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" What makes this project different from other housing projects

for

people with disabilities is eight of the 12 residents will be coming

straight from the County area instead of from a

5,000-name-long

waiting list kept by the state, Kramer said. The wait time for those

on

the state list is more than 30 years, he said. "

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100329123

Ground broken in Hanover for home for adults with

disabilities

HANOVER - The Rose House broke ground Monday afternoon for a new

home

where 12 adults with developmental disabilities will live

independently

once the home is built.

The existing residence on the site was demolished this month and a

prefabricated two-story home will be assembled at 290 Cedar Knolls

Road,

across from Allegro School, in the coming months. The residents on

the

waiting list, who have jobs and can live independently, are expected

to

move in this summer.

The home will serve as a model of a new way of addressing a severe

housing shortage for adults with developmental disabilities, said

Mark

Kramer, director of The Rose House, the Plains-based

organization

that is building the home. The nonprofit helps people with

disabilities

live independently. " It's a tremendously exciting prospect, "

Kramer

said. " It's a demonstration project that we hope will be replicated

all

over the state. "

What makes this project different from other housing projects for

people

with disabilities is eight of the 12 residents will be coming

straight

from the County area instead of from a 5,000-name-long

waiting

list kept by the state, Kramer said. The wait time for those on the

state list is more than 30 years, he said.

The other four residents will be taken from the top of the state

list.

The house will have eight apartment units and beds for 12 people. It

will have a full basement with a recreation room, staff offices, a

laundry room and an elevator. The first floor and the basement are

fully

accessible.

There will be staff in the home around the clock, but individuals

will

need to take care of all their personal needs, which will make

running

the home much less expensive than other group homes, Kramer

said.

The Rose House, which Kramer established in 1999, also runs two

group

homes in the Budd Lake section of Mount Olive and a vocational

program

in Denville.

The project is being co-developed with NewBridge Services Inc. and

is

budgeted at $2.3 million. It received funding from six sources: the

state Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency, the state Division on

Developmental Disabilities, County HOME, the Hanover

Affordable

Housing Trust Fund, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York and the

United Way of County. Tenants pay 25 percent of their income

for

rent.

Markey, 29, who is on the waiting list to live in the home,

said

she sometimes drives by the site to see its progress.

An employee of the Hanover Township building department, she said

she's

excited at the prospect of living on her own.

" I know, at the same time, I'm going to miss my family, " she

said.

Matt Rodaman of Rockaway Township said he's looking forward to

independent living.

" You can do stuff on your own, " said Rodaman, 32. He has been a

ShopRite

employee for 15 years.

Weiner, 30, said she's looking forward to having her own

home.

" I just can't wait to get out of my own house, " she said.

" I don't like

being home too much. I like to be out and about. "

Jake Remaly: 973-428-6621; jremaly1@...

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Homeopath

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