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Causes: Group Homes, Human Services
Mission: Extended housing's mission is support individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to live as independently as possible by creating, developing and sustaining safe decent affordable housing options.
Programs: The shelter plus care programs provide rental assistance for hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities in connection with supportive services funded from sources outside the program. Funding for these programs is provided by the u. S. Department of housing and urban development. This program provided rental vouchers to 102 individuals/families during our fiscal year ended june 30, 2017. (refer to schedule o for additional narrative)
the purpose of the rental subsidy program is to assist individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to obtain permanent community housing. Funding for these programs is provided by the lake county adamhs board. The rental subsidy programs assisted 142 households during our fiscal year ended june 30, 2017. (refer to schedule o for additional narrative)
north coast house is a voluntary transitional housing program, which serves adult residents in lake county with severe mental illness. Individuals requesting services at north coast house often have a long history of psychiatric hospitalizations and demonstrate a history of being unable to live independently. The program also serves those who are homeless and in need of short term, transitional residential services. North coast house provides 24 hour staff presence to assist residents in developing and implementing daily living skills and in utilizing community resources. North coast house provides ongoing individual programming within the residential setting based on the resident'sneeds and desires. The ultimate goal of north coast house is for residents to take what they have learned in the home and utilize the skills in an independent living environment.