Articles for the Topic "Supportive Housing"

A Guide to Reentry Supportive Housing: A Three-Part Primer for Non-Profit Supportive Housing Developers, Social Service Providers, and Their Government Partners

2009-01-22T11:13:09

This guide is intended to furnish supportive housing providers with a basic introduction to community reentry supportive housing; that is, supportive housing targeted toward formerly incarcerated individuals or ex-offenders, including those who have special needs.

Between the Lines: A Question and Answer Guide on Legal Issues in Supportive Housing

2009-01-22T12:59:39

This guide offers some basic information about the laws that pertain to supportive housing and sets out ways to identify and think through issues to improve use of professional counsel.

Corporation for Supportive Housing, Supportive Housing Financing Guide

2009-01-22T12:56:27

This Web-based guide provides details on all major Federal supportive housing financing sources, including program descriptions and links to the regulations, resources on everything from how to use Medicaid in supportive housing to understanding Low Income Housing Tax Credits, links to current funding opportunities, and details on relevant State programs.

Evaluation of LA's HOPE ending chronic homelessness through employment and housing final report

2009-01-22T12:02:07

LA's HOPE is one of five U.S. Housing and Urban Development- (HUD-) and U.S. Department of Labor-funded projects awarded in September 2003 to demonstrate the ability to move chronically homeless adults into permanent housing and help them return to work. LA's HOPE was successful in its primary goals, housing 69 percent of ever-enrolled clients and engaging 84 percent in employment-related activities—54 percent in competitive employment. The report discusses system change goals and their success, as well as lessons learned.

Federal Housing Assistance Programs National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) Fact Sheet #16

2009-01-22T12:21:21

This fact sheet provides information on a variety of Federal housing programs. It includes descriptions of each program and the requirements to qualify for each.

Home Works: Solving Family Homelessness Through Permanent Supportive Housing

2009-01-22T12:52:34

Home Works draws on the pragmatic lessons learned from many family supportive housing projects in operation in and around San Francisco, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Designed primarily for service providers, housing developers, and managers, and also for public and private funders, Home Works offers practical guidance for the development and operation of family supportive housing.

Homeless Programs and Initiatives

2009-01-22T11:51:17

This site provides information on several supportive and transitional housing initiatives sponsored for homeless veterans including a per diem program, loan guarantee program, work therapy/transitional residence program, and rehabilitation program. It also explains opportunities to participate in grantee programs or support other community-oriented programs.

New York City’s Project Renewal: Housing First for People With Addictions

2009-01-22T11:03:30

This edition of the Leadership To End Homelessness Audio Conference featured a Housing First program that provides housing and support for chronically homeless individuals with substance use disorders. New York City's Project Renewal was awarded 1 of 11 Chronic Homelessness Initiative grants by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2003. The grants helped create In Homes Now, a program that identifies chronically homeless individuals whose primary disabling condition is a substance use disorder, places them in scattered-site apartments, and provides comprehensive services. Diane Esper, Director of In Homes Now, describes the program and how it overcame some of the unique challenges to serving this population.

Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless in LA Advances With First Project From City’s $30 Million Loan Fund

2009-01-22T12:10:12

City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) celebrated the first loan award from a public and private partnership to L.A. Family Housing—a nonprofit developer that will use the $3 million to support the development of Glenoaks Gardens to provide 60 units of permanent supportive housing. This is the first project to receive funding from the $30 million City of Los Angeles Supportive Housing Loan Fund.

Supportive Housing & Homeless Programs (SHHP)

2009-01-22T12:03:57

SHHP is a statewide housing agency that operates within the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health and Housing. SHHP’s rental assistance programs are available in all 64 counties in Colorado. SHHP partners with more than 60 private nonprofit agencies to provide housing options for Colorado citizens with special needs. The rental assistance programs provide a subsidy for extremely low- and very low-income families—the elderly, the homeless, and persons with disabilities—to rent decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the community. Most of the housing programs are tenant based, allowing participants to live in privately owned housing (including single-family homes, townhouses, and apartments).

Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Desk Guide

2009-01-22T12:39:47

The SHP Desk Guide was designed to help homeless assistance program staff administering McKinney-Vento grants awarded through SHP. SHP is a Federal grant program authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC 11381-11389). SHP is designed to promote the development of housing and supportive services to assist homeless persons in the transition from the streets and shelters to permanent housing and self-sufficiency. The guide provides information, key resources, and technical assistance on the life cycle of grants obtained through SHP. Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations, local and State governments, and other governmental entities. The guide contains basic information for new grantees and specific guidance on complicated policy issues for all grantees. The guide is not a substitute for program regulations, but instead is a practical resource for common issues that arise during program implementation.

The Impact of Supportive Housing for Homeless People With Severe Mental Illness on the Utilization of the Public Health, Corrections, and Emergency Shelter Systems: The New York-New York Initiative

2009-01-22T12:07:11

Data on 4,679 homeless people with severe mental disorders placed in supportive housing in New York City between 1989 and 1997 were merged with administrative data on the utilization of public shelters, public hospitals, Medicaid-funded services, veterans’ inpatient services, State psychiatric inpatient services, State prisons, and the city’s jails. A series of matched controls who were concurrently homeless but were not placed in housing were similarly tracked through administrative records.

Toolkit for Connecting Supportive Housing Tenants to Employment

2009-01-22T12:42:54

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide access to tools, case studies, evaluations, sample documents, and other useful resources for connecting supportive housing tenants to employment. The goal of this resource is to help supportive housing organizations, workforce partners, and employers address key challenges in the planning, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of employment-related services and programs.

Toolkit for developing and operating supportive housing

2009-01-22T12:46:53

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide organizations with access to tools, informational materials, and sample documents that can help them address key challenges in the planning, development, and ongoing operation of permanent supportive housing projects. More than 150 tools pertaining to understanding supportive housing, development and finance, housing operations, and supportive services are included.

Volunteers Salvage Abandoned Home, Helping Family & Neighborhood

2009-01-22T11:48:45

In the Tri-Lakes area of New York, Adirondack Habitat for Humanity has launched an effort to salvage abandoned houses. As Chris Knight reports, it is a way for low-income families to buy their own home. It is also a boost for struggling neighborhoods.

What did we learn from our study on sober living houses and where do we go from here?

2011-03-02T04:02:22

Sustained abstinence typically requires a stable, alcohol- and drug-free living environment. Without this type of environment, recovery can become difficult and even the most motivated individuals may become derailed on their way to recovery. Sober living houses (SLHs) are alcohol- and drug-free living environments for individuals who are attempting recovery. SLHs are not licensed or funded by State or local governments and the residents themselves pay for costs. The philosophy of recovery emphasizes 12-Step group attendance and peer support. The authors studied 300 individuals entering two different types of SLHs during an 18-month period. This article summarizes the published findings documenting resident improvement on measures of alcohol and drug use, employment, arrests, and psychiatric symptoms. Involvement in 12-Step groups and characteristics of the social network were strong predictors of outcome, reaffirming the importance of social and environmental factors in recovery. This article adds to the author's previous reports by providing a discussion of implications for treatment and criminal justice systems. Also described in this article are the next steps in the author's research on SLHs, which will include: (1) an attempt to improve outcomes for residents referred from the criminal justice system and (2) a depiction of how attitudes of stakeholder groups create a community context that can facilitate and hinder the legitimacy of SLHs as a recovery modality.

With Rising Homelessness, Affordable Housing Scarce

2009-01-22T11:44:22

In Franklin County, New York, a consortium of aid groups is working to measure the number of truly homeless people. They are also working with landlords to help provide low-cost apartments. Nancy Reich is head of Comlinks, a regional housing authority based in Malone, New York. She talks about the fact that even with subsidies, affordable apartments are harder than ever to find.