Project Patchwork - Housing
From hmis
| Group | Housing |
| Category | Housing |
| Name | Project Patchwork |
| Provider | Project Patchwork |
|---|
Description
Project Patchwork works with parents and individuals, in early recovery, who are transitioning from residential treatment to the community. Project Patchwork provides housing for 6 months. Parents can bring children, of any age, into the program (although, the behavior of the children can be a consideration). Clients need to be on OHP. Ms. Hall will meet clients in inpatient programs to sign them up for one of Project Patchwork’s 23 apartments.
The houses and apartments are fully furnished with beds, toddler beds, cribs, new mattresses, sheets, and cleaning supplies. Some of the apartments are reserved for women and babies coming directly from birthing hospitals through Project Nurture (a program for pregnant women battling substance abuse). One of their houses is
exclusively for women and their babies. Project Patchwork also works with single fathers. They recently had a couple move into one of their apartments.
Project Patchwork offers “wrap-around” services which include case management, peer support, housing navigators, daycare, assistance with getting IDs, and referrals to culturally specific community resources. If a resident returns to use, they are not immediately terminated. In some instances the resident returns to inpatient treatment.
Residents take part in weekly meetings, are on geo-locators (in order to abide by curfews), and share in doing household chores.