122C-20.6. Department to establish statewide supportive housing program for individuals transitioning into community living; purpose.
The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, shall establish and administer a tenant-based rental assistance program known as the North Carolina Supportive Housing Program. The purpose of the program is to transition individuals diagnosed with serious mental illness or serious and persistent mental illness from institutional settings to more integrated community-based settings appropriate to meet their needs. Under the program, the Department, in consultation with the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency and LME/MCOs, shall arrange for program participants to be transitioned to housing slots available through the program with all the rights and obligations created by a landlord-tenant relationship. (2013-397, s. 6(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 122C - Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Act of 1985
Article 1B - Transitions to Community Living.
§ 122C-20.7 - Administration of housing subsidies for supportive housing.
§ 122C-20.8 - Eligibility requirements for NC Supportive Housing Program.
§ 122C-20.9 - In-reach activities for supportive housing.
§ 122C-20.10 - Allocation of supportive housing slots to LME/MCOs.
§ 122C-20.11 - Transition of program participants into housing slots.
§ 122C-20.12 - Transition services.
§ 122C-20.13 - Tenancy support services.
§ 122C-20.14 - Approval of landlords and housing units.
§ 122C-20.15 - Annual reporting on NC Supportive Housing Program.
§ 122C-20.16 - NC Supportive Housing Program not an entitlement.