Housing Stabilization Services is a Medical Assistance (MA) benefit that assists individuals with disabilities and elders discover and keep real estate.
It is for individuals who are experiencing homelessness, at danger of homelessness, at danger of institutionalization, or residing in an institution or some types of group settings, consisting of ICF-DDs, nursing facilities, Adult Foster Care, and Board and Lodge.
Read this post to find out more about Real estate Stabilization Services or view a short video about how it works. If you believe these services may assist you, address a couple of fast concerns to see if and how you can get Real estate Stabilization Services.
What It Offers
There are 3 kinds of Real estate Stabilization Services:
- Real estate consultation: A real estate expert assists a person who does not have MA case management establish a person-centered strategy that resolves their needs, desires, and goals for living in the neighborhood. - Examples: Developing a real estate focused person-centered plan based on the individual's needs, desires, and goals for real estate; helping an individual make an informed choice in their real estate transition or sustaining providers; using resources connected to non-housing goals; and coordinating with other company currently working with the person.
- Examples: Helping the person consider preferred real estate; with the real estate search and application procedures; establishing a budget plan; comprehending a lease; and spending for moving costs.
- Important: You do not require a source of real estate funding, income, or task in order to get real estate shift services.
- Examples: Education on tenant-landlord rights and obligations; coaching to establish relationships with residential or commercial property supervisors and neighbors; training on how to be an excellent occupant; lease compliance; and problem-solving to maintain real estate stability.
Note: Real Estate Stabilization Services do not pay for real estate or goods.
For more information about these services, download a PDF sales brochure (also readily available in Hmong, Somali, and Spanish), or go to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) site.
If you are interested in become a Real estate Stabilization Services provider, this brochure can assist you comprehend how.
HB101's Vault lets you do activities that assist you make your real estate plan. With a totally free account, you can utilize the Real estate Sustaining Plan course. It helps you consider how your team can assist you, what action steps you can require to keep living in your current place, and how to ensure you have enough cash.
Who It Helps
To get Real estate Stabilization Services, you should:
- Have Medical Assistance (MA) coverage
- Be 18 or older
- Have a special needs - Your impairment does not have to fulfill Social Security's adult requirements for special needs. Disabilities can consist of physical impairments, mental disorder, substance use condition, and other conditions.
- The program manual has information about which types of impairment might certify.
- Experiencing homelessness
- At threat of homelessness (consisting of being doubled up, requiring services to keep your real estate, or you experienced homelessness in the past and now are being discharged from a correctional, medical, psychological health, or substance use disorder treatment center without a long-term location to live).
- Vacating (or moved out of in the last six months) an organization, nursing center, or particular other group settings like Board and Lodge or Adult Foster Care, or.
- At threat of institutionalization.
- Communication.
- Mobility.
- Decision-making, or.
- Managing moods or habits
How to Get Services
- I have a special needs determination from Social Security or the State Medical Review Team (SMRT).
- I get Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
- I get Medical Assistance (MA) based upon having an impairment or I get MA-EPD.
- I have a verification of special needs for HUD programs.
- I have an Expert Statement of Need based upon my impairment. (Form DHS-7122).
- I have Medical Opinion Form recording my special needs. (Form DHS-2114).
- I have an impairment determination from Social Security or the State Medical Review Team (SMRT).
- I get Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
- I get Medical Assistance (MA) based upon having an impairment or I get MA-EPD.
- I have a verification of special needs for HUD programs.
- I have an Expert Statement of Need based upon my disability. (Form DHS-7122).
- I have Medical Opinion Form documenting my special needs. (Form DHS-2114).
Next Steps: Contact Coordinated Entry or a Real Estate Consultant
- Try calling your regional Coordinated Entry Access Indicate get a Coordinated Entry Assessment. Coordinated Entry assists individuals who are homeless or at risk of losing their real estate. Tell them you have a disability, share with them your evidence of special needs (that you get advantages based on it, have an Expert Statement of Need, have a Medical Opinion Form, or are 65 or older), and state that you want Real estate Stabilization Services. They might link you to a Real estate Consultant or other providers who can help you with Real estate Stabilization Services.
