In December 2014, AHEAD celebrated the completion of Notre Dame Apartments, a Senior Housing Project in Berlin, NH, culminating a community-driven effort to rehabilitate the historic Notre Dame school. The former school has been converted to 33 efficient and modern apartment units for low-income seniors. Heat, hot water and electricity are included in these service-enriched units, as well as on-si
te laundry. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will provide community-based, long term support services to those Notre Dame Apartment residents who require assistance. Through Choices for Independence (CFI), a Medicaid waiver program, Notre Dame residents will have access to home health care services, allowing them to receive the care they need while maintaining independent living. AHEAD has partnered with certified CFI providers to coordinate these services. AHEAD is proud of this effort, which is important not only as a senior housing project, but also as the centerpiece to revitalizing a distressed neighborhood. A group of Notre Dame alumni formed the "Rescue Notre Dame" group in 2003 to save the building, which had been vacant for many years and suffered damage from arson. The City of Berlin, working with the Environmental Protection Agency, spent more than $800,000 to remove hazardous materials from the site prior to the building's restoration. Questions? Call 603-444-1377 ext. 2 or us on the web at www.homesahead.org. Apartments are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Applicants must be 62 or older, and must first income-qualify.
