Pace Organization Of Rhode Island

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - PACE ORGANIZATION OF RHODE ISLAND (PACE-RI) 10 TRIPPS LANE, EAST PROVIDENCE, RI 02915-3014 TOM BOUCHER 401-654-4644 (VOICE) TBOUCHER@PACE-RI.ORG PACE-RI.ORG CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - $300,000 FOR FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION… PACE-RI IS REQUESTING $300,000 TO REPLACE THE ROOF AT OUR EAST PROVIDENCE HEALTH CLINIC AND ADULT DAY CENTER FOR FRAIL ELDERS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH NEEDS. PACE-RI IS A STATE-WIDE, NON-PROFIT HEALTH PLAN FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOMES, RATHER THAN A NURSING HOME. PACE BECOMES THEIR HEALTH INSURER AND MEDICAL PROVIDER AND ALSO DELIVERS A RANGE OF SOCIAL SERVICES INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION, MEALS, DAY CENTER SERVICES, AND MORE. OUR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH ENABLES US TO KEEP OUR 380 MEDICALLY COMPLEX PARTICIPANTS OUT OF NURSING HOMES FOUR YEARS LONGER THAN A SIMILAR POPULATION NOT WITH PACE. WE BOUGHT THIS FACILITY IN JUNE 2020 AND MOVED INTO THE BUILDING IN SEPTEMBER 2021 AFTER AN ENTIRE INTERIOR RENOVATION. THIS IS THE FIRST SITE THAT WE OWN AND OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE THRIVING HERE. THE ONLY CATCH HAS BEEN THAT THE WINTER REVEALED THE ROOF HAS SIGNIFICANT LEAKS THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO REPLACE IT OR RISK UNDERMINING THE WORK WE HAVE DONE INSIDE.