Re: Grants to open an assisted living facility

Rajiv Shah

Posted on 12/29/09

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Does anyone have a ALF business plan they would be willing to share.
My wife and I are looking into starting a not-for-profit ALF and any
assistance/help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Please email me at rajivgshah@gmail.com

Many thanks in advance >>>!!!
On 12/19/07, Kristin wrote:
> On 8/03/07, Joseph wrote:
>> On 7/20/07, Rose wrote:
>>> On 7/20/07, Joseph wrote:
>>>> Does anyone know how I can go about getting a grant to open
>>>> an assisted living facilty in florida.I am licensed with
>>>> the dept. of elder affairs and am trying to open an ALF.I
>>>> only need help with the finances.
>>>
>>> Do you have the information you need to know what
>>> requirements have to be met in order for you to have an
>>> assisted living facility? Will the facility have to be
>>> licensed? What about providing medical care and you having
>>> to have liability insurance? If you have already taken care
>>> of these matters then the first place that you should start
>>> looking for grants is your own state's website to see what
>>> programs they have in existence.
>>>
>>> Starting a ALF is a big undertaking. Along with overhead
>> you
>>> are talking about taking care of people who may need medical
>>> attention.
>>>
>>> If you are talking about starting such a facility from the
>>> ground up it would be best if you talked to a grantwriter
>> who
>>> has knowledge in such things.
>>>
>>> The one thing that bothers me is that you haven't mentioned
>>> an amount and you haven't said whether or not you had some
>>> kind of business plan.
>>
>>
>> I know what is needed that's why it was stated that I only
>> needed help with finding finances.Before recieving my state
>> license I took a course which explained how to open a facility.
>> I know about zoning,determination of need and licensing
>> status,recieving the medicaid certification and provider ID
>> number.That's just an example of what needs to be done.
>>
>> My wife is a nurse and we do have a business plan the amount
>> needed is about 50,000.
>
> I am looking into opening and ASL facility in Ohio. I am a
> nurse, already have a business plan started, building is own by
> us. What are some other steps I need to take care of?

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