The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) recognizes that an ample supply and range of quality community housing and related supports is important to successful community living and recovery for persons living with mental health problems and illnesses and is developing a National Housing Strategy. As part of this process the MHCC has funded the Community Support and Research Unit (CSRU) of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) to conduct research on the current housing and related supports for people living with mental health problems and illnesses in Canada. Related supports include services that help find, access, and maintain housing, such as intensive case management, assertive community treatment teams, and crisis services.
The National Network for Mental Health is partnering with CSRU to help identify good housing programs and related supports for persons living with mental illness and we are looking to hear from you. What housing sites do you view as highly supportive of the recovery process and why? What related supports (such as intensive case management, assertive community treatment teams, etc.) helped you find, access, and maintain housing? Please tell us the following:
· Name, location, and contact information of the housing site/program
· Types of services offered by the housing site/program
· Why and how it facilitated the recovery process
· Other related supports (please provide the name, location, contact information), and why it was helpful.
Your input is really appreciated and valuable in helping the research team identify innovative housing sites. The National Network for Mental Health will be collating your responses and providing a report to the research team identifying leading-edge housing sites.
In participating in the blog, you understand your name will remain anonymous and your user identification will be kept confidential and will not appear in any of the reports, publications or presentations that result from this project. Anonymous direct quotes might be used in future reports.
Thank you and we look forward to hearing your responses. Please send us your input by July 03, 2009.
We know your time and energy is valuable, so, in exchange for your input, the NNMH will be sending you a Recovery Bracelet as a thank you gift.
*** The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Network for Mental Health***