Recovery Housing Program

Overview

The Recovery Housing Program (RHP) offers funding for communities to provide stable transitional housing for individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder.  The Office of Community and Rural Affairs is administering this pilot program in partnership with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration to build or rehabilitate facilities that provide temporary, supportive housing. A total of four allocations have been granted to the State to administer, totaling $3.69 million.

RHP was authorized under Section 8071 of the Support for Patients and Communities, or SUPPORT, Act. HUD published its formula in the Federal Register on April 17, 2019 (84 FR 16027), identifying 25 eligible grantees and allocation percentages.

Download the RHP informational flyer here.

Current Funding Round

Additional funding for the Recovery Housing Program will depend on additional funding allocations from Congress. OCRA will provide program updates once funding determinations are announced.

Eligible Communities

Lead applicants must be an entitlement city, non-entitlement city, county or incorporated town that possesses the legal capacity to carry out the proposed program. The lead applicant may contract with a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization to carry out the activities of an eligible project, provided that the organization can document its nonprofit status with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the Indiana Department of Revenue and the Indiana Secretary of State.

Click here to view a map of eligible communities.

Click here to view recovery residences by county.

Eligible Activities

Eligible activities within the RHP Grant must relate to the rehabilitation or construction of recovery residences which meet Level 2, 3, or 4 National Alliance of Recovery Residences standards.

Eligible activities include:

• Public facility rehabilitation and improvements
• Acquisition and disposition of real property
• Administration

RHP Projects must benefit a limited clientele whose population is at least 51% low- and moderate-income, as modified by Notice of FY2020 Allocations, Waivers, and Alternative Requirements for the Pilot Recovery Housing Program.