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A Home of Their Own Accomplishments of New Mexico’s Supportive Housing Initiative June 2010. Supportive Housing Initiative. Transformative: promotes best practices and interventions for integrated, permanent supportive housing
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A Home of Their OwnAccomplishments of New Mexico’s Supportive Housing InitiativeJune 2010
Supportive Housing Initiative Transformative: promotes best practices and interventions for integrated, permanent supportive housing Collaborative Partnerships: State Housing Finance; C of C; Providers, Housing Developers; Public Housing Authorities; multiple State Agencies Innovative Approaches : Local Collaboratives and consumers driving housing projects; Local Lead Agency framework serves cross-disability populations Leverages Funds and Efforts: Federal, State, and Local resources for both housing development and mainstream support services
New Mexico’s Supportive Housing PlanGuiding Document Develop 5,000 Units of Supportive Housing Goal 1: Create Local Supportive Housing Partnerships Goal 2: Create a ‘ Pipeline’ of Supportive Housing Units Goal 3: Create Rental Assistance Opportunities Goal 4: Develop Best Practices for Housing Supports and Services
Supportive Housing InvestmentsBehavioral Health CollaborativeState Agencies
First Phase Accomplishments of New Mexico Supportive Housing Plan
Goals of the Two State-Funded Supportive Housing ProgramsLinkages and Transitions • Develop community support and receptivity for supportive housing model • Determine financial resources needed for: • housing rental subsidies • support services • Determine policies, practices changes in service delivery system
Linkages Program Status • Began February 2008 • All 39 vouchers are being utilized with high demand for more vouchers; low consumer turnover • Reaching the ‘hardest to serve’ homeless • Supportive housing is cost effective and transforms lives • Forging successful partnerships between Housing Administrators & Service Provider Agencies
Lessons Learned from Linkages Program • Requires effective and ongoing consumer engagement strategies after tenant housed • Ensure support services agency is at all times tuned into tenant / landlord / neighbor relationships and skilled in conflict resolution • Need to help tenant develop crisis / safety plan for them to implement and Provider be available on an ‘on call’ basis • Coordinate monthly home visits (or more frequently at first) to check on welfare of tenant
Challenges: Putting the ‘Supports’ in Supportive Housing Services using recovery and resiliency model include: • Assist persons in their housing search and application process; and, making reasonable accommodations and modifications • Ensure 24/7 supportive services to help consumers in crisis • Provide ongoing supportive services to resolve issues, teach problem solving, life skills and prevent eviction • Pay rent and utilities timely • Maintain apartment according to lease requirements • Communicate effectively with landlords & neighbors
Contact Information:Janie McGuigan, Supportive Housing Coordinator New Mexico Behavioral Health CollaborativeHuman Services Department Jane.mcguigan@state.nm.us 505-222-4522