alternative residential care setting (other than skilled nursing facilities) that link housing and services. These may be licensed or unlicensed by state.
A proven, effective means of re-integrating families and individuals with mental illness, chemical dependency or chronic health challenges into the community by addressing their basic needs for housing and on-going support.
is a system of professional and/or peer supports that allows a person with mental illness to live independently in the community. Such supports may include regular staff contact and assistance as needed with household chores, as well as the availability of crisis services or other services designed to prevent relapse, such as mental health, substance abuse, and employment. Also known as supported housing. 74 T (Back to Top)
This is a type of non-profit housing for people who need support to live independently e.g. the frail elderly, people with mental health problems, disabilities, chronically homeless, etc. Supportive housing providers were not downloaded to the Municipal Service Managers in 2001. Support-service funding is provided by the Provincial Ministry of Health/Long-Term Care or the Ministry of Community and Social Services.
Housing, including housing units and group quarters, that has a supportive environment and includes a planned service component.
Public, private or non-profit owned housing with some form of support component, intended for people who cannot live independently in the community, where providers receive funding for support services. The tenure may be long term.
Affordable housing that is enriched with on-site or easily accessible services that are available to residents, but not mandated. Services may include regular staff contact and assistance as needed with household chores, as well as the availability of crisis services or other services designed to prevent relapse, such as mental health, substance abuse, and employment services. Unlike public or affordable housing, supportive housing must rely on the ingenuity of nonprofit developers to pull together the funding and resources from various systems to create a single project.
Supportive housing is a form of co-housing designed to support individuals, not just socially but with basic life skills. Housing is coupled with social services such as job training, alcohol and drug abuse programs and case management. Often targeted at low-income workers and populations in need of assistance such as the homeless, those suffering from mental illness or substance abuse problems, and the elderly or medically frail.