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said, “W e’ll have a giant bazaar.”
According to Hendricks, the facility has
$20,000 in escrow, with another $60,000
needed by September. She said the assessed tax
value of the 97,000 square foot facility is $1.2
million. "The land itself is worth that,” she
commented.
The new budget proposes a $1.4 million
purchase price, with a $1.8 million projected
remodeling cost. Hendricks said no remodeling
is planned “for at least a year.”
At the time of their resignation, the board
calculated that even when hilly reimbursed at
full capacity, HOL would run a monthly deficit
of $32,000. Hendricks’ figures paint a different
picture. Monthly operating costs will total
$34,000, according to Hendricks. At full
capacity, resident fees would total $27,000. A
sublease for facilities used by Rosemont School
would bring in $9,141 per month. Donations of
$2,500 would bring monthly revenue to a total
of $38,641.
Johnson said the figures do not include
another $20,000 per month “when we get our
agency license for foster care.” The facility
would have to undergo remodeling and a
Childrens’ Services Division licensing process
to receive authorization to accept children with
AIDS.
According to Hendricks, “Our focus right
now is adults with AIDS. Period.”
Hendricks’ monthly revenue figures do not
include any money from Medicaid, Johnson
said. HOL is licensed by the State Senior and
Disabled Services Division, but HOL must
negotiate a separate contract to receive Medi
caid money. A great percentage of persons with
AIDS (PWAs) rely on Medicaid in the later
stages of their illness. Critics question how
many PWAs can afford the $1,800 per month
resident fee.
Cindy Hannum, division manager of client
care said, “HOL does not have a Medicaid
contract, and has not approached the division
for a contract.” HOL received their license
from the division June 1. According to
Hannum, “The license was issued based on
administrative rules governing physical and
structural compliance and overall administra
tion. The division would be concerned if HOL
does not have operating funds.”
She stressed that HOL’s “capacity to give
care is critical.” The agency “will review
HOL’s capacity to give care,” she said.
Joanne Kraft, Portland stockbroker and
former board member, remarked, “Jeri’s right.
They are ‘scary dollars,’ but not because of the
amount Our greatest fear was that even one
PWA would come into HOL, and if we
couldn’t find those ‘scary dollars,’ that person
would be out on the streets again.”
At the time of their resignation, the board
expressed concern that HOL had no resources
for long term funding. Kraft explained, “We
asked Jeri Hendricks for further information on
financial resources before we made a final
decision. She had no other resource available to
cover that monthly deficit
"The board asked her specifically if those
numbers made financial sense. She said no. We
followed up by asking if she had other
resources to cover the monthly operating
deficit. Again the answer was no.”
When questioned about committed and
verifiable grants or donations, Hendricks and
Johnson replied, “Outreach has resubmitted for
$240,000 for education start-up and acquisi
tion.” They declined naming which funding or
ganizations they had approached. Johnson
acknowledged that none of the $240,000 was as
yet committed.
Despite her detractors, Hendricks’ goal is to
“be self-sufficient” in three to five years. “I ’d
love to have a sliding scale,” she said.
At press time, one resident had lived at HOL
for the three weeks before his death. Four
others were being screened for eligibility.
Hendricks speaks proudly of the quilts made
and donated by the Northwest Quilting
Association. The Quilt Project sews all their
blocks in HOL’s basement. Volunteers, she
said, have made the HOL dream possible. She
attends neighborhood association meetings and
her north Portland neighbors seem open and
supportive of the facility. The House of Light
dream, however, depends upon dollars.
“Jeri said people would financially support
HOL when it opened,” Kraft observed. “All of
the networking I ’ve done shows that people are
unwilling to donate. The most important job of
a board is to direct the directors. The board was
responsible.”
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