What The Burgeon Project is not
Not an institution. Not a charity built on dependence.
- an institution
- a psychiatric hospital
- a conventional group home
- a short-term behavioral program
- a retirement community
- defined by diagnosis
- quick to remove housing after struggle
- a charity meaning nothing to contribute
It is a community designed to maintain each person's opportunity to build a meaningful life, while providing the level of support they need to do so.
How we will measure success
Lives changed, not buildings built
Success will not be measured only by occupancy, revenue, compliance, or services delivered. We will ask deeper questions.
- Did someone find meaningful work?
- Did a family feel less alone?
- Did someone avoid homelessness, or develop stronger relationships?
- Did someone recover from a setback without losing their community?
- Did a resident discover strengths they'd never had the opportunity to use?
- Did more people wake up feeling that they mattered to someone?
Where we are now
A long-term vision, carefully built
The philosophy has been shaped through decades of lived experience with autism, ADHD, chronic illness, caregiving, mental health, addiction, grief, education, advocacy, recovery, and previous attempts to build supportive programs. The work now is to research existing models, study evidence-based practices, develop sustainable business structures, identify funding pathways, and build partnerships.
We do not want to build quickly and discover later that the model cannot last. We want to build something worthy of the people and families who may one day depend on it.