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Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and
Developmental Disabilities
Housing Vision PaperNovember 2013
Overview
• Purpose• Service Delivery Framework• Values• Guidance from Olmstead and ADA• Characteristics of Georgia’s Future
Housing Continuum
Purpose
• Communication of Vision• Activate Dialogue, Innovation and
Investment• Underscore our Commitment to
Promoting Access to Safe, Decent and Affordable Housing
• Clarity About Long-Term Goals
Service Delivery Framework in Georgia
• Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities and Behavioral Health
• Different Funding Streams and Services• Common Focus
• Services Driven by Individualized Plan• Person-Centered Approach • Individual Needs, Abilities and Strengths
Recovery and Independence
• Recovery is a process of change through which an individual improves health and wellness and lives a self-directed life
• Independence – achieving one’s full potential and leads to freedom and a meaningful life.
• Self-direction, wellness, choice, meaningful
Values
• Housing is Essential to Recovery and Independence
• Informed Choice Anchors Selection of Housing Options
• Access to a Full Continuum of Housing Options is Fundamental
• Successful Living Arrangements are Integrated in Local Communities
Values In Action
• Consumers as Tenants with Full Freedom, Choice, and Privacy
• Serrices and Supports are Not Restrictive or Regimented
Values in Action
• Striving for Targets to Promote Increased Integration• Goup Homes have no more than 4
individuals • Scattered-Site Living with 20% or less
receiving Supported Housing
Current Supported Housing
• Dedicated providers offer many current placements throughout the state
• Individuals are successfully living in communities in arrangements that promote recovery and independence
• Options and Choices are Limited• Continuum needs Expansion• Resource Limits
Olmstead and ADA
• Olmstead -- Unnecessary segregation of people with disabilities in institutions may constitute discrimination based on disability
• Title II of ADA requires that public entities deliver services, programs and activities in the most integrated setting appropriate to meet the needs of qualified individuals with disabilities.
Settlement Agreement - BH
• By July 1, 2015, the State will have the capacity to provide Supportive Housing to any of the 9,000 persons in the target population who need such support.
Settlement Agreement - BH
• Supported Housing includes scattered site as well as apartments clustered in a single building. By July 1, 2015, 50% of Supported Housing units shall be provided in scattered-site housing, which requires that no more than 20% of the units in one building or no more than 2 units in one building (whichever is greater), may be used to provide Supported Housing under this agreement.
Short-Term Challenges
• Housing for individuals covered by Settlement Agreement with U.S. Department of Justice by July 1, 2015
• All people with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities who are living in state hospitals must be transitioned to community settings
• Capacity to serve any of the approximately 9,000 with serious and persistent mental illness who need Supported Housing
Future
• Wide array of high quality options for permanent housing is available statewide
• Stabilized living arrangements are available to support clinical needs
• Community participation is evident• Service Providers are anchored in
Strengths-Based Approach that seeks to find and develop Homes that facilitate Recovery and Independence
Future
• Services and Housing are Flexibly Connected• Receipt of Services is not a
Condition of Housing• People can be continuously
supported as needs and preferences change
Future
• Support Recovery and Independence• Maintain Focus on the Individual’s
Needs and Choices• Provide a Wider Array of Options and
Choices within the Continuum• Ability to Move Within Continuum =
Portability of Housing Supports and Services
Challenges
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