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Zip:: 55113 <br />Home Phone Number:: 651-633-6071 <br />Daytime Phone Number:: same <br />Ernail Address:: dhsvz@msn.com <br />How would you prefer to be contacted?: Eznai� <br />Please Share Your Comment, Question or Concern: Dear Mayor Klausing and <br />Council Members, <br />I am writing on behalf of the Board of Directors for the Roseville <br />Seniors at Home: A Living at HameBlock Nurse Program. Our Mission is <br />'To provide neighborhood-based volunteer and professional services to <br />elders and their family members in ways that support independent living <br />with dignity, safety, and choice'. <br />Since opening our doors in 2002,the program has recruited, trained and <br />placed 166 community volunteers who have provided over 4900 hours of <br />supportive services. In addition, since October 2005, our contractwith <br />Minnesota Visiting Nurses Agency has provided almost 3300 hours of <br />affordable home health aide and nursing services on a sliding fee scale <br />to over 70 Roseville elders. In FY July 2006-June 2007, the total <br />number of persons served was 1223 with total units of service numbering <br />5788. Currently, a Caregiver support group meets twice a month, with <br />our hope of expanding caregiver and client support through in-home and <br />out-of-home respite services. <br />As a non-profit organization, we rely heavily on grant monies with <br />some support from state and county government. In addition to recently <br />losing our executive director, we are currently faced with a$20,000 to <br />$30,000 shortfall for this fiscal year (through June 2008). At this <br />point, we have no funding available for 2009 or beyond, and no one <br />available to write grant proposals necessary to pursue future funding. <br />Although we are aggressively campaigning in both the business and <br />individual donor sectors this fall, in reality, these donations will not <br />cover our budget needs. <br />This program is a vital resource and service for the growing number or <br />elders in Roseville. It serves many in a way that allows them to live <br />independtly and safely in their homes and postpones nursing home care in <br />many instances. Many of these elders cannot and will not be able to <br />afford assisted living care costing thousands per month. <br />This is a quality of life issue for our elder residents and for the <br />entire Roseville community. We would lil{e our governing officials to <br />know about us, to support the services we offer, and to promote this <br />program to all of Roseville in order to support our growing aging <br />