Community Supports

Housing Deposits help you find and get one-time services that can help you set up your home, like:

1. Security deposits for an apartment or home.
2. Set-up fees/deposits for utilities or service access and utility arrearages.
3. First month coverage of utilities, like gas, electricity, heating and water.
4. First month’s and last month’s rent.
5. Services necessary for health and safety, like pest control and one-time cleaning.
6. Goods such as:

• An air conditioner or heater.
• Medically necessary adaptive aids and services.
• Hospital beds, Hoyer lifts, air filters, specialized cleaning or pest control supplies.

Housing services don’t provide you with a room or support you with ongoing rent costs beyond the first and last month’s coverage.

This service can help you get housed and stay housed. Services include:

• Help identifying behaviors that may put your housing at risk, such as late rental payment, hoarding, substance use and other lease violations.
• Education and training on the role, rights and responsibilities of the tenant and landlord.
• Coaching on developing relationships with landlords/property managers to be a successful tenant.
• Communicating with landlords on your behalf.
• Helping resolve disagreements with landlords and/or neighbors to prevent eviction.
• Advocating for the member and connecting them with community resources when they are at risk of losing housing.
• Helping with the yearly housing recertification process.
• Creating a housing crisis plan for future issues.
• Providing ongoing help with lease compliance, including support with household activities.
• Making sure your home is safe and livable.
• Providing early support services listed in the crisis plan when housing is at risk.
• Teaching life skills like budgeting, financial literacy and connecting to community resources.

All services should be based on the person’s individual needs and included in their housing support plan. Each person may only need some of the services listed above.

Housing transition services help members find and move into housing. Services are based on your needs and a housing support plan may include:

• Looking at your housing needs and any barriers to housing.
• Searching for available housing options.
• Helping with housing applications and gathering documents (e.g., ID, birth certificate).
• Connecting you with rent assistance (e.g., Section 8, other subsidies).
• Helping with moving costs, adaptive tools or home modifications.
• Making sure your new home is safe to move into.
• Coordinating the details of your move.
• Coordinating transportation for housing-related appointments or move-in.
• Coordinating environmental changes for accessibility (e.g., ramps).

These services do not include rent payments or room and board.

Recuperative Care gives you a short-term, safe place to stay if you are homeless or do not have stable housing. It helps you recover after being in the hospital or after a medical treatment. Staff can help with wound care, medications and connecting you to other support.

A member may qualify if they are experiencing homelessness or housing instability and:

• Were recently discharged from the hospital after surgery or treatment and need time to heal in a clean, safe environment.
• Have an open wound needing daily dressing changes and cannot manage the care on their own due to their living situation.
• Need ongoing IV medications or injections but do not have access to refrigeration, clean water or medical supplies at home.
• Are recovering from severe pneumonia or respiratory illness and need a temperature-controlled space and monitoring.
• Were treated for a mental health crisis and need stabilization in a structured setting before returning home.
• Were discharged from a psychiatric or substance use treatment center and are not yet ready to transition into housing on their own.
• Require frequent follow-up appointments.
• Need help reconnecting with a primary care provider, behavioral health or social support services before finding housing.
• Need support regaining strength and the ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing, walking or eating independently.

Short-Term Post-Hospitalization Housing provides a safe, temporary place for members without a stable home who need ongoing support after leaving a facility. This includes individuals recovering from medical, psychiatric or substance use conditions who would face health risks due to homelessness or unstable housing.

This service is for members transitioning from:

• Inpatient hospitals (acute, psychiatric or substance use treatment).
• Residential mental health or recovery treatment programs.
• Correctional or juvenile facilities.
• Nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities.
• Recuperative care programs.

The housing may be in an individual or shared setting. While in this housing, members get support to continue recovery, regain strength and prepare for long-term housing.

Members can get support with:

• Case management and care coordination.
• Ongoing support with:
  • Medical recovery (e.g., medication, follow-up care).
  • Psychiatric stabilization.
  • Substance use recovery.
• Performing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as bathing, dressing and moving.
• Connecting to mental health, primary care and social services.
• Accessing benefits and referrals for permanent housing.
• Monitoring of recovery progress.
• Meals and safe, interim housing.
• Transportation for follow-up appointments.
• Developing a housing support plan and completing a housing needs assessment.
• Housing Transition Navigation Services to prepare for permanent housing.
• Individualized housing planning.

Transitional Rent can help pay your rent for up to 6 months. This help is for people who meet all of the following conditions:

• You are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless by federal definitions.
• You have a behavioral health condition.
• You had a major life change in the past 6 months, such as leaving foster care, jail, prison or another institution.

You can receive Transitional Rent for up to 6 months during the program period. The 6-month limit includes room and board services you may get through:

• Recuperative Care.
• Short-Term Post Hospital Housing.
• Transitional Rent.

Your Transitional Rent provider may:

• Help you find temporary or permanent housing. When possible, they will try to help you find permanent housing first.
• Make sure your housing meets basic living standards.
• Pay your landlord or housing provider on time.
• Work with other housing and care providers to support you.
• Help you plan for stable housing after Transitional Rent ends.
• Check if you qualify for other housing programs for people with behavioral health needs.
• Help with landlord communication, lease questions, payment plans or problems that come up.
• Make sure payments are only made while you live in the housing.
• Make sure payments are only used for approved costs, such as:
  • Rent.
  • Storage fees.
  • Required amenity fees.
  • Utilities included in the rent.

Transitional Rent only covers costs for you and your family members who qualify. If you share housing with roommates, it will not pay the full rent for the entire unit.

The services you get will be based on your personal needs. They will be written in your housing support plan. You may not need all of the services listed above.