CLIENT NOTICE OF USES AND DISCLOSURES

HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAM

The Housing Stability Program is our flagship program. This program serves HOMELESS AND DISABLED families and individuals throughout Chicago by helping them attain affordable permanent housing at one of the buildings we serve and then providing them with ongoing supportive case management services. Services are individualized in order to meet the needs of the specific individual or family and are focused on the person or family attaining a greater level of autonomy. Ultimately the goal of the program is to enable the family or person to have the skills necessary to no longer need services from RSSI.

In order to qualify for this program the head of household must be homeless and have a disability. Qualifying disabilities include:

Mental Health, Physical, HIV/AIDS and/or a Substance Induced Disorder.

The disability must be of a long-continued duration, impedes ones ability to live independently, and be of a nature that could be improved by more suitable housing, or be from AIDs or conditions arising from its etiological effects.

RSSI’s team of case managers provides services which are tailored to meet the needs of the individual or family. Intensity of services is initially very intense when a client enters the program and less so as time passes and the client increases autonomy. Collaboration with the client is key our the process of increasing their self-determination, and goals and services are agreed upon jointly so everyone has a role in the delivery of services.

SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM

Our Senior Services Program provides supportive housing services and activity planning to low-income seniors. Our goal in the program is to help seniors attain housing that is affordable, safe and high quality. Our stafff work to ensure that the seniors are able to maintain a high quality of life and maintian iliving independently for as long as they wish. Services are focused on maintaining connections with the community, building support systems and maintaining health and well being.