A nonprofit health care corporation will take over the Millville Housing Authority's assisted living program in about two months.
Pleasantville-based Caring Inc. will run the program, which has 58 clients at two sites, for at least three years. The authority and Caring still need to execute a contract.
"I'm expecting the transition will be done in 60 days," MHA Executive Director Paul F. Dice said last week. The state Department of Health and Senior Services needs to approve the sale, although Caring holds the necessary license.
Dice emphasized the program's clients won't have to move. "That is by far the biggest concern that people have," he said.
The new operator will lease a total of 1,100 square feet of space at the Jaycee Plaza and Riverview West high-rises, where the program's clients live. About two-thirds are Jaycee Plaza residents.
The housing authority's Board of Commissioners approved the agreement in a unanimous vote last week. Caring was selected from among four bidders.
Representatives of the authority and Caring met with program employees last week.
The authority's program employs 13 full-time workers and seven part-time workers. They are registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing aides.
Dice said Caring will give job interviews to all employees -- "That was very important to us," he said --although there's no guarantee they'll be hired.
Caring will make a onetime payment of $10,000 to the authority as part of the agreement. It also will pay the agency $35 per client per month on a continuing basis. Annually, that equates to $24,360, based on the current enrollment.
In addition, Caring's lease to rent space in the high-rises will be about $13,200, which does not include utility bills.
Dice said Caring made the highest financial offer to take over the MHA program. The agency also picked the nonprofit because of its experience in running similar assisted living programs in Atlantic City and Wildwood and other businesses, such as adult day care and a transportation service.
"What we liked about that is that they have plans for growth," Dice said.
Other offers were from Esquire Group, which operates a program in Vineland; Healthcare Strategies New Jersey, which runs two facilities in Trenton; and Excellence in Caring from Egg Harbor Township, which is a consulting administrative services for health care businesses.
Pleasantville-based Caring Inc. will run the program, which has 58 clients at two sites, for at least three years. The authority and Caring still need to execute a contract.
"I'm expecting the transition will be done in 60 days," MHA Executive Director Paul F. Dice said last week. The state Department of Health and Senior Services needs to approve the sale, although Caring holds the necessary license.
Dice emphasized the program's clients won't have to move. "That is by far the biggest concern that people have," he said.
The new operator will lease a total of 1,100 square feet of space at the Jaycee Plaza and Riverview West high-rises, where the program's clients live. About two-thirds are Jaycee Plaza residents.
The housing authority's Board of Commissioners approved the agreement in a unanimous vote last week. Caring was selected from among four bidders.
Representatives of the authority and Caring met with program employees last week.
The authority's program employs 13 full-time workers and seven part-time workers. They are registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing aides.
Dice said Caring will give job interviews to all employees -- "That was very important to us," he said --although there's no guarantee they'll be hired.
In addition, Caring's lease to rent space in the high-rises will be about $13,200, which does not include utility bills.
Dice said Caring made the highest financial offer to take over the MHA program. The agency also picked the nonprofit because of its experience in running similar assisted living programs in Atlantic City and Wildwood and other businesses, such as adult day care and a transportation service.
"What we liked about that is that they have plans for growth," Dice said.
Other offers were from Esquire Group, which operates a program in Vineland; Healthcare Strategies New Jersey, which runs two facilities in Trenton; and Excellence in Caring from Egg Harbor Township, which is a consulting administrative services for health care businesses.
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