HOUSING FOR MENTALLY ILL CONSUMERS

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1 Spring 2014 HOUSING FOR MENTALLY ILL CONSUMERS The Sandhills Center--formerly The Guilford Center Al Frye, Single Portal Coordinator/Guardianship Representative for Guilford Center 232 North Edgeworth Street (first floor) Greensboro, N.C (336) For emergencies only, leave a message with Sabrina Russell at Mr. Frye receives calls from group homes with vacancies. He never refers caregivers/callers to a home until he has personally inspected the facility. Department of Social Services Adult Foster Care Unit 1203 Maple Street (336) (request Adult Care Unit) Web site: This agency has a listing of all group homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and adult care homes. Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Intake 1203 Maple Street (336) (336) High Point Office at 325 East Russell Avenue, High Point Joy A. Shabazz Center for Independent Living 221 Commerce Place Greensboro, NC Disability rights services that help persons with disabilities to reach goals that lead to greater independence and self-sufficiency. (336) Caramore Community, Inc. 550 Smith Level Road Carrboro, NC (919) Ext. 102 Fax: (919) Website: caramore.org (Caramore is a training program for mental health consumers who are stabilized on their medication and want to live on their own and to hold a job. They will learn a trade in either landscaping work or housekeeping. Free to the patient).

2 Housing Page 2 N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, Customer Service Center or TTY Hillcrest House, Greensboro 1505 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro, NC (336) Excellent sheltered living for the mentally handicapped. Contact Carol Whitley, NAMI Mental Health Professional of the Year in A Vision Come True Assisted Living 220 Hatch Street Burlington, NC (336) Capacity: 12 beds for adults, male or female Caregiver: Janet Reads who lives in this facility. She has 25 years of experience in caregiving. Accepts no violent patients. Highly recommended by NAMI caller whose adult sister (bipolar/schizoaffective) happily resides here. Oxford Houses of North Carolina: There are 146 of these homes in North Carolina for both men and women recovering from alcohol and drug addiction. The North Carolina contact person is John Fox at (919) Web address: johnfox@oxfordhuse.org. A second contact person is Misty Wilkins of Outreach, (919) Web site: misty.wilkins@oxfordhouse.org. Shepherd House, 1500 Lankford Street Residential home for mentally/physically disabled/independent living (336) Group Homes in High Point: Brentwood and Edgewood Group Homes (336) These homes are for adults only--one for all male residents. Second home, coed, (336) These facilities are for the mentally ill. Pineview Group Home 218 Pineview Street Asheboro, NC (336) (adults only/male and female) Activities include dining out, shopping trips, YMCA, bowling, etc.

3 Housing Page 3 David s House, Dobson, NC 711 East Atkins Street Dobson, NC (336) Psychiatrist visits patient at the facility. Everything is in-house. Clubhouse, physical therapy. Age 18 and up. Crestview I and Crestview II, Burlington, NC: 6 male bed, 6 female beds. Everyone works in these homes. Transportation is provided. Skilled workshop with training. (336) Crestview I. (336) Crestview I!. Jewish Family & Children's Services 4605 Community Drive West Palm Beach, Florida (561) (NAMI member has an adult daughter who is successfully living in this facility) Springview Assisted Living, Burlington, NC: 1032 Mebane Street Burlington, NC (336) Patients age 65 and up. All must be mobile. They accept a few people with mental illness. CONTACT DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN BURLINGTON TO CHECK ON THIS HOME. Residential Treatment Services of Alamance, Inc. 136 Hall Avenue Burlington, NC (336) This includes mental health and substance abuse treatment for ages 18 and up. Cooperriis - A Healing Farm Community, Black Mountain, NC: Residential, therapeutic and rehabilitative community for people with brain and emotional disorders. Residents may work in greenhouse growing organic foods, fields, or workshop. Program works on the total person. There is a psychiatrist, psychologist and nurse practitioner on staff. (828) This facility takes patients age 18 and over. Marjorie McCune Memorial Center 101 Lions Way Lane Mill Spring, NC (828) This assisted living facility has spacious grounds, private or semiprivate rooms, RN on call, 8 medicine checks daily. Adults only.