- Find a Real estate Consultant using Minnesota Aging and Disability Resources or the Department of Human Services MHCP Search (make sure to set "Sub Type" to "Real Estate Stabilization Services"). A Real estate Consultant can assist you make a Real estate Focused Person-Centered Plan. Your plan can help you connect with a Real estate Stabilization Services supplier, who might assist you with services for transition (moving from one location to another) or sustaining (keeping your existing location).
Next Steps: Contact Coordinated Entry or a Real Estate Consultant
- Try contacting your local Coordinated Entry Access Point to get a Coordinated Entry Assessment. Coordinated Entry assists individuals who are homeless or at threat of losing their real estate. Tell them you have a disability and that you want Real estate Stabilization Services. They may link you to a Real estate Consultant or other companies who can assist you with Real estate Stabilization Services.
- Find a Real estate Consultant utilizing Minnesota Aging and Disability Resources or the Department of Human Services MHCP Search (make sure to set "Sub Type" to "Real Estate Stabilization Services"). A Real estate Consultant can help you see if you have any documents of your special needs or can help you with a Professional Statement of Need. Then, they can assist you make a Real estate Focused Person-Centered Plan. Your plan can help you connect with a Real estate Stabilization Services supplier, who might assist you with services for shift (moving from one location to another) or sustaining (keeping your current place).
- Contact your local Coordinated Entry Access Indicate get a Coordinated Entry Assessment. Coordinated Entry can help individuals who are homeless or at threat of losing their real estate.
- Since you do not have an impairment, you can't get Real estate Stabilization Services. If you aren't sure, Chat with a Hub expert to get assist comprehending if you have a condition that might certify you for Real estate Stabilization Services.
Next Steps: Contact Coordinated Entry and Disability Hub MN
- Contact your regional Coordinated Entry Access Indicate get a Coordinated Entry Assessment. Coordinated Entry can assist people who are homeless or at threat of losing their real estate.
- For Real Estate Stabilization Services, you need to have a disabling condition. Chat with a Center specialist to get help comprehending if you have a disability or other condition that might certify you for Real estate Stabilization Services.
Next Step: Get MA
- You have to have MA to get Real estate Stabilization Services. Get MA at your county or tribal human services workplace.
- Chat with a Hub expert to get help discovering out if you can get MA.
Next Step: Discover other real estate programs and services
- Real estate Stabilization Services help people who are homeless or at threat of losing their real estate, or who are at risk of institutionalization since they don't get the services they need to be able to remain in their home. For other kinds of programs and services that might assist you with your real estate, see HB101's Programs page.
Next Step: Contact your waiver case supervisor
- Contact your waiver case supervisor and inquire about Real estate Stabilization Services. Your case manager can help you with a Coordinated Services and Supports Plan. This plan assists you get in touch with a Real estate Stabilization Services service provider, who may assist you with services for shift (moving from one place to another) or sustaining (keeping your existing location).
Next Step: Contact your case supervisor, care planner, or nurse navigator
- Contact your waiver case supervisor or your MSHO/MSC+ care coordinator/nurse navigator and inquire about Real estate Stabilization Services. They can help you produce an official strategy (EW Coordinated Services and Supports Plan or MSHO/MSC+ Coordinated (Collaborative) Care Plan). Your strategy assists you link with a Real estate Stabilization Services supplier, who may help you with services for shift (moving from one place to another) or sustaining (keeping your existing location).
- Chat with a Hub specialist to get help discovering if you have case management that can assist you get Real estate Stabilization Services. When you understand the response to this concern, try this tool once again.
Next Step: Contact your targeted case manager
- Contact your targeted case manager and inquire about Real estate Stabilization Services. Your targeted case supervisor can help you with a Real Estate Focused Person-Centered Plan. This strategy will assist you get in touch with a Housing Stabilization Services supplier, who might assist you with services for transition (moving from one place to another) or sustaining (keeping your current location).
