Group, Inc., obtained an assisted living facility license for Palm Avenue Baptist Tower. MIA Consulting Group, Inc. also obtained pre-development funds from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Coming Home Program. As part of the Coming Home Program, Palm Avenue receives technical assistance and coordination from the Department of Elder Affairs and project-based Medicaid waivers. MIA Consulting Group, Inc., is managing the operations and staff of the facility.
This state-of-the-art facility is located near the historical Ybor district and is in close proximity to beautiful amenities and health facilities. Palm Avenue Baptist Tower is a 199 unit senior housing project financed through the USHUD 236 program.
Housing Authority of Joliet Supportive Living Facility, Illinois
MIA Consulting Group, Inc. has been under contract with the Housing Authority of the City of Joliet to complete and submit the application, work with a team of developers to retrofit the 45 one-bedroom elderly facility, implement the program and manage it for several years. The retrofitting of the building was funded through a group loan arrangement among several Illinois housing authorities using their capital funds as leverage.
This is the first supportive living project within a housing authority in the state of Illinois. The facility opens January 2008.
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (USHUD)
MIA Consulting Group Inc was contracted in 2003 by US Department of Housing and Urban Development (USHUD) to introduce assisted living in public housing as a national project. We are listed as USHUD subject matter experts as it relates to affordable assisted living. Please see URL http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pihcc/consultants.cfm for more information.
In 2006 we entered into a new contract with USHUD to create a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide support and facilitate public housing assisted living projects throughout the United States.
Housing Authority of the City of Mishawaka, Indiana
The Housing Authority of the City of Mishawaka, Indiana is on its way to becoming the first public housing residential care facility in Indiana. This project will permit 80 of their 113 units to maintain the benefits of being public housing while receiving additional assisted living services.
As part of becoming a residential care facility provider, the State of Indiana has allocated funding for 100 residents of the public housing facility. This project-based funding will allow The Housing Authority of the City of Miskawaka, Indiana to provide the highest quality of services to their frail elderly population.
Wilson Housing Authority, North Carolina
Wilson County has a large low income senior/disabled population in need of services. Those unable to live independently end up in nursing homes prematurely. The Executive Director of the Wilson Housing Authority is committed to finding a way to provide services to this population to enable them to age in place. MIA Consulting is working with the executive director to develop several strategies, including the creation of a public housing demonstration project, that will exempt North Carolina housing authorities from the certificate of need and the moratorium. This initiative has received broad recognition and support from legislators, civic leaders, local government, the media, residents and staff.
What Others Have to Say About Us:
"Mr. Martinez, Mr. President, today I congratulate Mrs. Conchy Bretos of Miami, FL, recipient of the 2006 Purpose Prize. She became the driving force behind the Helen Sawyer building in Miami, the Nation's first public housing project to offer assisted living services. Her efforts have resulted in the creation of similar services in 40 public housing projects in a dozen States, allowing many older adults to maintain their independence while they receive the care they need."
- Senator Mel Martinez, Congressional Record, September 2006
"Miami’s Helen Sawyer Plaza offers low-income seniors a revolutionary option: The chance to keep their dignity and independence. The secret to Helen Sawyer’ success lies with the energetic Bretos.”
- The Miami Herald, July 31, 1999
What Our Clients Have to Say About Us:
"We have found MIA Consulting to be of fine moral character, fiscally responsible and attentive to every detail. The firm has provided useful ideas on how to cut costs and how to avoid unnecessary expenses in our operation, providing all the information we need to make an informed decision while protecting our interests."
- Henry Morris, Executive Director, Housing Authority of Joliet
"MIA Consulting is an expert in the assisted living development and management field. I would not have thought of developing my project at Delaware Water Gap without them."
- Omar Sharif, Owner Delaware Water Gap Assisted Living Facility
"We have found MIA Consulting to have extensive expertise in this area and consider them to be the best in the industry. There are no obstacles that the firm will not tackle successfully to ensure that the client is completely satisfied."
- Steve Rodeiro, Project Director, Palm Avenue Baptist Tower
"We are fortunate to have MIA Consulting Group, Inc. as our friend and consultant in undertaking this new and important endeavor on behalf of our frail elders. Both the personal qualities and professional experience of the firm places it in a class of its own."
- Bob Lambert, Executive Director, Titusville Towers
"MIA Consulting Group, Inc. has developed strong and effective ties with the aging and legislative network given their extensive experience and reputation in this field. We are fortunate to have MIA Consulting Group as our partners in establishing this pioneering and highly successful project."
- Dale Gravett, Executive Director, Millville Housing Authority
"MIA Consulting Group, Inc. has successfully implemented a new idea of providing high quality services to the frailest, most needed and often forgotten segment of our community - the elderly poor. MIA Consulting has both the qualifications and determination to make this innovative project a tremendous success."
- Raul Fernandez, President, Miami-Dade Housing Agency Development Corporation