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Choice in Housing: Coco's Story
By: Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled (CIAD)
Posted: Sep 17 09
Witnessed: 1278 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Housing
Tags: adult care facilities, adult homes, CIAD, CIAD Media Team, Coco, Coco Cox, Comunilife, DAI, Disability Advocates, Irene Kaplan, mental health housing, mental illness, MFY Legal Services, OMH, psychiatric disabilities, supported housing
Coco Cox moves into her own supported apartment after living for two and a half years in a 256-bed adult home for the mentally ill in New York City. Cox's apartment, provided by Comunilife, was made available under a special 60-bed initiative run by New York State's Office of Mental Health; this 60-bed program marked the first time supported apartments were set aside specifically for adult home residents in the state of New York.
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