Supportive Housing
Our FCS Supportive Housing Services are designed for individuals experiencing barriers to housing stability with verified risk factors such as being homeless, experiencing unstable housing, facing barriers to independent living, or living with maximum independence in community-integrated housing.
Washington Monitoring's Case Managers can provide you with support in obtaining community services including, but not limited to: healthcare, social services, resources, housing, employment training, and recovery education and support.
Our community-based team can work with you to overcome the barriers you face and support you on your journey to independence.
These innovative services are demonstrating the positive health effects that safe and secure housing
can provide to people in need. To qualify, individuals must be Medicaid-eligible, complete a needs assessment, and be experiencing one of the following risk factors:
• Chronic homelessness
• Dependence on costly institutional care
• An in-home care recipient with complex needs
• Dependence on restrictive adult residential care/treatment settings
• At high risk for expensive care and negative outcomes
Employment Services
FCS Supportive EMPLOYMENT services are designed to assist individuals who want to find stable work. You will be personally assessed by a staff member and given assistance in your goal planning.
The FCS program uses the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model for supported employment and this can be integrated with other behavioral and social services that you may already be involved in within the community. The goal is to help you become as independent as possible in your own vocational role, while providing support and assistance as needed.
Supported employment services help people who have physical, behavioral, or long-term health needs that make it difficult for them to find and maintain jobs. These ongoing services include individualized job coaching and training, help with employer relations, and assistance with job placement.
Eligibility
To qualify, individuals must be Medicaid-eligible, complete a needs assessment, and be experiencing one of the following risk factors:
• Eligible for the Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) or aged, Blind, Disabled (ABD) program
• Significant mental illness, substance use disorder, or co-occurring conditions
• A long-term care recipient with complex needs
• An in-home care recipient with complex needs
or
• Behavioral health challenges related to
vulnerable youth and young adults
Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
Program Overview
Homelessness is traumatic and cyclical, putting people at greater risk for developing physical and mental health conditions, including substance use disorders. Foundational Community Supports (FCS) enrollees across the state face financial obstacles to obtaining and maintaining places to call home, especially when exiting inpatient settings. FCS supportive housing (SH) enrollees with behavioral health treatment needs may access this funding opportunity. The FCS Transition Assistance Program supports FCS SH enrollees take steps to achieve personalized housing goals. Administered by Wellpoint, FCS TAP
provides the FCS supportive housing network with flexible funding that can be drawn upon by FCS supportive housing providers working with enrollees. FCS TAP aims to lower and remove financial barriers to housing stability. TAP may also be used to bridge individuals exiting certain inpatient treatment facilities as they await longerterm rental resources. Background The Foundational Community Supports (FCS) Transition Assistance Program (TAP) launched in May of 2022. TAP aims to serve Washington’s most vulnerable population with complex care needs. TAP supports FCS TAP eligible individuals obtain and maintain safe, stable and affordable housing.
Ultimately, FCS TAP contributes to a healthier Washington. FCS TAP has a network of providers under contract through Wellpoint, FCS’s third-party
administrator (TPA).
Eligibility Requirements
FCS TAP can be accessed by enrollees of FCS supportive housing services across the state who are seeking to transition into the housing of their choice. The FCS supportive housing program uses
evidence-based practices of Housing First and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) during service delivery. Individuals must be receiving FCSeligible Medicaid and authorized to receive FCS Supportive Housing (SH) services, to be eligible for TAP.
Duration
Accessing FCS TAP funds require an FCS supportive housing participant to be making a housing transition. FCS TAP offers FCS SH enrollees funding to be used throughout a 12-month period on approved expenditures.