GROUP HOME

HP has two program sites located right next to each other.  The first site is the group home or as it is often referred to as the main house.  The second site is the cooperative apartment program.

The group home is located in a historically significant mansard Victorian. The founders purchased this building with their own money specifically for the purpose of creating a new and innovative program for veterans with psychiatric disabilities. This house consists of four floors. The first and second floors contain the single and double rooms occupied by the veterans, as well as the common areas such as kitchen, dining room and living room. The third floor consists of three apartments that house the live-in staff and maintenance person. The basement has a laundry room complete with washer and dryer, as well as, some limited storage for household products.

In this environment residents are given support services by live-in staff. Staff prepares and serves all meals family-style. Additional supports are given in the areas of activities of daily living (ADL) skills management, advocacy for treatment and services outside the agency and supervision of self-medicating residents. We must stress that we do not provide treatment. All treatment is received outside of HP, but we do provide re-enforcement and supervision in seeing that residents follow the recommendation of their treatment teams.