Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.Housing stabilization services enable
waiver beneficiaries to maintain their own housing as set forth in the approved
plan of care. Services must be provided in the home or a community setting.
Housing stabilization services include the following components:
1. conducting a housing assessment
identifying the beneficiary's preferences related to housing (type, location,
living alone or with someone else, accommodations needed, and other important
preferences), and 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 a beneficiary to view and secure
housing, as needed and may include the following:
a. arranging or providing
transportation;
b. assisting in
securing supporting documents/records;
c. completing/submitting
applications;
d. securing deposits;
and
e. locating
furnishings;
3.
developing an individualized housing stabilization service provider plan, based
upon the housing assessment, that:
a.
includes short- and long-term measurable goals for each issue;
b. establishes the beneficiary's approach to
meeting the goal; and
c. identifies
where other provider(s) or services may be required to meet the goal;
4. participating in the
development of the plan of care, incorporating elements of the housing
stabilization service provider plan, and in plan of care renewal and updates,
as needed;
5. providing supports
and interventions according to the individualized housing stabilization service
provider plan. If additional supports or services are identified as needed
outside of the scope of housing stabilization services, the needs must be
communicated to the support coordinator;
6. providing ongoing communication with the
landlord or property manager regarding:
a.
the beneficiary's disability;
b.
accommodations needed; and
c.
components of emergency procedures involving the landlord or property manager;
and
7. if at any time
the beneficiary's housing is placed at risk (i.e., eviction, loss of roommate
or income), housing stabilization services 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 is not duplicative of other waiver
services, including support coordination.
1.
beneficiaries must be residing in a state of Louisiana permanent supportive
housing unit; or
2. beneficiaries
must be linked for the state of Louisiana permanent supportive housing
selection process.
C.
Beneficiaries are limited to receiving no more than 165 combined units of this
service and the housing stabilization transition service. This limit on
combined units can only be exceeded with written approval from OCDD.
D. Provider Qualifications. The permanent
supportive housing (PSH) agency must be under contract and enrolled with the
Department of Health and statewide management organization for behavioral
health services, and must also either:
1. meet
the requirements for completion of the training program as verified by the PSH
director; or
2. have at least one
year of completion of housing support team experience in the PSH program as
verified by the PSH director.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security
Act.