Micro Industries for Self-Advocates
Offered by Life’s Plan Inc. Pooled Trust
Life’s Plan is a non-profit organization that provides Special Needs Trust options for people with disabilities and their families. Life’s Plan is a Medicaid qualified trust providing supplemental care and services through our personalized trustee services and pooled investment strategy. Our individual pooled trust accounts do not jeopardize key public benefit programs such as SSI and Medicaid. The families we serve have an alternate choice to spending down their loved one’s inheritance with the use of a pooled trust. Life’s Plan has been serving individuals with disabilities and their families throughout Illinois since 1986. If you would like to learn more about Life’s Plan Inc., please click on the link: www.lifesplaninc.org
What: Micro-industry grants of up to $2000 for Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Individuals with Mental Illness.
Who is Eligible: Adults with Developmental Disability or Mental Illness living in Illinois who have not previously received a Life’s Plan micro-industry Grant.
Limits: No more than one individual or one partnership per social service agency will be selected. Awards will be made of up to $2000 per person or partnership.
Focus: To fund start-up money for micro-industry business that allows adults to earn wages. A micro-industry is a business run by a person with a disability with support from staff to allow the person to be more economically independent, agencies and service organizations are not eligible. Examples of these types of micro-industries include but are not limited to: a shredding company, jewelry making, used book resale, greeting cards, etc….
Requirements: Proposals should be limited to no more than four (4) pages. Proposals should include:
- Basic demographics of person applying (5 pts)
- Summary of the micro-industry purposed (25 pts)
- Budget on how the funds will be spent (25 pts)
- A one (1) page work plan with time frames and outcomes (35 pts)
- Indication of who will support you in this endeavor (5 pts)
- Willingness to submit a 1 page final report by 12.31.101 (5 pts)
- Indicate to whom or to what entity the funds will be dispensed so that the individual’s government benefits are not compromised.
Application can be e-mailed to: lifesplangrants@raygraham.org
Proposals will be accepted until 5:00 PM, Tuesday July 12, 2011.
No phone calls for clarification will be accepted, Email your questions/inquiries to Scott at lifesplangrants@raygraham.org.
