Posted by James Fleischmann on Sep 23, 2024
       David Dietze, Beth McKenna & Tom Mitchell
 
 
Our speaker today was Tom Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the Rose House, a Morris Plains non-profit organization providing adults with special needs supervised housing where they can live independent lives.
 
The Rose House is celebrating twenty-five years of offering its residents the opportunities to live and work in the community while receiving the extra assistance they require to maintain their independence.  Services are offered to “no-behavioral” special needs individuals.  Facilities include individual apartments, maintained by the residents and assistance where needed such as food shopping, transportation, administrative details, etc.
 
Finances are primarily provided by Medicaid and donations.  Staff costs are the bulk of expenses and staff turnover is only 12% compared to 44%, nationally, for similar organizations.
 
We were impressed with the work being done by the Rose House and thank Tom for his illuminating presentation.  Further information can be found on their website: https://therosehouse.org .