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or provided at other rehab programs attended by the consumer outside of the
home. As recovery progresses for the consumer and the need for staff to be
present in the consumer’s home diminishes, staff can be withdrawn, and hours cut
back and eventually eliminated. Consumers can continue to live in their own
homes, no longer required to physically move to a new location just because they
no longer need as much staff support!
• “Clogs in the pipeline” of moving persons from state hospitals into the
CRRS/LTSR system will no longer be a problem, as there will be no pipeline.
The constraints on moving persons to less restrictive alternatives in the
community will be: the availability of supported housing options; and the
availability of mobile support staff.
• HUD will provide funds for the cost of some of the housing of low-income
individuals, rather than the state bearing all of the housing costs through state
allocation for residential services. OMHSAS will be allocating more money to the
County MH/MR Programs for treatment, services and supports, and less for
housing.
Planning Resources available to help with the transition of individuals from State Hospitals
to the Community.
Un-bundled housing options – Other models for the community housing array
The OMHSAS has promoted the development of alternatives to CRRS for almost a decade, and a
variety of local housing options, including supported housing have successfully been built.
There are many examples in this state of collaboration between MH/MR Programs and
community housing and service providers that allow communities to offer housing with
subsidized rental support, usually through HUD funding to individuals with SMI, where the
housing is separate from support services. Un-bundled housing simply means that the individual
chooses where and with whom to live, and that services relating to his or her SMI are offered to
that individual in the community at site based locations, and also at the individual’s home when
needed to help preserve the housing and maintain the integrity and viability of the housing
choice.
Un-bundled housing can include:
• Living with relatives
• Renting an apartment, either alone or with roommates
• Buying a house
• Living in a rooming house
• Congregate living with other persons with SMI (such as a Fairweather Lodge)
• Any SRO (single Room Occupancy Environment)
Service models that effectively support independent consumer housing choice include:
• Intensive Case Management and Targeted Case Management
• Supportive Housing case management staff
• Mobile Psych Rehab units
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