The Olive Branch Business Plan 2017

[Pages:27]The Olive Branch Business Plan 2017

The Olive Branch a 501(c)(3) Non-profit Organization

PO Box 6022 Frisco, TX 75035

469.296.8862 info@

Last updated: August 2017

1. Table of Contents

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1. Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. The Olive Branch Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4. Market Analysis: The Need for Our Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. Sustainable Revenue (Products & Services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6. Marketing Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7. Development Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 8. Operations, Management and Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 9. Financial Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 10. Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2. Executive Summary

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Mission

The Olive Branch began with a simple idea and mission: To create and maintain a selfsustaining community for young adults with special needs. The Olive Branch will be a positive, safe, secure and nurturing environment for adults with special needs where they can develop their unique abilities into meaningful job skills while building friendships, independence and a sense of belonging and purpose.

There is an overwhelmingly compelling need for a community such as the Olive Branch. 70% of adults with autism are unable to live independently. Of these, 49% live with family members, creating a huge financial burden on aging parents, and 32% live in residential care facilities, which offer little or no privacy, autonomy, or stimulation. 94% of autistic adults are unable to hold paid, full-time jobs and 65% of autistic adults have difficulty making friends. In 2014, the city of Frisco estimated that 2,500 adults in Frisco that have special needs (approximately 1.5% of the population). Nearly 4,400 special needs students were enrolled in FISD grades K-12. The population of special needs adults just in Frisco will nearly double as these children graduate from high school. Without support, families report that young adults regress and lose gains they made in school, are less likely to sustain employment, and are less engaged in their communities. Campus The Olive Branch intends to build out a community to meet the needs of these adults with special needs in the north Texas area. Some of the components of the campus will be: residential living facilities; wood working/carpentry work shop; kitchen lab; worship center; educational facilities to teach skills for independent employment and living; Medical / Dental offices; Greenhouse and organic vegetable garden; Caf? and Retail Shop The Olive Branch community will focus on abilities and provides a safe, secure and nurturing environment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through acceptance and positivity. As a result, each individual can utilize and develop their God-given unique abilities into meaningful job skills while fostering friendships, spiritual growth and a sense of belonging to fulfill an abundant life. Our citizens will develop a sense of pride that comes from contributing to their own support, while growing socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Self-Sustaining Revenue A significant part of the Olive Branch's mission is to build a self-sustaining revenue model. To achieve this model, the Olive Branch will produce revenue from multiple sources, working together for a common goal. Several of these revenue streams will have

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a significant part of their labor resources provided by the citizens of the Olive Branch as part of their work within the community. Some of the revenue streams will include: Tuition, Lease Income from Property, Equestrian Services, Donations and Grants, Contract & Outsourcing by Citizens, Greenhouse and Organic Vegetable Garden, and a Caf? and Retail Shop. Development Plan Our plan to launch the Olive Branch Community is broken up into 4 phases, of which 2 are already completed. Phase 3 is just underway in late 2016 and early 2017. The 4 phases of development are:

Phase 1 - Organization Setup (2012-2013)

Phase 2 - Saturday Work Program (2014-2016)

Phase 3 - Launch Frisco Location and Business Operations (2017 -)

Phase 4 - Land Acquisition and Development of Community (Future)

Currently in Phase 3, the next step is to find a Frisco location and begin working to acquire land. Operationally we will launch the full Work Program at the Frisco location. While that launches, we plan to hire an Executive Director and begin raising funds and launching the full operation. Developing the community will be the final phase. The Olive Branch Community Finally, the Olive Branch will be developed into a fully functioning community complete with residential living facilities, educational shops and labs, middle offices, and a worship center. Two of the primary focal components will be a Greenhouse and Organic Vegetable Garden from which the produce will be used at the caf? with extra to be sold in the retail shop. The Olive Branch Caf?, open for breakfast and lunch, will be a small, quaint caf? serving food from the greenhouses and staffed by many of the citizens in the community. It will be located within the Retail Shop. The Retail Shop will be a focal point of the Olive Branch Community and will be the Frisco store front that features handmade crafts and items and is majority employed by adults with disabilities. Citizens will work to create and produce items such as: notecards, bags and totes, wooden crosses, wooden toys, seasonal plaques and signs, produce from garden. Work with local farmers to sell local honey or jams, and have our own label.

3. The Olive Branch Overview

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Overview:

The Olive Branch began with a simple idea - to create a self-sustaining community for young adults with special needs. Currently we run a Day Program on Saturdays, but our long-term plans are to build a true community within a community.

Mission Statement:

To create and maintain a self-sustaining community for young adults with special needs.

Vision Statement:

The Olive Branch will be a positive, safe, secure and nurturing environment for adults with special needs where they can develop their unique abilities into meaningful job skills while building friendships, independence and a sense of belonging and purpose.

