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Meeting the housing needs for persons with disabilities requires a range of strategies. It is our goal to support individuals with disabilities to be able to live in the least restrictive setting with access to appropriate supports and services.
Supportive housing options can range from individual apartments scattered throughout the community (scattered-site) or in a single building or apartment complex (single-site) where all or some of the housing units are available to people who have disabilities and/or a history of homelessness. Because supportive housing combines housing and services for people with extremely low-incomes who have disabilities, it requires more complex funding than other types of affordable housing.
Important characteristics of supportive housing:
Supportive housing helps reduce homelessness, promotes independence for people with disabilities, may improve an individual’s health, and may help individuals retain employment. Most supportive housing programs combine:
An important focus of the NC DHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilties and Substance Abuse Services is assuring service providers throughout the public mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services system have knowledge of the different housing and supportive services options. Providers must assess housing situations and address housing needs through the person-centered plans.
The NC DHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services has developed a Bed Availability Database where searches can be done across the State showing permanent housing resource options and availability such as; Supportive Housing apartments, Alternative Family Living housing, Mental Health Group Homes, and Family Care Homes. LME/MCO authorized users can view the Bed Availability Database on the Division’s website at:
http://www.ncdmh.net/bedavailability/login.htm
A Place to Call Home: A Simple Housing Planner for People with Disabilities Using the Housing Choice Voucher is also a good resource.
NC Housing Finance Agency – Reasonable Accommodations Guide
NC Housing Coalition – Housing County Resource Guides
NC Housing Coalition – Affordable Housing Primer
NC Department of Housing and Urban Development – Contact Information for Public Housing Agencies and Authorities
Department of Correction – County Resource Guide
The Arc of North Carolina – Housing Resources
Oxford Houses of NC – NC State Oxford Houses Information
North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans – Help for Homeless VeteransResource
Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse – Homeless Provider
Technical Assistance Center
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – Homelessness Resource Center
The NC Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities (DSOHF) oversees and manages 14 state operated healthcare facilities that treat adults and children with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance use disorders. The DSOHF partners with regional advocacy groups, local management entities, provider systems the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services as well as other stakeholders.
NC Division of State Operated Health Care Facilities
Licensed Community Resources
Rules for MH/DD/SA Facilities and Services
NC Division of Health Service Regulation, Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section has lists of facilities licensed by the Mental Health Licensure and Certification section. An easy to read PDF lists the facilities in alphabetical order by county.
Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation or Developmental Disabilities (ICF/MR/DD)
List of Institutions licensed under state law to provide health related care and services to individuals who have mental retardation or developmental disabilities, but do not require the degree of care or treatment that a hospital or skilled nursing facility (SNF) provides.
Adult Care Homes and Homes for the Aged
Lists of Assisted Living residence in which 24-hour scheduled and unscheduled personal care services are provided to two or more residents.
Family Care Homes Licensed by the State of NC:
Adult care homes that provide care for two to six unrelated residents are commonly called family care homes.
NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services
NC Department of Commerce, Division of Community Assistance
Technical Assistance Collaborative
Technical Assistance Collaborative: Resource Center on Supportive Housing
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
Adult Care Home – Resident Discharge Teams Guidance Procedures and House Bill 677:
The Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (MH/DD/SAS) have collaborated to develop the procedures for implementation of House Bill 677. Please see the Adult Care Home Resident Discharge Team Dear Director letter for information regarding the ACH-RDT procedure manual, and the direct link to the ACH-RDT procedure manual is at: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/adultsvcs/ACHRDT_manual.pdf
Additional information concerning the ACH-RDT can be access from the DAAS webpage at:
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/aging/adultsvcs/ACHRDT_manual.htm
Report to The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services: Supportive Housing as an Alternative to Psychiatric Hospitalization was released on March 15, 2011 and can be accessed at:
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/mhddsas/statspublications/Reports/reports-generalassembly/generalreports/supportivehousingrpt-SL2010.pdf
