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Fauquier County is one of
the five local government owners of the Birmingham Green
Adult Care Residence (formerly the District Home, authorized
under Virginia law “the District Homes for Aged, Indigent,
Infirm, and Incapacitated Persons Act”).
The facility was originally
constructed in 1927, and has been in desperate need of
renovation and expansion for a number of years. All
assisted living beds at Birmingham Green are available to
persons who qualify for Auxiliary Grant assistance. Plans
are finalized for the new facility, and Federal funding has
been secured directly from the Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) agency to finance the majority of capital costs for
the expansion of the facilities. An additional grant has
been committed by the Virginia Department of Housing and
Community Development (DHCD) from the new Commonwealth
Priority Fund. Local funding from the owner jurisdictions
is also committed, totaling over $1 million, and one-time
capital allocation of state general funds was secured during
the 2005 General Assembly Session; however, a $2 million gap
in capital financing was identified during last year’s
General Assembly.
In order to keep the Federal
funding now set aside for this project, the total capital
funding package must be secured. This proposal would
initiate submission of a State budget amendment for $1.75
million in one-time funding to completely close that gap,
and to ensure the expansion of quality Assisted Living
Facility beds specifically dedicated to low-income
Virginians from the City of Alexandria, and the Counties of
Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, and Fauquier.
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