Our CARE Story
Inspire Care™ formerly known as the Inspirational Center was established in 2009 to help people with disabilities living in extreme poverty and to provide support services to their families.
After providing more than 100,000 hours of hands-on direct care; we identified a need to improve the delivery of Medicaid’s long-term care program, the necessity for medical oversight, and the value of offering specialized training for its non-skilled caregivers.
As a result, in 2015 Inspire Care expanded its care model to transform the way adult home help is delivered by creating a Virtual CARE NetworkSM for Michigan residents.
Our Virtual CARE NetworkSM offers Medicaid beneficiaries a dedicated Registered Nurse at no cost; an option that has not been previously available to Michigan residents receiving adult home help.
August 2009
- Established the Inspirational Center “Empowering People and Improving the Community”. Incorporated on August 17, 2009.
October 2009
- Secured our first physical location at 2600 S. Waverly Road, Lansing, Michigan 48912.
- Opened our doors to the community to help people with disabilities obtain employment, housing, and delivered boxed food to those in need.
- Served guests from Lansing City Rescue Mission and St. Vincent’s Catholic Charities Refugee Services.
June 2010
- Began providing Adult Home Help Services”AHHS” for Medicaid beneficiaries who require long-term care.
- Enjoyed our first Community Barbecue
December 2010
- Enjoyed our first public Annual Christmas Jubilee
January 2011
- Expanded our Adult Home Help Services to Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties.
December 2011
- Secured our new physical location at 408 Kalamazoo Plaza, Ste 200 Lansing, Michigan 48933.
January 2012
- Our Founder went on his first international missions trip to Honduras.
- Our Founder received tragic news that his mother was diagnosed with stage 4b lung cancer and became his mother’s caregiver.
January 2013
- January 24, 2013 our Founder’s mother Joy A. Pappas passed away.
- July 24, 2013 our Founder’s grandmother Georgia Brown passed away at 100 years old. Jeffrey was also one of her family caregivers.
July 2013
- Held the first The Inspired Moment “a life changing experience” community fundraiser.
January 2014
- The beginning planning phases began for the expansion of the Adult Home Help care model.
June 2015
- Discontinued traditional Adult Home Help Services and began the development of the new pilot program and relaunch.
December 15, 2015
- Established Inspire Care as the new name of the Inspirational Center on December 15, 2015, in honor of our Founders deceased mother’s birth date.
- Began the model for self-direct services, virtual nursing, and the delivery of accredited training for Medicaid beneficiaries receiving Adult Home Help Services “AHHS”
April 2016
- Developed service model, tested pilot, and made necessary adjustments for the relaunch.
June 2017
- Relaunched Inspire Care Adult Home Help Services “AHHS” and launched our Virtual CARE Network℠.
- Established our Advisory Board
August 2017
- Launched our new Facebook Page & Website
