The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Housing Initiative for Persons with Serious Mental Illness was begun in 1997 as a multisite study of supported housing and other housing approaches for persons living with serious mental illness. Six sites and a Coordinating Center are funded in the Initiative, working collaboratively with CMHS and a Consumer Advisory Panel through a Steering Committee. Currently at the end of its fourth year in operation, the Initiative is designed to examine whether a supported housing approach is more effective than other housing approaches in helping persons with serious mental illness achieve residential stability, and improve their level of functioning, satisfaction, quality of life, and independence.
Dr. Rog will begin this two part presentation with a brief overview of the Initiative and present cross-site results of 6 and 12 month outcome analyses that contrast supportive housing and all other approaches, and analyses that contrast different clusters of housing based on critical housing dimensions. Dr. Holupka will then present results from cross-site analyses that examine the predictive value of each of these dimensions (measured by their distance from the supported housing ideal), pooling across all housing programs.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. Describe the devlopment and design of the Center for Mental Health Services Housing Initiative for Persons with Serious Mental Illness. 2. Discuss the initial outcomes of this multisite study of supported housing and other housing approaches for persons living with serious mental illness.
Keywords: Housing, Mental Illness
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.