The recipient entity's physical address:
           10450 Ellerbe Road
Shreveport, LA 71106

The recipient entity's mailing address (if different):
           10450 Ellerbe Road
Shreveport, LA 71106

Type of Entity (for instance, a nonprofit corporation):  Non-Profit Corporation

If the entity is a corporation, list the names of the incorporators:
          

The last four digits of the entity's taxpayer ID number:  8035

What is the dollar amount of the request?  $113,790

What type of request is this?  General Appropriation

Is this entity in good standing with the Secretary of State?  Yes

Provide the name of each member of the recipient entity's governing board and officers:
           Patrick Lukacs, President: 2720 Long Lake Drive Shreveport, LA 71106
John Collins, Vice President: 1963 Crossvine Shreveport, LA 71106
Virginia Murphy, Secretary: 1030 Erie Street Shreveport, LA 71106
Sarah Weinberg, Treasurer: 5380 Nakoma Dallas, TX 75209
Laurie Boswell, CEO: 308 Wild Oak Drive Shreveport, LA 71106

Provide a summary of the project or program:
           Holy Angels respectfully requests support for the organization's Emergency Preparedness with the purchase of a generator for the Daily Building. Holy Angels serves over 200 individuals with disabilities. Children ages 2 - 21 receive therapy and academics in the Holy Angels Academy. One hundred adults who live in the community or in our residential program attend the AngelWorks Day Program. Approximately 180 adults receive residential services and live in group homes in the community or in homes on our 64-acre campus. All, children who are students with the Holy Angels Academy, total care children in our residential program, and adults in residential services or those attending our day program, utilize this building. In the day program 100 adults receive job training in the AngelWorks enterprises. In addition, offices for the medical directors and the interdisciplinary team are strategically located in this building, providing medical and behavior interventions and supports. This important building houses the Holy Angels Medical Exam Room and Dental Clinic. Services focus on safety, life skills, engagement, community inclusion, and medical and behavior interventions. The Daily Building originally served as a residential setting and features large offices with adjoining bathrooms. During weather emergencies, staff respond with their bags packed. They leave their families and the comfort of their home to serve our residents. During these critical emergencies, this building houses staff; they sleep and bathe in this building. Children attending our academy also use this building for the Soothing Room, for dental or medical care, or for assistance with the interdisciplinary team. The purpose of this request is to purchase and install a backup generator to ensure uninterrupted services, client safety, and operational continuity during power outages. In summary, this important generator, a key feature of emergency preparedness will support individuals with disabilities as follows. 1. Ensures that the day program may continue to serve participants during power outages in the AngelWorks Day Program. Currently, we provide day program services for 100 individuals with disabilities. These individuals are susceptible to medical issues when the temperature fluctuates. Under regulatory mandate, Holy Angels may not provide services in a room where temperatures are over or under certain limits. When a power outage occurs, Holy Angels must contact the families. The families leave work to come and pick up their young adult with disabilities. 2. In addition, this building houses the Interdisciplinary Team, the physician exam room, and the dental clinic. Medical services may not continue when power outages occur. 3. The Daily Building houses an important Soothing/Relaxation Room for residents, students, or day program participants requiring limited sensory stimulation. This room helps modify anxiety and reduce behaviors for children and adults. Without behavior modification techniques, these special children and adults may respond with self-injurious behavior or behavior resulting in injury to others. 4. The Interdisciplinary Team office space was once a residential setting. Each office is a large room that was once a bedroom for 2 to 4 residents and includes a bathroom with a tub, shower, and toilet. This area houses staff when they move onto campus during weather emergencies. During the recent ice storm, staff stayed on campus for 4 to 5 nights. These loyal staff sleep in the offices on cots or air mattresses, bathe in these rooms, and depend on this building for their overnight stay.

What is the budget relative to the project for which funding is requested?:
          Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Professional Services. . . $0
          Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . $0
          Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . $113,790
          Major Repairs . . . . . . . $0
          Operating Services. . . . $0
          Other Charges. . . . . . . $0

Does your organization have any outstanding audit issues or findings?  No

If 'Yes' is your organization working with the appropriate governmental agencies to resolve those issues or findings?
          Yes

What is the entity's public purpose, sought to be achieved through the use of state monies?
          This funding supports the organization's emergency preparedness with a generator to support a key area of support for fragile children and adults with disabilities. Holy Angels was established in 1965 and continues to operate as an independent nonprofit serving over 200 children and adults with disabilities. Services are provided by over 300 staff members, including medical directors (internal medicine physician and psychiatrists), PhD Behavior Analysts, master level special education teachers, RNs, LPNs, direct service professionals, and line techs. Holy Angels is unique in that it serves individuals with medical and behavioral acuity from the time of birth through the end of life, providing care and love to all. Residents live in one of 13 group homes or in specialized congregate settings that serve high-acuity needs. The purpose of this support is to ensure continuity of services during critical weather emergencies that result in power outages. This generator will ensure that day program services and behavior support can continue during power outages. This generator will also ensure that clients live, work, and train in a stable temperature. Temperature fluctuations for individuals with disabilities could rapidly result in medical issues, and temperature stabilization is mandated by the Louisiana Department of Health. The generator will also ensure that staff have warm or cooled living quarters when asked to live on campus during these critical times. Often, staff are not able to drive to work. Their commitment to this organization is demonstrated in their willingness to pack their bags, report to the campus before the weather emergency occurs, and remain on campus, often for days at a time. Maintaining adequate staffing ratios ensures the safety and care of our state's most vulnerable citizens.

What are the goals and objectives for achieving such purpose?
          The Emergency Generator provides a stable environment for children and adults with disabilities and meets the following objectives. 1. Provide each client with a stable environment for services that support their individualized treatment plan designed by key professionals.
2. Provide social skills training and community integration.
3. Provide medical and behavioral support for individuals with acute and chronic issues.
4. Serve total care or chronically ill children and adults through the end of life.
5. Train, educate, and support each individual so that they may live in the least restrictive environment of care.
6. Provide families with key supports (school day, aftercare, day program, residential care) so that families may work and maintain a living wage to support the other family members.

What is the proposed length of time estimated by the entity to accomplish the purpose?
           one year

If any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official is an officer, director, trustee, or employee of the recipient entity who receives compensation or holds any ownership interest therein:
     (a) If an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of the official and the office held by such person:
                
    
     (b) If an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official, the name and address of such person; the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related; and the nature of the relationship:
                

     (c) The percentage of the official's or immediate family member's ownership interest in the recipient entity, if any:
                

     (d) The position, if any, held by the official or immediate family member in the recipient entity:
                 

If the recipient entity has a contract with any elected or appointed state official or an immediate family member of such an official or with the state or any political subdivision of the state:
(a) If the contract is with an elected or appointed state official, provide the name and address of the official and the office held by such person: 
               

(b) If the contract is with an immediate family member of an elected or appointed state official:
          Provide the name and address of such person:
              

          Provide the name, address, and office of the official to whom the person is related:
               

          What is the nature of the relationship? 

(c) If the contract is with the state or a political subdivision of the state, provide the name and address of the state entity or political subdivision of the state:
                

(d) The nature of the contract, including a description of the goods or services provided or to be provided pursuant to the contract:
               


Contact Information
name:  Laurie Boswell 
                                       address:  308 Wild Oak Drive Shreveport, LA 71106
                                       phone:  318 797 8500
                                       fax:  318 797 0801
                                       e-mail:  lboswell@laholyangels.org
                                       relationship to entity:  Chief Executive Officer