Housing & Stabilization Programs
Housing and Stabilization Program
New Leaf Peer Support LLC offers a structured housing-stabilization pathway for eligible adults experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
Approved participants may receive temporary hotel placement at an Extended Stay America or WoodSpring Suites while completing the stabilization and housing-readiness portions of the program. New Leaf does not currently operate residential houses.
The program combines behavioral-health treatment, case management, income development, required savings, housing preparation, and continued support for up to two years.
Hotel placement and rental assistance are supported through private sponsorships, donations, nonprofit funding, and community partnerships. Medicaid does not pay for hotel rooms, rent, deposits, utilities, or other housing expenses.
Housing is limited, participation-based, separately approved, and not guaranteed.
Phase One
PHASE ONE
Stabilization and Income
Beginning with a minimum 90-day stabilization period
Participants complete a comprehensive clinical assessment and separate housing screening.
When clinically recommended and approved, participants attend IOP three days per week for three hours per day. They must also attend required appointments, meet regularly with their case manager, follow program rules, and begin working toward stable income.
Participants must pursue one of the following:
- Employment
- Disability benefits
- Another approved and sustainable source of income
Advancement is based on participation and progress—not only the amount of time spent in the program.
Phase Two
PHASE TWO
Savings and Housing Readiness
After establishing employment, disability benefits, or another approved income plan, participants begin the required savings and housing-readiness phase.
Participants must:
- Follow a written monthly budget
- Save an agreed portion of their income
- Provide income and savings verification
- Continue meeting with their case manager
- Attend required treatment, wellness, or support groups
- Complete tenant-readiness and independent-living activities
- Address rental, credit, documentation, or other housing barriers
- Demonstrate readiness to pay rent, utilities, food, and other expenses
Participants must complete their individualized savings and housing-readiness goals before beginning the apartment-placement phase.
Phase Three
PHASE THREE
Apartment Placement and Retention
After completing the required stabilization, income, savings, and housing-readiness steps, approved participants may receive help searching and applying for an apartment.
Support may include:
- Apartment searches
- Rental applications
- Landlord communication
- Lease education
- Budgeting
- Utility preparation
- Move-in planning
- Continued housing-stability support
For separately approved participants, an eligible nonprofit or sponsorship partner may contribute up to 30% of the monthly rent for up to the first year after move-in, subject to available funding and a written sponsorship agreement.
New Leaf may continue providing appropriate stabilization and housing-retention support for up to two years.
Important Housing and Participation Notice
Please Read Carefully
IThe program provides:
- A structured path toward independent living
- Temporary hotel placement for approved participants
- Behavioral-health and recovery support
- Case management
- Employment and benefits assistance
- Budgeting and required savings support
- Housing-readiness education
- Apartment-search and housing-retention assistance
The program does not guarantee:
- Immediate hotel placement
- Continued hotel sponsorship
- Placement at a particular hotel
- Apartment approval
- Payment of deposits or move-in expenses
- Rental assistance
- A specific length of housing support
- Residential-house, tiny-home, mobile-home, or rent-to-own placement
Housing assistance may be delayed, denied, suspended, or discontinued when a participant does not attend required services, repeatedly misses case-management meetings, fails to complete assigned steps, violates hotel or program rules, refuses to work toward income or savings, or is not making reasonable progress toward independent living.
Clinical services and housing sponsorship are reviewed separately. Receiving Medicaid or participating in Medicaid-covered services does not guarantee housing. Medicaid does not pay for hotel placement or rent.
To request a clinical assessment and housing screening:
Call: 877-318-1828
Visit: www.newleafpeersupport.org
Select: “Get Help” and complete the application.
A New Leaf team member will contact you to explain eligibility, participation requirements, housing availability, and the next steps.