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SUPPORTED HOUSING
Both Northampton and Lehigh
Counties have a limited number of rental subsidies available for
HOMELESS persons with serious mental illness. You can
find out more about these subsidies through your caseworker or
through Valley Housing Development Corporation.
Supported
Housing
GROUP HOMES/APARTMENTS
Group homes and apartment
programs are available for persons with mental illness in the
Lehigh Valley. Group homes are designed as regular homes where
people live while receiving extra support services and
supervision to maintain life in the community. You live with
other people with mental illness, sharing household
responsibilities and tasks. Most group homes have staff
available 24 hours a day. Rents are based on your income. In an
apartment program, you would share an apartment with one or more
individuals and staff may be available for a specific amount of
time per day. To get into a group home or apartment program, you
must be involved with the MH/MR Office in the County where you
live. Your County Caseworker will help you decide if this type
of program is right for you. The following list of organizations
provides group homes and apartment programs in the Lehigh
Valley.
Group Homes/Apartments
PERSONAL CARE HOMES
These programs provide 24 hour supervision, meals, laundry
service, medication monitoring, and some assistance with
personal hygiene. Usually, you receive a small allowance from
your SSI check and the remainder goes to the home. These can be
helpful places for those people who do not wish to live alone,
or have difficulty with day-to-day living. Some personal care
homes in the area which assist people with mental illness are
listed below.
Personal Care Homes
EMERGENCY SHELTERS
There may be times when you need a safe place to keep you off
the street or out of a dangerous homeless situation, until you
can find a better place to live. That is the purpose of an
emergency shelter. Most of the shelters in the Lehigh Valley
provide a bed, food and support services, like case management,
counseling and training to help you find more permanent housing.
Each shelter has its own criteria for admission and sometimes
there are waiting lists to get in. The names, addresses and
phone numbers of Lehigh Valley shelters are listed here so you
can get further information.
Emergency Shelters
PUBLIC HOUSING
Each of the major cities (Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton) and
both counties (Lehigh and Northampton) have a public housing
office. These offices are responsible for some low income
housing projects. You can have your name placed on the waiting
list for these projects if you qualify. If you live in one of
the major cities, you are most likely to get on the list for the
existing housing projects in the city where you live. If you
reside anywhere else in either county, you can go to the
appropriate county housing authority office. All of the local
housing authorities are listed here. They each have their own
days and times to receive applications, so call first.
Public Housing
SENIOR COMMUNITIES/HOUSING
Senior Communities/Housing
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