Services in Supportive Housing Program

Posted by on April 16, 2007

Services in Supportive Housing Program: funds to help end chronic homelessness for individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness in coordination with existing permanent supportive housing programs and resources

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2007 for Services in Supportive Housing Program grants. The purpose of this program is to help end chronic homelessness by funding services for individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness in coordination with existing permanent supportive housing programs and resources.

Supportive housing provides consumers with long-term, community-based housing options. This housing approach combines housing assistance and intensive individualized support services to people with serious psychiatric conditions and those with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Research indicates that this combination of long-term housing and wrap-around services leads to improved residential stability and reductions in psychiatric symptoms (Shern, et al., 1994). This initiative will provide chronically homeless individuals and families the appropriate services and treatment needed to stay housed in a permanent setting.

<a href="http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/sm_07_014.aspx">http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/sm_07_014.aspx</a>