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<br />Page 3 Alexandra Bou.. Proposal to CDBC Prograa <br /> <br />. Prov~de adequete space for staff of comm~Ly advocacy and <br />ou~each programs ~n oraer to ~mprove coord~nat~on among <br />programs . <br /> <br />IV . P~ans for ~ncrea.e ;in Services <br /> <br />As detailed above., Alexandre House plans to build a new faci-li'l:y to <br />increase 1 t8 eaaergency shelter capad -ry fro. 17 to 30 and to expand <br />i t8 abili'ty to provide support, in"terve.ntion and cOllllllW1i. 'ty advocacy <br />services. Currently, the advocate and administrative offices are <br />extremely cramped at the main facility. The communi. ty outreach staff <br />are housed at a sate.llite office which is too small for their needs. <br />The meeting room at ~s site is only large enough for small meetings. <br /> <br />~exandra House is the o~~y battered women's shel"ter ~n AnoKa ~oun~.. <br />No other organization provides similar services. The eight other <br />battered women's shelters in the metropolitan area provide services in <br />other geographic areas. <br /> <br />V. Ramsey families served by Alexandra House <br /> <br />To date, i.n 1992, Alexandra House has shel "tered 567 women and children <br />and provided commur~ty advocacy se-~.ices to over 6,500 women and their <br />c.t'..i.ldren. A total of 6:'2 of these women and cr~ldren/yout..~ are ::=om <br />Ramsey, or approxima~ely :3%. <br /> <br />\"'1:. . Reques"t to Ramsey <br /> <br />Alexandra House has ta=ge"ted an amount of $1..2 million -::0 build a ne\>.' <br />:facili t:y. This includes cons-=-uc-=i.on and related II sc:f~" cos~s, i. e. <br />::u--r~shings, ar~~te~, a~orney, development consulta~t. Alexandra <br />House is requesting S2,000 =~om ~he Ramsey CDBG prQ~am, 0= .01% 0= <br />~~e to"tal development cos~. <br /> <br />\I~...- <br /> <br />Planned Facil~~ <br /> <br />;2exane=a House is wo=~n; =losel~ with ~he =i~ c~ Ela~ne ~o iden~~=y <br />= si~e === ~he new ~ac~l~:~~y. Ea=:ie= ~~~s yec=, c spe=~=~= si~e ~~ <br />=en~~ E~~~ne lookec goo~; ~oweve=, ~~e=e a=e =u==en~ly some ~ssues <br />\>.-i -=t. ~=-..:..s s:i ~e. The=e::o=e, ar.:. ad::':" ~:iona.l s:i -=e :is b~g considerec. <br />A~exandra House is wor~g c~osely wi.th p=oje~ ar~~-=e~ Buetow ~~C <br />Asso:::ia-=es on space pl.anr..ing. Si.r=y-::ive pe=cent 0:: new ::a~"":y <br />s;Jace ,,"~:..:l be ::0= eme-~e.~~- shel-::e= ::0= women a~d ~"1e~ - ~c=e.r..; 25% <br />w:..:~ be ::0= communi~ advoca:::y, ~-::E--ven~ion a~c s~pp==-= se=_~ces, ~~C <br />:8% w:..:: ~ouse ~~exan==a House's admi.r.~s-==a-=:~ve staff. The ::acili~- <br />wi:~ include space ::0= Alexandra House's na-=:ionally =ecogr~zec - <br />~~~:~en'V8~~~'S ~~~~~~ rnee~~~~ =~omls === one ~~ o~e mee~~~gs ~~= <br /> <br />/~3 <br />