Program areas at Inspirica
Permanent housing, including permanent supportive housing and deeply affordable housingin fy2023, Inspirica served 182 people in permanent supportive housing and deeply affordable housing in the following facilities: colony apartments (30), atlantic park apartments (28), rose park apartments (7), metcalf house (10), 24 and 26 woodland place (25), summer place (65) and mckinney house (17). In addition to receiving housing, all participants in the above programs also received the same comprehensive, integrated services listed in schedule o.
Mental illness programs - outreach, jail diversion and transitional housing & support services for individuals with mental illnessin fy2023, Inspirica served 59 in outreach, 7 people in jail diversion, and 17 people in transitional housing. All individuals suffered from persistent, serious mental illness. The outreach program provides retention support for people who are living in their own community but need some form of support services. The jail diversion program provides an alternative for people alleged to have committed non-violent crimes as their cases move through the legal system. The transitional housing program provides housing and support services to people who have been discharged from mental health institutions or group homes, but are not yet able to live independently. In addition to receiving housing, all participants in the above programs received the same comprehensive, integrated services listed above.
Homeless programs - emergency shelter/transitional housing and support for families and single women in fy2023, Inspirica served 334 people in family's emergency shelter and transitional housing as well as 47 single women in emergency shelter. In addition to receiving housing services, all participants also received integrated case management, general counseling, access to drug and alcohol abuse counseling, workforce education, vocational training, employment & job placement services, housing placement, job/housing retention services, children's services, early childhood & parenting services etc. In addition to these in-house services, participants received direct access to services such as medical and dental care, inpatient substance abuse treatment, psychiatric care, head start/early head start (families only) etc. Through a network of formal strategic partnerships.
Other programs include workforce education, vocational training, job placement, children's services (including an after school program), early childhood & parenting, and access to health care, dental care, psychiatric care, substance abuse, holiday gift collection, and hiv/aids programs.