Housing Stabilization Services

Experience the peace of mind that comes with secure and stable housing through our Housing Stabilization Services. We understand the challenges of housing instability, and our dedicated team is here to provide the support and assistance you need to overcome them. Whether you’re facing homelessness, struggling to maintain your current housing situation, or in need of transitional housing solutions, we offer comprehensive services tailored to your individual needs.

Housing Stabilization Services is a medical assistance benefit that helps people with disabilities and seniors find and keep housing. Housing Stabilization Services are state plan (not waiver) Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS).

Who Is Eligible?

A member is eligible for housing stabilization services if they meet all of the following needs-based criteria:

• Be on Medical Assistance (MA)
• Be 18 years old or older.
• Have a documented disability or disabling condition defined as one of the following:
  • A person who is aged, blind, or has a disability as described under Title II of the Social Security Act.
  • A person with an injury or illness that is expected to cause extended or long-term incapacitation.
  • A person with a developmental disability (or related condition) or mental illness.
  • A person with a mental health condition, substance use disorder, or physical injury that required a residential level of care and who is now in the process of transitioning to the community.
  • A person who is determined to have a learning disability according to the policy adopted by the Department of Human Services (DHS).
  • A person with a substance use disorder who is enrolled in a treatment program or is on a waiting list for a treatment program.
• Be assessed to require assistance with at least one of the following areas resulting from the presence of a disability or a long-term or indefinite condition:
  • Communication
  • Mobility
  • Decision-making
  • Managing challenging behaviors
• Be experiencing housing instability, evidenced by one of the following risk factors:
  • Homeless
  • Currently transitioning, or has recently transitioned, from an institution or licensed or registered setting.
  • At the risk of homelessness, including but not limited to:
    • Doubled-up living arrangements where the individual’s name is not on a lease
    • Living in a condemned building without a place to move
    • Having arrears in rent or utility payments
    • Receiving an eviction notice without a place to move
    • Living in temporary or transitional housing that carries time limits
  • At the risk of institutionalization – meets an institutional level of care/eligible for specific waivers: Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Developmental Disability (DD), Elderly Waiver (EW).