Residential & Supportive Housing

Mainstay Transitional Services

Mainstay Residence is a supported transitional living environment that provides residents with a safe place to live while they work to make positive changes in their lives.

Using both harm-reduction and housing first philosophies, staff actively engage with each individual’s transition plans and goals throughout the duration of their stay.

Community members often move on to safe accommodations, long-term supported housing, substance abuse treatment programs or other appropriate accommodations. Transition workers often accompany clients into the community to support and teach them how to achieve daily living needs including:

• Exploring future accommodations
• Medication administration and home care supports
• Resources to help manage addictions or illness
• Working within a circle of supports to address any and all issues
• Goal identification
• Case coordination and planning
• Capacity building through in-house and external experiences

Mainstay is staffed 24/7 and provides assistance, continuity and a sense of security to its up to 34 community members in 28 rooms.

Residents have access to community programming such as weekly Sharing Circles, Alcoholics Anonymous, recreational activities and monthly meetings. They also have opportunities to participate in volunteering such as kitchen help, outdoor maintenance crews and other placements in the community.

By engaging in prospects for meaningful work, people can give back to their community and gain a sense of self through work and experience, ultimately preparing them for a stronger exit into the larger community.

Mainstay Residence Application 1.2

The Bell Hotel

The Bell Hotel is a glowing example of the evidence-based Housing First approach Main Street Project builds all our programs and services upon.

The housing project demonstrates that securing appropriate housing is the first and most essential step in achieving independence for individuals who were previously chronically homeless.

Our team works together to support eviction prevention, harm reduction, life skills, capacity building, counseling, goal-setting and advocacy services through the lens of independence and tenant-defined success.

More than 50% of clients who moved into the Bell in 2011 have retained their tenancy and many others have successfully transitioned into permanent housing in the community or other supported living programs such as personal care and adult group homes.

We continued to develop partnerships with various social and health services agencies and continued to be a leader in Housing First and Harm Reduction.

Bell Hotel and Community Housing Referral Form Revised 07.20.16
Bell Visitor Policy 2019