Establishing Villages In Montgomery County

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Establishing Villages In Montgomery County
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Outline

• Present critical elements/strategic issues that
  are relevant to establishing aging-in-place
  initiatives in Montgomery County.
• Provide highlights of our own experience in
  developing Burning Tree Village.
• Suggest ways Montgomery County government can
  facilitate developing and maintaining villages.

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Critical Elements

• Leadership
• It is critical to have a point person who can
  assume the responsibility for getting things
  done.
• The champion(s) is also responsible for
  establishing relationships and building
  partnerships.

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Critical Elements (2)

• Supply and demand
• A village must fully assess the size of the
  population to be served and their needs.
• Build a model that suits your needs/community
  characteristics.
• Dont be disappointed try to understand factors
  behind low participation.

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Strategic Decisions

• Organizational
• Management
• Membership fees
• Population served
• Scope of services
• Pace of development
• Linking supply and demand

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Strategic Decisions (2)

• Operational
• Operating protocol
• Communications
• Promoting participation
• Fund raising
• Developing forms and guidelines
• Feedback, quality assessment, and record keeping
• Liability issues
• Technical assistance

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Additional Considerations

• Timeliness.
• Web-based Utilities
• Meeting Space

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About Burning Tree Village

• Inspiration.
• Beginning Burning Tree Village.
• Demographic Analysis.
• Neighborhood Survey.

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Role for Montgomery County

• Technical assistance in developing questionnaires
  to establish need and to identify neighborhood
  volunteers, and helping disseminate the
  questionnaire.
• Technical assistance in analysis of the survey.
• Assistance with photocopying.
• Start-up grants.
• Legal technical assistance to establish
  non-profit organizations and to help develop
  documents to achieve tax-exempt status.
• Workshops for problem solving and information
  exchange.
• Technical assistance in developing software to
  maintain and update a data base on volunteer
  capabilities, volunteer assignments, requested
  services, and request dispositions.