graceworks 2007 community impact report

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2007 Community Impact Report

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Since 2007 Graceworks Lutheran Services has

generated $232 million in economic impact or

the Dayton area and tri-state region.* Throughdirect expenditures or goods and services

and resulting fnancial

interactions among

businesses, consumers

and producers in the

region, Graceworks

produced an incremental

137 regional jobs due

to business activity

and 440 more regional

jobs through the rippleeect in consumer retail

activities stimulated by

Graceworks.

Incorporated in 1926,

Graceworks Lutheran

Services has advanced

its mission and values

or over 80 years.

Helping people o all

aiths experience dignityand wholeness in their lives is the mission

that guides Graceworks Lutheran Services in

the delivery o a broad array o residential and

personal services in more than 50 location

throughout southwest Ohio, southeast Ind

and northern Kentucky.

With headquarters

located on the 100-ac

Bethany Village camp

Centerville, Gracewor

a nonproft, aith-base

organization, is one o

50 largest employers

the Miami Valley. A st

o nearly 900 employ

earned a payroll thatexceeded $25 million

paid more than $2 mi

payroll taxes. Gracew

provided $3.7 million

uncompensated char

care in 2007.

Graceworks well kno

Bethany Village senio

living community has

abuzz since 2006 whe

it launched a $47 million expansion project

that will enlarge and transorm one o Ohio

most respected Continuing Care Retireme

Communities.

Thousands of people in the tri-state area have a sense o peace and saety as a result o

the work o Graceworks Lutheran Services. They woke up this morning with hope in their

hearts because they have experienced stability in the ace o uncertainties. Graceworks not

only helps individuals achieve personal benefts, but also provides a proound and positive

economic impact on the community as a whole.

*Graceworks Community Impact Report by Leonard J. Kloft, Ph.D., Director, M.S. in Social and Applied Economics,Department of Economics, Raj Soin College of Business, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

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Graceworks provides services at more

than 50 locations in Ohio, Indiana and

Kentucky.


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Helping people achieve dignity andwholeness in their lives starts at home

Having a place to call home is even more

heart-warming in a welcoming, respectul

community o good neighbors. Designed

or comort, saety, sel-sufciency and

consideration or the physical and emotional

needs o the residents, Graceworks residential

communities add value to neighborhoods in 20counties in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

Graceworks emerged as a leader and trusted

provider o group homes in the early 1980s

when the State o Ohio began

deinstitutionalizing persons

with mental retardation and

developmental disabilities.

First opening two homes in

Cincinnati in 1983, Graceworks

Enhanced Living provided25 nationally accredited group

residences and a day program

in Butler, Greene, Hamilton and

Montgomery counties in 2007

or more than 160 individuals

with developmental disabilities.

Residents in each home develop

their ull potential in sae a

supportive environments

ounded on the principles

o gentle teaching, servanleadership and building

community. In 2007 Grace

provided more than $343,

in charity care through the

Enhanced Living program.

More than 700 elderly and

disabled individuals with

limited fnancial resources

call their apartment hom

in any o 19 GraceworksHousing Services apart

communities located in qu

residential neighborhoods

The typical apartment buil

has 40 clean and secure apartments that

are accessible or people with mobility

impairments. For nearly two decades,

Graceworks Housing Services, through a

partnership with the U.S. Department o

Housing and Urban Development (HUD),

provided comortable, sae places to live individuals who are age 62 or older or dis

Graceworks provided more than $730,00

charity care in 2007 through Housing Ser


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Bethany Village is expanding to serve thegrowing population of seniors

Graceworks Lutheran Services is demonstrating its commitment to the Dayton region

a $47 million construction project at Bethany Village, its senior living community in Cente

A nationally accredited Continuing Care Retirement Community, Bethany Village provides

residences or active seniors, assisted living and a range o healthcare services to meet cha

needs, including short-term rehabilitation, memory supportive care and skilled nursing care.

The expansion is one o the largest building

projects underway in the south Dayton

metropolitan area and includes 60 new

residences, a Village Center and a Memory

Support Center. The frst step was a massive

exterior renovation o the 11-story Vista Place

apartment residence, the tallest building in thecommunity. But the project is about more than

new buildings. It is about enriching the lives o

the communitys growing population o seniors.

The Village Center will open in December

2008 and create a new ront door to the

community. The new central gathering place

illustrates Bethanys ocus on wholeness o lie

and includes a Fitness Center, a relaxing Bistro,

a Grand Room or large gatherings, a classroom

or educational programs and an Art Center orcreating and exhibiting art.

The new Memory Support Center will provide a

home-like environment or people experiencing

dementia or Alzheimers disease. To be

completed in spring 2009, the Center will be

divided into our households. Each household

will eature 14 private resident rooms, a dining

area, kitchen and living room overlooking a

central courtyard where residents can experience

the outdoors.

When the expansion is completed, Bethany

will be home to approximately 800 older adults.

More than 575 elderly people experience skilled

nursing care and customized rehabilitation

programs each year in the Bethany Rehabilitation

Center as they recover rom surgery or

hospitalization.www.graceworks.org


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Graceworks Lutheran Services

6430 Inner Mission Way

Dayton, OH 45459

www.graceworks.org

2008 Graceworks Lutheran Services 2007 Community Impact Report

Member o Lutheran Services in America

Afliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Churc

Recognized by The Lutheran Church Misso

A United Way Agency

Serving the community

Uncompensated Charity Care Year Ended Dec. 31, 2007

Bethany Village Program Subsidies:

Medicaid Provider Defcit $1

Benevolent Care Benefts

$2,

Community Care Program Subsidies:

Adoption Services

Consumer Credit Counseling Service

Community Outreach Services

Graceworks Enhanced Living

Graceworks Housing Services

Total Uncompensated Charity Care $3,

Graceworks

community-based

services

provided

$571,449 in

charity care,

improving

stability in the

lives o more than

15,000 individuals acing

challenges and uncertainties.

Adoption Services: We helped 69

amilies adopt inants, perormed homestudy

assessments to make adoption possible or

20 children living with relatives or guardians,

and provided birthparent counseling and

assessment services or 55 amilies.

Consumer Credit Counseling Service:

Through one-on-one fnancial counseling,

housing counseling, bankruptcy pre-fling

counseling and fnancial literacy classes, wehelped more than 8,000 amilies manage

their debts, create budgets, become

homeowners or avoid oreclosure.

Interfaith Care Team Ministry: A total

o 110 amilies received home-based lie-

skills education, amily mentorship, advocacy

and support through case management

services. Another 1,312 individuals received

emergency assistance.

Once Around Shop and Emergency

Assistance Program: A total o 5,005

individuals received emergency ood, clo

or fnancial assistance. Thousands more

aordable clothing and household items

Eaton Once Around Shop.

Senior Companion Program: Trained

volunteers helped 250 older persons mai

independence in their own homes throug

riendly visits and respite care.

Graceworks 840 volunteers contributed

hours, an estimated value o $1.3 million

Graceworks encouraged its employees to

participate in 74 other nonproft commun

organizations.

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