Housing With Care

Where housing goals and opportunities align

Vision

To empower individuals and families throughout Minnesota to reach their full potential.

Mission

We are committed to ensuring the rights of individuals and families throughout Minnesota are met, and their housing opportunities realized. By providing comprehensive services to our clients, we can equip them with the tools they need to safely and confidently find a home and succeed in life.

About Us

At Housing with Care, we provide high-quality, trusted housing opportunities for Minnesotans with disabilities. Our range of services encourages new freedom, peace of mind and self- confidence among our clients. We understand your rights and will work to find you the optimal solution for your needs.

Housing access coordination (HAC)

A waiver service that helps a person plan for, find and move to his/her own home. It is a pay-for-performance, person-centered service that pays for staff assistance based on the results achieved. A provider is reimbursed for actual time spent helping a person get housing.

Since fall 2009, more than 1,700 people have used HAC to move from licensed or unlicensed settings to homes of their own that are not owned, leased, or controlled by disability services providers.

Eligibility:

A person is eligible to receive housing access coordination if he or she is enrolled on one of following waivers:

• Brain Injury (BI)
• Community Alternative Care (CAC)
• Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI)
• Developmental Disabilities (DD)

A person can use housing access coordination to move to his or her own home from any of the following settings:

• Family or corporate adult foster care homes
• Hospitals
• Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD)
• Intensive rehabilitation treatment and rule 36 settings
• Intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD)
• Nursing facilities)
• Registered housing with services establishments
• Unlicensed settings.