01/27/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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i o Mash pee: Served 300± special education students in 2018-2017* *From Mashpee SpecialEducation department.State statistics not available at time of application. o Dennis and Yarmouth had 511 students with individualized Education Programs o Barnstable public schools, including Sturgis and Horace Mann, had 748 students p g with Individualized Education Programs Autism Speaks estimates 50,000 teens with autism become adults—and lose school-based autism services—each year. Numerous studies organizations and government reports indicate a critical shortage of affordable g g p su ortive housing for those with Autism. In the eleven-year period from 2005 to 2015,the number pp g of 12 to 17 year-olds in Massachusetts receiving special education through an Individualized Education Plan IEP based on Autism increased threefold and that growth is not anticipated to level off until 2030. The data indicates conclusively that we will see a significantly growing.number of a in out of special education.services at age 22. people aging All of our residents will be in the Worst Case Needs cohort,with incomes at less than 30°l0 of Area n Income.The shortage of affordable housing, particularly purpose-built supportive housing, Media g g p Y p p . coupled with an ever-increasing rate,of autistic adults aging out of social service programs at age 22, and the.aging general population on the Cape turns this housing shortage into a housing crisis. Courts have mandated that the developmentally disabled not be"warehoused", thus expanding p Y pressure on existing housing stock, Five years ago; the Massachusetts Autism Commission stated that housing capacity in existing programs is outstripped by demand, and we continue hearing that adults on Cape Cod who qualify for state support are being told that there is a shortage of beds on the.Ca e and that the may be faced off-Cape, away from their community, familiar surroundings p3 Y Y p p and support network. 3. Com,muni Support: What is the nature and level of su art for this project? Include letters of su ort and an etitions. Communitysupport for the ' ject is very strong. The Town of Dennis has embraced the project, pp p providing $500,000 in CPC funding and 5 acres of Town owned land for the.project,.which was approved by a vote of 213 to 8 at Town Meeting, We have an active and engaged board of directors and cadre of dedicated volunteers. To date we have received over$200,000 in local non- overnment rants and donations. We have received funding from 4 municipalities, with a 5� g g , Brewster, approved by their CPC and now pending their November 18 Fall Town Meeting. 4. Timeline: What is the ro osed schedule for ro'ect irn lementation includ' a timeline for all milestones? Clearing began this past Jul and we consider Jul 1, 2019 to be the outside date for completion C g g p y� ]� PROJECT SCHEDULE: Estimated Start: July 8,2019 Estimated Completion: July 11 2019 FORWARD APPLICATION.November 1 2019. Page 5 of 10