# Presentation: 487613

## Marrulut Eniit(“Grandma’s House”)

**Marrulut Eniit****(“Grandma’s House”)**

**10 Unit Assisted**
**Living Facility**
**Dillingham, Alaska 99576**

** ****Bristol Bay Housing Authority **
** ****Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation**
** ****Bristol Bay Native Association**
** ****Curyung Village Council**
** ****City of Dillingham**
** ****Ekuk Village Council**

**Partners:**

## BACKGROUND

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

** ****The elders of Alaska’s Bristol Bay region are ****predominately Native American, and a vital cultural resource to Yupik Eskimo and Aleut families.  **

*** ******Marrulut Eniit***** enables elders who need assisted living care to remain near family and friends. Previously the closest assisted living facilities were in Anchorage, and transition to unfamiliar urban environments often accelerated Alaskan elders’ demise.**

## Facilities

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

** *****Marrulut Eniit***** ****includes ****a full-time manager’s apartment****of 800 ****sq. ft.****, and ****10 handicap accessible and equipped units of 480 sq. ft. each. Each unit includes a small living area, bedroom and kitchen area. **

**Attendant Caretakers are available 24-hours a day.**

## Facilities

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

**fenced courtyard.**
**Common areas comprise 3,491 sq. ft. of Marrulut Eniit’s total 9,091 sq. ft.**

**Common areas include a Dining/Multi-purpose congregate living area, kitchen facilities for group dining, a separate storage area for each tenant, common laundry and whirlpool bath, and a large**

## 			   TOTAL           $2,198,645

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

**Grants**
** ****	****Alaska Housing Finance Corp......$900,645**
** ****	****HUD/ICDBG – Curyung.................500,000**
** ****	****HUD/ICDBG – Ekuk......................500,000**
** ****	****State of Alaska Mental Health........250,000**
**	****FHLB...........................................**_**48,000**_
**	****	****	****   ****TOTAL           $2,198,645**
**Additional Assistance:**
**	****City of Dillingham Property Donation ****	****Choggiung Ltd. (Native Corp.) Land Donation**

## Operating Expenses

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

**Revenue**
** ****	****Medicaid ...................................$340,000**
** ****	****Tenant Rent................................. 40,000**
** ****	****Tenant Meals............................... 40,000**
** ****	****Local Generated........................... **_**22,000**_
**	****	****	****   ****TOTAL                  $442,000**
**Expenditures:**
**	****Operating and Maintenance.........$ 54,000**
**	****Food and Services...................... 338,000**
**	****Administration............................  **_**50,000**_
**	****	****	****    ****TOTAL****	****          $442,000**

##  HUD “Best Practices” Recognition

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

**Marrulut Eniit is operated by a 501c3 organization comprised of the agencies that contributed to the project. The Bristol Bay Housing Authority provides contract management and employs Marrulut Eniit’s staff.**

** ****HUD “Best Practices” Recognition**

**The first state-licensed assisted living facility in rural Alaska, Marrulut Eniit received the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s “Best Practices”  Award in August, 2000.**

##  Coordinating constituent service agency goals and requirements.

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

** ****Coordinating constituent service agency goals and requirements.**
** ****Public relations underway to overcome cultural resistance to the assisted living concept. **
** ****High rate of employee turnover.**

##  Contacts

**Marrulut Eniit**

**Dillingham, Alaska**

**Bristol Bay Housing Authority****Dave McClure, Executive Director****Box 50, Dillingham, Alaska 99576****Ph: 907-842-5956   FAX 907-842-2784****dmcclure@bbha.org**

**Marrulut Eniit (“Grandma’s House”****)****Marilyn Casteel, Manager****Box 1445, Dillingham, Alaska 99576****Ph: 907-842-4600   FAX 907-842-4606****marrulut@nushtel.com**