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Through outreach efforts and appointments, caseworkers at our Housing Resource Center (HRC) identify homeless individuals with mental illness who are eligible for direct housing placement.
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Our housing transition teams at the HRC place individuals into permanent housing and secure the housing subsidies (rental assistance, vouchers and other financial support) for which the individuals are eligible.
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Individuals are linked with the clinical and case management services they require to treat their psychiatric, substance abuse, health, social, and other needs.
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We engage landlords and tenants in a Blended Management approach that establishes mutual responsibilities, facilitates communication and mediation, and averts crises and evictions.
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We help persons with developmental disabilities and their families find affordable, accessible and permanent housing.
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Go-Getters Drop-in Center serves homeless adults and adults with mental illnes by providing a dynamic environment where consumers, with the support of their peers, can continue their recovery journey and improve their quality of life.
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The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) provides temporary financial assistance for low-income families and individuals at risk of becoming homeless or who have become homeless, but who stand a good chance of sustaining stable housing in rental units. The Housing Resource Center serves as the centralized intake office in Detroit to process applications for HPRP funds.
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Piquette Square provides housing and supportive services to homeless veterans to allow them to reintegrate into their community. This 150-unit apartment building is located in Detroit’s New Center area and is a collaboration between Southwest Housing and Southwest Counseling Solutions.
Our primary goal in working with people who are homeless is to transition them to permanent housing. By emphasizing "housing first" and then following up with support services that focus on the person’s needs and which promote recovery, we reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness. In fact, the vast majority of those we help are able to end their homeless condition and become reintegrated into society. Our scattered-site housing approach places formerly homeless persons throughout the community.
Our Housing Resource Center is at 1600 Porter St., Detroit, 48216. Contact us at 313.963.6601 or email us.
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Helped nearly 800 homeless persons and families obtain housing in the past six years
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94% of those helped into housing have remained in permanent housing for more than six months
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PATH program outreached 907 homeless individuals and families in 2010 and housed 181 of them, almost twice as many as previous years
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Began providing support services to 150 formerly homeless veterans in Piquette Square, and continue to provide support to 247 formerly homeless individuals and families
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Processed 1,940 applications for the Homeless Assistance Recovery Program (HARP) vouchers and provided support services to 295 newly housed individuals and families in this program
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Assessed 542 applications through Homeless Prevention Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP) and referred 318 eligible applicants to partner agencies for assistance
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National award for “Excellence in Innovation” in 2009 from National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
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Helped 30 youth aging-out of the foster care system get housing in 2009
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93% success rate in housing homeless individuals with mental illness or addiction ⎯ the highest success rate among 500 programs in the nation (2009 statistic)
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Homeless ACT program had the highest housing placement in the nation for any Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) funded program (2009 statistic)
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100% (50) of Homeless ACT clients received a housing placement in 30 days (2009 statistic)
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90% (45 of 50) of Homeless ACT clients that were placed in permanent housing have maintained their housing for at least one year (2009 statistic)
We help people of all backgrounds, including veterans, youth and families. All our supportive housing staff are trained in our guiding philosophy of recovery and wellness, person-centered treatment planning, and community inclusion of those we serve.
We take a Housing First approach. We believe it is imperative to first provide housing to the homeless person, and then offer the mental health counseling and substance abuse treatment that the person needs to pull his or her life together and reintegrate into society. Almost all of these individuals receive supportive services within three months of being housed, and these services are geared to the particular needs of the individual. Each individual also creates a personal plan to attain several key goals. Within a year, 90% of those we serve in our supportive housing program reach at least one of their life-changing aims.
One third of our staff are peer specialists who know firsthand the experience of homelessness and recovery from serious mental illness and substance abuse. We have more than 20 peer specialists who are in a unique position to assist and encourage the homeless persons who enter our programs.
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Counseling Overview
