Housing Navigator Program a. One of the primary reasons individuals cannot relocate from a nursing facility (or similar institution) into a community setting is the lack of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing. Housing Navigator, another key program under the MFP initiative, enables ADRCs to focus on opportunities to increase the availability of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing options for individuals transitioning from an institutional setting to the community and other individuals with housing needs.
b. Grantee shall perform the following activities in support of the housing navigator function by:
i. Creating and regularly updating an inventory of independent integrated, accessible, and affordable housing options within each county of the ADRC’s service region. Xxxxxxx must research and utilize existing inventories from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development when developing and maintaining this inventory;
ii. Advocating for necessary changes in housing policies, practices, and procedures that will help expand housing opportunities for older adults, persons with disabilities (including, but not limited to, persons with disabilities transitioning from institutions, persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and persons with behavioral health disabilities), and homeless individuals. This includes conducting outreach activities to state and local officials and policymakers to educate them on the challenges of ensuring affordable, accessible, and integrated housing for these vulnerable populations;
iii. Contributing to the development of affordable, accessible, and integrated housing for individuals with disabilities by reviewing and providing written comments on local Consolidated Plans, local Public Housing Authority administrative plans, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program applications, local Community Development Block Grants, and other complex housing policies and plans at the state and local levels;
iv. Initiating or participating in local coalitions consisting of community members who will work toward increasing affordable, accessible, and integrated housing;
v. Providing support to ADRC LCA staff, MCO Relocation Contractors or Specialists, Local Mental Health Authorities, Local Behavioral Health Authorities, LIDDAs, and Local Homeless Coalitions Continuums of Care working in the ADRC’s service area;
vi. Developing and maintaining working relationships with each loca...
