N.J. Admin. Code § Tit. 10, ch. 37A, app B
Supportive Housing Principles
The supportive housing principles are as follows:
1. Where appropriate, consumers shall have access to affordable, lease-based housing linked with flexible community mental health rehabilitation services designed to meet their varying needs as they change over time.
2. The goal shall be for every consumer to sign a lease, have the opportunity, where necessary, to sign a consumer rental subsidy agreement, have all tenancy protections afforded under New Jersey law, pay the rent, hold the key to the residence, and control who else holds or has access to a key.
3. A consumer's housing is not conditioned on his or her acceptance of, attendance at, participation in, or compliance with treatment programming.
Wellness and Recovery Principles
The wellness and recovery principles that guide all Division programs are as follows:
1. As a result of their relationships and connections with a residential or services program, consumers can justifiably expect that they will acquire tools and strategies to self-manage their illness and improve their quality of life;
2. Provider agency staff shall assist and support consumers in identifying and building upon their strengths in order to better address needs, preferences, and goals;
3. Any supervised or supportive residence environment shall encourage an atmosphere of wellness and recovery, and emphasize individual dignity and respect;
4. As recovery is most often a process, not an event, every provider agency shall address the needs of consumers over time and across different levels of disability, and shall perform regular assessments to assure that services meet identified needs;
5. Recovery principles shall be applied to the full range of residential, engagement, intervention, treatment, rehabilitation, and supportive services that a consumer may need;
6. As a recovery-oriented system, a residential program shall have the stated goal of sustaining wellness and recovery for consumers beyond enrollment in the program and shall engage and assist consumers in care in order that they can achieve, where available and appropriate, a degree of stability and recovery over a long period of time in the least restrictive environment possible to promote individual growth and safety;
7. Whenever possible, services provided by the provider agency shall be provided using the consumer's natural supports;
8. Supervised housing staff shall provide skill-building activities that empower consumers to achieve an improved sense of mastery over their disabilities and shall assist consumers in developing or regaining a meaningful sense of membership in the community; and
9. The residential staff shall incorporate evidence-based practices in the full complement of intervention strategies.
N.J. Admin. Code Tit. 10, ch. 37A, app B