Next Step: Contact Your County or Tribal Office
- Contact your regional county or tribal human services workplace to inspect if you have a targeted case supervisor who can help you get Housing Stabilization Services. When you understand the response to this concern, try this tool again.
- A MnCHOICES assessment is an evaluation of your scenario to see what long-lasting services and assistances are best for you.
- Chat with a Hub professional to get help finding out if you have had a MnCHOICES assessment.
- If you have not had a MnCHOICES evaluation, contact your county or tribal human services workplace to request one. After you request it, it ought to happen within 20 days.
- After the MnCHOICES evaluation is done, you must get the outcomes within 40 days. If you haven't gotten the outcomes or don't understand the results, call the MnCHOICES assessor or Chat with a Center expert to get assistance.
- When you have had a MnCHOICES evaluation and know what services it suggests for you, try this tool once again.
- Find a Housing Consultant using Minnesota Aging and Disability Resources or the Department of Human Services MHCP Search (ensure to set "Sub Type" to "Housing Stabilization Services"). A Housing Consultant can help you make a Housing Focused Person-Centered Plan. Your plan can help you connect with a Housing Stabilization Services service provider, who might help you with services for shift (moving from one place to another) or sustaining (keeping your current location).
Next Step: Find a Housing Consultant
- Find a Housing Consultant utilizing Minnesota Aging and Disability Resources or the Department of Human Services MHCP Search (ensure to set "Sub Type" to "Housing Stabilization Services"). A Housing Consultant can help you see if you have any documents of your impairment or can help you with an Expert Statement of Need. Then, they can help you make a Housing Focused Person-Centered Plan. Your plan can assist you get in touch with a Housing Stabilization Services service provider, who might help you with services for transition (moving from one location to another) or sustaining (keeping your present location).
- Since you do not have an impairment, you can't get Housing Stabilization Services. If you aren't sure, Chat with a Center specialist to get help understanding if you have a condition that may qualify you for Housing Stabilization Services. If you do, try this tool once again.
Next Step: Contact Disability Hub MN
- For Housing Stabilization Services, you must have a disabling condition. Chat with a Center expert to get assist understanding if you have a disability or other condition that may certify you for Housing Stabilization Services. If you do, try this tool again.
See a leaflet on how to get Housing Stabilization Services.
1. Get an Evaluation
If you have MA coverage, you need to get an assessment to see if you qualify for Housing Stabilization Services.
You can get an assessment from:
- A certified expert, like a psychological health professional, nurse professional, or medical professional
- An accredited assessor (with a MnCHOICES assessment or Long-Term Care Consultation).
- A senior care planner (consists of Minnesota Senior Health Options (MSHO) and Minnesota Senior Care Plus (MSC+) care coordinators), or.
- A collaborated entry assessor.
2. Make a Person-Centered Plan
If the evaluation reveals that Housing Stabilization Services would help you, the next action is to get help making or updating a person-centered strategy.
The individual who did your evaluation may not be the same individual who assists with the person-centered strategy:
- If you have a MA-Waiver case supervisor, MSHO/MSC+ care coordinator, senior care organizer, or Moving Home Minnesota case supervisor, that person will assist you update your plan to consist of Housing Stabilization Services.
- If you have actually a targeted case manager, that person will assist you complete your plan.
- If you do not have any of these people helping you, you can get assist making a housing-focused, person-centered plan from a signed up housing consultant.Find a Housing Consultant utilizing the Department of Human Services MHCP Search (ensure to set "Sub Type" to "Housing Stabilization Services").
No matter who helps you with your person-centered plan, you get to choose which supplier will assist you with housing transition or housing sustaining services. The provider you select will be consisted of in the person-centered strategy.
3. Get Approved
Then, your assessment, proof of impairment, and person-centered strategy are sent to the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) for approval. Once you are authorized, you can start getting your housing transition or sustaining services.
