Division of Behavioral Health Services
The Arizona Housing Outcomes Evaluation
The goal of this project was to evaluate three distinct approaches to housing persons with a serious mental illness. The approaches include supported housing, supportive communities, and supervised apartments. This project is part of an eleven-site national study in which participating organizations will collaborate on program design and share data with the coordinating site. A single coordinating site (Vanderbilt University) was selected to facilitate project goals. The evaluation will examine the impact of the three housing programs on approximately 500-600 newly placed individuals with a serious mental illness. The final follow-up interviews (3-month, 6-month, 12-month, 18-month, and exit) are currently in the process of being completed.