Teaching Older Adults in Affordable Apartment Communities to Use Amazon Echo Devices
A ST. MARY DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY
St. Mary partnered with personal electronics support company Trillnovo to install free WiFi in several of our apartment communities, provide our senior residents with free Amazon Echo devices, and train them to use their new devices.
A goal of this research was to eliminate the barriers residents said prevented them from adopting new technology, and to advance how technology can support older adults in affordable apartment communities. This white paper documents our training process and documentation, as well as findings from the project.
Technology Ownership and Usage Among Seniors in Affordable Housing Communities
A ST. MARY DEVELOPMENT SURVEY REPORT
St. Mary was the recipient of a Del Mar Encore Fellow Initiative Grant in 2018. The purpose of the grant was to explore how tele-health and emerging technologies can be used to reduce the disparity of access to services and healthcare for seniors living at or below the poverty line.
This report provides the results of a survey conducted in partnership with Linkage Connect to assess the current ownership and usage of technology among the residents living in St. Mary's senior living communities. Throughout the report, information is included from the literature identifying some of the national trends and issues related to technology and older adults.
Housing Needs Assessment: City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio
A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INITIATIVE
The Miami Valley Non-profit Housing Collaborative and Columbus-based Bowen National Research partnered to release a comprehensive assessment of housing needs in Dayton and Montgomery County. The Collaborative hopes the Assessment helps inform federal, state and local spending on housing as well as housing policy.
The Housing Needs Assessment includes a demographic analysis, economic trend analysis, housing supply analysis, and housing market condition analysis. The housing analysis includes multifamily rental housing, non-conventional rentals, and for-sale housing, as well as a review of the development pipeline. Bowen contacted local stakeholders for input, including housing authority representatives, government officials, economic development professionals realtor associations, neighborhood organizations, rental property managers, real estate agents, social service providers and local housing developers.
Resident Services Funding & Delivery Models Among Affordable Housing Nonprofits
PUBLISHED BY THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES AND NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA
The purpose of this research was to address three primary questions: (1) What are the resident services offered by affordable housing nonprofits, (2) how are these resident services funded, and (3) how are these resident services delivered? This research offers organizational- and policy-level insights into the implementation and sustainability of delivering resident services.
As a NeighborWorks chartered member, St. Mary Development's work is highlighted in the research report multiple times.
Community Health Workers: A Promising Program Model to Advance Health & Well-Being in Affordable Housing and Community Development
PUBLISHED BY NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA
In 2021 NeighborWorks America, in collaboration with healthcare consulting firm Health Management Associates (HMA), launched the Community Health Worker Learning Lab (CHWLL) to support Network organizations piloting or expanding CHW programs. NeighborWorks America provided grant funding, training, coaching, and technical assistance for 12 Network organizations, including St. Mary Development, to explore, implement, launch, or expand CHW models. Using lessons learned from the CHWLL, the Healthy Homes & Communities team and HMA simultaneously developed a CHW toolkit in collaboration with the grantee cohort to support the Network, and the community development and housing field at large, implement a sustainable CHW program model.
