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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Of the more than 62,000 North Carolinians with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD), three-quarters rely heavily on family members for housing and support. With help from Cardinal Innovations Healthcare, the first-of-its-kind community in the state specifically designed to meet the holistic life needs of these residents will move one step closer to reality.
HOPE, North Carolina, Inc. (Housing Options for People with Exceptionalities) received a $45,000 Community Reinvestment Grant from Cardinal Innovations for planning the project.
The Chapel Hill-based non-profit envisions a multi-generational, mixed-income development for people with and without disabilities. The community is being intentionally planned to facilitate self-determination, larger social networks and more friends, increased community inclusion and participation, more chances to develop and maintain skills that foste