HOUSING STABILITY
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
Specialized Intensive Programs and Services Project (SIPS) Critical to Fighting Housing Instability
Specialized Intensive Programs & Services (SIPS) provides high-touch, time unlimited, wrap-around case management services to the region’s most vulnerable residents, including the elderly, disabled, and those struggling with addiction, mental illness, and histories of chronic homelessness and incarceration. The intensive, personalized, and at-home focus is pivotal in engaging clients and stabilizing them in their homes and communities.
From housing assistance to health care access, SIPS offers personalized service plans tailored to each client’s unique circumstances, empowering them to navigate the challenges that often accompany homelessness. This helps not only keep a roof over their heads temporarily but creates a path to stability.
Every day at Metro Housing, we encounter real people with real stories who are impacted by housing instability. One client, C’rosa, was in need after experiencing homelessness and living in her car. This was compounded when she was diagnosed with severe health issues, and subsequently found it difficult to advocate for herself and her needs. Now, thanks to her SIPS team at Metro Housing, she is receiving the support she needs to help with day-to-day activities. Alleviating the stress and anxiety around addressing basic needs gives clients like C’rosa the ability to focus on stabilizing herself and her family.
“I am extremely thankful to God for bringing me to Metro Housing and feel blessed to now be living on my own in my new home." - C'ROSA
Replicating outcomes like this requires a collaborative approach among providers.
Our partnership with The MolinaCares Accord and Senior Whole Health by Molina Healthcare is a prime example of this, beginning with their generous financial investment in the SIPS program. This has created new opportunities to provide access to critical services to our participants, including future mobile blood pressure screenings administered by Senior Whole Health employee volunteers. In addition to securing housing stability, being able to help our families proactively understand and address their medical needs is a rewarding new prospect, one that certainly would not be possible without working together as a community.
By investing in programs like SIPS, Metro Housing and its partners send a powerful message that every individual, regardless of their circumstances, deserves dignity, compassion, and the opportunity to rebuild their lives.
SIPS relies heavily on private contributions. It continues to operate thanks to the generous support of corporations and individuals committed to preserving tenancy by providing services to those who need it most. To help SIPS maintain its level of service to the most vulnerable families, you can donate here.