CAROLINE STREET APARTMENTS

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CAROLINE STREET APARTMENTS
Caroline Street Apartments 134 S. Second
Street New Bedford, MA 02741
- 64 Units -

• Partners
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• New Bedford Housing Authority (NBHA)
• Greater New Bedford Community Health Center
• City of New Bedford

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BACKGROUND

• Issues
• Buildings interior and exterior worn
• 8 of 64 units uninhabitable
• Goals
• Rehabilitate all units
• Address drainage problem
• Provide on-site supportive services
• Train and place NBHA residents into elderly
  supportive jobs

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DESIGN / STAFFING

• Property Configuration
• Garden Style Village Orientation
• Amenities
• Community Building, Meals On Wheels,
  Transportation, 24 social service providers,
  Walk-in Clinic
• Staff
• Social Service Coordinator (Reports to
• HOPE VI Coordinator in Modernization Office)
• Part-time Assistant

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PROCESS

• Drainage Issue
• HOPE VI Elderly Revitalization grant and local
  CDBG funds leveraged to attract EPA grant for
  2.9 million drainage project

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PROCESS (Continued)

• Physical Redevelopment Plan
• Combined HOPE VI Elderly grant, CDBG, and EPA
  funds to address drainage problems, increase curb
  appeal, and renovate community center facility
• Designated building elderly only
• Social Service Plan
• Social Service Coordinator
• Peabody Properties (Recruited social service
  providers)

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PROCESS (Continued)
127,612 per unit
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MANAGEMENT / MARKETING

• Management Functions
• Property development
• Social Service
• Marketing
• Subsidized units
• Market rate units

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CHALLENGES/FAILURES/LESSONS LEARNED

• Physical design determined feasibility of ALF
• Open services to larger community
• Model required service coordinator and in-place
  service providers
• Linking FSS program to elderly service needs
  provide employment options to non-elderly
  residents
• Model provides flexibility for future options

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS/SUCCESSES/HIGHLIGHTS

• Social Service Coordinator
• In-place social service providers
• Job training and placement of non-elderly
  residents
• Drainage project

CAROLINE STREET APARTMENTS
NEW BEDFORD, MA