Supported Housing Can Be Replicated…
Front Street is all about helping people…and when they set out to provide supported housing for the mental health consumers in one California neighborhood ; the program  lived up to it’s name! Providing the services needed UP FRONT, a consumer could  move into decent affordable housing, find work and other needs supported by the program thus gaining a place as a productive member of their community. Who could ask for more?  Leaving the stigmas behind…the mental health consumer learns to live well; as would any other member of the community that may have a medical con

New FoundMinds......
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: The Most Effective and Integrated Housing for People with Mental Disabilities1 Introduction People with mental disabilities can successfully live in the community like everyone else, as envisioned by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Supportive housing makes this possible. Supportive housing gives them their own apartment or home while making available a wide variety of services to support recovery, engagement in community life and successful tenancy. A growing body of evidence confirms that supportive housing works for people with mental disabilities, including those with the most severe impair

What Makes a Community Anyway?
 Healthy Communities, Healthy People     The importance of a greener built environment.    

We Can Do It Too…
I am always on the lookout for successful supported housing outcomes. New FoundMinds realizes that those that blazed the trail before us needs to be recognized and we will make some noise! The word is out…we can support one another, we can create communities with and for all people. I’m excited! Get excited with me; encourage inclusive housing, encourage friendship, encourage community and most of all encourage LOVE  for one another. Supportive Housing > Peter Jay Sharp Residence: > A Room. . . “A room and a job to pay for it. A room and a job to pay for it.” Those were the words George McDonald kept hearing from the

Are You?
The following article is an excerpt from Rethink. While there are many reasons for mental illness, there is no clear reason for homelessness due to the fact. When we support our community and include everyone as an equal, we begin to understand human needs are basic, a warm, safe home, clothes, food and work. New FoundMinds proposes to create the kind of communities that are designed with basic needs in mind, and the support that provides for those needs. As you read What Causes Mental Illness, let your mind take you to a place where everyone is equal, helpful and needed. Are You? WHAT CAUSES MENTAL ILLNESS? Most health professionals and resea