4 Housing Page 4 NOVA Behavioral Healthcare (girls and boys ages 8 to 17) P.O. Box 2277 Kinston, NC (252) (This home was recommended by Jean Allen, PhD, of Tristen's Quest) Apollo Group Counseling 1208 King George Drive Greensboro, NC (336) This is a level 3 group home for girls age 12 to 17 with behavioral problems. Barium Springs Home for Children P.O. Box 1 Barium Springs, NC or (704) Web site: Residential care and treatment for children ages 8 to 21 in a family style setting. The teaching facility model enables youth to live with a married couple who model healthy family behavior, while preparing youth for adult living. Also - full day day care for children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Day treatment - education through creative therapies in several area centers for ages Family Solutions Program: strengthbased therapy for families, groups, and individuals. Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina P.O. Box 335 Thomasville, NC or (336) A wilderness adventure camp to heal lives of boys 8 to 15. One year program. Psychiatric Resdential Treatment Facility for adolescents 1601 Huffine Mill Road (336) Serves adolescents between 12 and 18 suffering from significant emotional problems that cannot be successfully treated through outpatient counseling, day treatment, or group home placement. Also serves as step-down facility for clients recently discharged from psychiatric hospitals. Psychiatrist visits once weekly. On-unit classroom, group therapy, recreation therapy, learning teamwork and social skills. United Way Agency

5 Housing Page 5 Linsher Cares 2206 Emerywood Road Greensboro, (336) This is a locked facility for adult males, although some are permitted to come and go Sanctuary House 518 N. Elm Street Greensboro, NC Daytime psychiatric program to facilitate the recovery and rehabilitaton of adults with serious mental illness. Weekday hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., no weekends. For additional information call Jodi Schibley, Director, (336) Day care for adults: Adult Center for Enrichment, Greensboro, NC: Centers located at North Elm, Church Street, 16th Street and Sandy Ridge Road. Additionally, there are two respite centers that are open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. (336) (central number to enroll) Mental Health Association in Greensboro 330 South Greene Street Greensboro, NC (336) This facility maintains an ever-changing list of group homes. Web site: Caring Services, Inc. 102 Chestnut Drive High Point, NC (336) Fax: (336) o support@caringservices.org Transitional housing, supportive living (1-2 bedroom apartments, a halfway house plus more for individuals with additions or dual diagnoses, both mental and addiction. Peacehaven Farm, a daytime program (housing part of the master plan) 1458 North Carolina 61 Whitsett, NC (336)

6 Housing Page 6 SEARCHING FOR RENTAL HOUSE OR APARTMENT Greensboro Housing Coalition (self-help center) 122 North Elm Street Greensboro, NC (336) Fax: (336) support@caringservices.org Housing Hotline: (336) ; (336) Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Check internet under Greensboro Housing Authority Web site: Bring your ID and Social Security card with you for the Housing Coalition office. Housing - Section 8 Shelter Greensboro Housing Authority 1200 Ogden Street Greensboro, NC (336) (336) (336) Hampton Homes sites This office provides a list of other subsidized housing in Greensboro, although they do not in phone book. Enquire also about subsidized apartments at this address or call (336) at 450 North Church Street. Checking with this office revealed that enrollment is closed pending approval of HUD funding. Housing for the Mentally Ill Web Search: Go to Directory of Regulated Facilities (Reports of Facilities & Services) (PDF) Go to Mental Health Facility Listing by County and hit View Advance through pages to county of your choice. Partnership Village 135 Greenbriar Road (336) (A community for formerly homeless individuals and families working toward independence and permanent housing).

7 Housing Page 7 Partners Ending Homelessness Housing Coordinator 201 Church Avenue High Point, NC Attn: Selena Thomas (336) ext. 103 office Fax: (336) Web site: This office offered referral to another housing center at TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers) 1820 James Street Durham, NC (919) This organization specializes in substance abuse but has patients with mental illness diagnoses, as well. Applicant must come in for an interview..