Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Housing stabilization service enables
waiver participants to maintain their own housing as set forth in the
participants approved CPOC. Services must be provided in the home or a
community setting. This service includes the following components:
1. conducting a housing assessment to
identify the participant's preferences related to housing (i.e., type,
location, living alone or with someone else, accommodations needed, and other
important preferences), and his/her needs for support to maintain housing,
including:
a. access to housing;
b. meeting the terms of a lease;
c. eviction prevention;
d. budgeting for housing/living
expenses;
e. obtaining/accessing
sources of income necessary for rent;
f. home management;
g. establishing credit; and
h. understanding and meeting the obligations
of tenancy as defined in the lease terms;
2. assisting the beneficiary to view and
secure housing as needed. This may include arranging or providing
transportation. The beneficiary shall be assisted in securing supporting
documents/records, completing/submitting applications, securing deposits, and
locating furnishings;
3. developing
an individualized housing stabilization service provider plan based upon the
housing assessment that includes short and long-term measurable goals for each
issue, establishes the beneficiary's approach to meeting the goal, and
identifies where other provider(s) or services may be required to meet the
goal. This includes updating the housing support plan annually or as needed due
to changes in the beneficiary's situation or status;
4. participating in the development of the
CPOC, incorporating elements of the housing stabilization service provider
plan. This includes participation in plan of care renewals and updates as
needed;
5. providing supports and
interventions according to the individualized stabilization service provider
plan. If additional supports or services are identified as needed outside the
scope of housing stabilization service, the needs must be communicated to the
support coordinator;
6. providing
ongoing communication with the landlord or property manager regarding the
beneficiary's disability, accommodations needed, and components of emergency
procedures involving the landlord or property manager; and
7. if at any time the beneficiary's housing
is placed at risk (e.g., eviction, loss of roommate or income), housing
stabilization service will provide supports to retain housing or locate and
secure housing to continue community-based supports, including locating new
housing, sources of income, etc.
B. This service is only available upon
referral from the support coordinator and the service is not duplicative of
other waiver services including support coordination. It is only available to
persons who are residing in a state of Louisiana permanent supportive housing
unit or who are linked for a state of Louisiana permanent supportive housing
unit.
C. Participants may not
exceed 165 combined units of this service and the housing stabilization
transition service.
1. Exceptions to the 165
unit limit can only be made with written approval from the OCDD.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security
Act.
