Housing Options http://housingopt.org HOPE • TRANSFORMATION • RECOVERY Tue, 08 May 2012 14:41:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Welcome http://housingopt.org/welcome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcome http://housingopt.org/welcome/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:24:15 +0000 JMUGS http://jmugs.com/housingopt/?p=378 Housing Options for the Mentally Ill in Evanston is a nonprofit organization that provides affordable supportive housing and mental health support to adults recovering from chronic mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. We encourage independent living and offer a safe and dignified alternative to homelessness and unnecessary institutionalization.

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My company has many Housing Options residents living in apartment buildings we manage in the area. The work that Housing Options does with its residents enables them to live as independently as possible.

— Al Belmonte

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The essence of recovery is to understand that you have this illness but not give up hope to have a satisfying life.

— Carol McCardell, LCSW, Former Housing Options Case Manager/Counselor

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You move in and everything is there for you — cookware, rugs on the floor, paintings on the walls, dishes, everything… You’re just ready to live.

— Anonymous, Pathways Resident

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I live an interesting life. No one really understands psychosis and how debilitating it can be unless they know someone who has had a psychotic episode.

— Housing Options Resident

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