Creating Housing Options In Communities for Everyone (CHOICE) Program

Applicants will be assisted in order of the following priority:

Priority 1: Individuals being discharged from a State psychiatric hospital after a stay of more than ninety (90) days; or, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities after a stay of more than ninety (90) days; or

Priority 2: Individuals who have been discharged from a State psychiatric hospital within the last two (2) years and;

• • Had multiple hospital visits in the last year due to mental illness; or
  • Are known to the mental health or state housing agency to have been arrested or incarcerated in the last year due to conduct related to mental illness; or
  • Are known to the mental health or state housing agency to have been homeless for (1) full year or have had four (4) or more episodes of homelessness in the last three (3) years.

Priority 3: Individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes a subset for an individual who is exiting an institution where he or she resided for ninety (90) days or less and who resides in an emergency shelter or a place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering that situation.