HOUSING STABILIZATION SERVICES

Housing Stabilization Services is a new Minnesota Medical Assistance benefit to help people with disabilities, including mental illness and substance use disorder, and seniors find and keep housing.

Housing Stabilization is a Home and Community Based Service (HCBS), The purpose of these services is to:

• Support an individual's transition into housing,
• Increase long-term stability in housing in the community, and
• Avoid future periods of homelessness or institutionalization.

Housing Stabilization is divided into three parts; Housing Consultation, Housing Transition and Housing Sustaining.  We offer Housing Consultation and help with;

• Assisting the person to access documentation required for Housing Stabilization Services eligibility
• Developing a Housing Focused Person-Centered Plan based on assessment outcomes
• Supporting the person in identifying their strengths, needs and wants in housing including cultural requirements and/or preferences
• Supporting the person to make an informed choice in their housing transition or sustaining provider
• Offering resource information for services that support non-housing related goals as identified in the person-centered planning process
• Coordinating with other service providers currently working with the person
• Helping the person understand their rights to privacy and appeal information
• Annually updating the person-centered plan as it relates to housing