Campus Components:

? Residential living facilities

? Wood working/carpentry work shop

? Kitchen lab

? Worship center

? Educational facilities to teach skills for independent employment and living

? Medical / Dental offices

? Greenhouse and organic vegetable garden. Produce will be used at caf? with extra to be sold in shop.

? Caf? and Retail Shop (open for breakfast and lunch) in a Frisco store front that features homemade items and is majority employed by adults with disabilities.

? Possible items to sell ? wooden crosses, wooden children toys, signs with scripture, produce from garden. Work with local farmers to sell local honey or jams, and have our own label.

Purpose Statement:

Our community focuses on abilities and provides a safe, secure and nurturing environment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through acceptance and positivity. As a result, each individual can utilize and develop their God-given unique abilities into meaningful job skills while fostering friendships, spiritual growth and a sense of belonging

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to fulfill an abundant life. Our citizens will develop a sense of pride that comes from contributing to their own support, while growing socially, emotionally, and spiritually.

Goals and Objectives:

The Olive Branch will begin working to acquire land in 2017and begin working towards a 5 day a week program in either an interim leased location and/or in temporary structures on that land.

1. Work on acquiring land and raise administrative funding for TOB. Begin plans for structural buildout on Land. Raise funding for land and operations of the Work Program.

2. Hire 1 full-time teacher and 1-2 full-time aide(s).

3. Locate interim lease property to launch Work program

4. Build out Board of Directors and search for Executive Director

5. Begin Full-Time Work Program in interim location

6. Hire Executive Director to begin raising funding/grants and launch operations

7. Begin moving some program to structures on the new land

Legal Form:

501(c)(3) Not for Profit Company

Advisory Community:

Brookwood Community located in Brookshire, TX, just 40 miles west of downtown Houston, is the model for what the Olive Branch wants to build and become. Brookwood Community was founded in 1985, and has grown into a proven self-sustaining model. The Brookwood Campus consists of: Eight group homes, two single-family staff homes, a residential Inn, health and dental clinic, Worship Center, enterprise building, activities and administration building, 47 greenhouses, Gift and Garden Center and the Caf? at Brookwood, and several other support buildings. The Brookwood Community currently houses 110 resident adults (known as Brookwood "citizens") who are functionally disabled and live at Brookwood 24/7. Another 80 plus adults participate in their day program. The range of diverse needs they help include people with autism spectrum disorders; intellectual disabilities; developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury; dual diagnosis; and/or aging care needs. They also serve as a resource for families.

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4. Market Analysis: The Need for Our Community

Nationally

According to a National Autistic Society survey of over 450 children and adults with autism, an astonishing 70% of adults with autism are unable to live independently. Of these individuals, 49% live with family members, creating a huge financial burden on aging parents, and 32% live in residential care facilities, which offer little or no privacy, autonomy, or stimulation.

70% of Autistic Adults are Unable to Live Independently

Only 3% of adults with autism live fully independently. In terms of employment, only 6% of adults hold paid, full-time jobs. Regarding mental health, over half of adults with autism have been diagnosed with depression some time in their adult life while 11% say they have suffered a "nervous breakdown."

94% of Autistic Adults are Unable to Hold Paid, Full-Time Jobs

Even though the majority of adults surveyed had participated in at least two autism interventions in childhood, 65% continue having difficulty making friends. Of teens surveyed, 74% stated that they had difficulty making friends. Of children under 13 years old, 31% participated in no social activities at all.

65% of Autistic Adults have Difficulty Making Friends

Clearly this data shows the burden on quality of life for adults with autism, issues such as independence, self-determination, employment, mental health, social support, and meaningful relationships are virtually ignored when planning treatments, assessing treatment outcomes, or evaluating an overall program's effectiveness.

Adults with autism are in need of treatment programs which focus on improving family life, self-perception, self-esteem, confidence, ability to compete in employment

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Locally: Frisco, Texas

Determining the actual number of special needs adults who might benefit from the Olive Branch community is difficult. Part of the difficulty is that many slip through the cracks and are sitting at home after high school, unreported after they leave the school system. They simply fade away from the systems that track their progress and needs.

The best way to determine what the potential numbers of special needs adults who might fit into our community is to track those exiting the public school system. Just under 10% of all students enrolled in FISD are classified as special needs. In 2014, the city of Frisco estimated that 2,500 adults in Frisco that have special needs (approximately 1.5% of the population). Nearly 4,400 special needs students were enrolled in FISD grades K-12.

City of Frisco Projected Buildout A Growing Community

In 2016, the city of Frisco has 152,710 residents. At buildout, that number is expected increase to 375,000.

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