JTI Hosts: Center for Urban Community Services: Introduction to Supportive Housing
October 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Free
Supportive housing combines affordable housing with services designed to help people with behavioral health conditions, histories of homelessness, and other complex needs, including a history of incarceration, achieve long-term stability. Understanding the different housing models and available services is essential for connecting clients to the appropriate options.
In this webinar, the presenter will introduce NYC’s Supportive Housing system, including models, eligibility criteria, provider roles, and services.
Participants will learn how supportive housing promotes housing stability, recovery, and greater independence.
For nearly 50 years, Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) has advanced lasting stability for individuals and communities by delivering integration housing, healthcare and supportive services rooted in dignity, trust, and human connection. Through a comprehensive, relationship-centered model, CUCS meets people where they are, addressing homelessness, responding to immediate crises, and building pathways to long-term independence. By combining decades of proven outcomes with innovated approaches to care, CUCS transforms lives and sets the standard for how cities can respond to homelessness, mental health challenges, and systemic inequities at scale.
Presenter:
Rosalie Bouret, BA is the HRC Coordinator with the Housing Resource Center at the CUCS Institute. Ms. Bouret has fifteen years of experience in mental health and supportive housing. In her current role, she oversees the Housing Consultation and Resources program, provides liaison support for the Single Point of Access (SPOA) Housing program and for the Reentry Coordination System. She facilitates the NYC OMH Housing 101 training and the NY/NY Overview Training, as well as providing support navigating the mental health supportive housing options in NYC. She has also worked with the New York State Office of Mental Health with placing priority applicants transitioning into the community from Adult Homes and State Psychiatric Centers. Prior to joining CUCS, she served as an Assistant Program Director for a HASA contracted scattered-site supportive housing program, and for a congregate DHS contracted supported SRO program.