“Our mission is to see people, to know people, to love people… to help them live the best they can in whatever circumstances they are in.”

Patty, Pastor

FCS Eligibility

FCS is a program offering supportive housing and supported employment for Apple Health-eligible beneficiaries with complex needs. Through this program, we help clients find and maintain jobs; acquire stable, independent housing; and gain the necessary skills to be successful.

Supportive Housing services include help identifying housing resources, support in obtaining a lease, assistance in relations with landlords, and independent living skills development.

Who qualifies?

  • 18 or older

  • Medicaid-eligible

  • One assessed health need:

    • Mental health need

    • Need for outpatient SUD treatment 

    • Need for assistance with 3 or more activities of daily living (receiving long term care services)

    • Need for hands-on assistance with 1 or more activities of daily living (receiving long term care services)

    • Complex physical health need

  • One risk factor:

    • Homeless for at least 12 months or homeless on at least 4 separate occasions in the last 3 years (combined to equal at least 12 months)

    • Two or more stays in an institutional setting in the past 12 months

    • Two or more adult residential care stays in the past 12 months

    • Frequent turnover of in-home caregivers

    • PRISM score of 1.5 or above

Supported Employment services include vocational/job-related assessment, planning for employment, job placement, development, and coaching, and skills-building for negotiating with prospective employers.

Who qualifies?

  • 16 or older

  • Medicaid-eligible

  • One assessed health need:

    • Mental health need

    • Need for outpatient SUD treatment

    • Need for assistance with 3 or more activities of daily living

    • Need for hands-on assistance with 1 or more activities of daily living

    • Objective evidence of physical impairments

  • One risk factor:

    • Unable to be gainfully employed for at least 90 consecutive days due to mental or physical impairment

    • SUD with repeated inpatient treatment episodes

    • Diagnosed mental health and/or SUD that is at risk of deteriorating w/o intervention

    • Inability to obtain or maintain employment resulting from age, physical disability or TBI

To access Foundational Community Support services, call Gather Church at (360) 827-0264.