The people with whom [Heritage] deals ... are at the bottom of the housing ladder; people whose lives are on the edge of disintegration; people trying day by day to beat the disease of alcoholism, or mental illness, or substance abuse. That is our clientele. … Without government assistance to house this population, they will be in everyone’s backyard, and in their parks, and under their highways, and in their train stations.
And housing is only the first step. They need counseling. They need individual support. They need treatment.
… for this country to remain great, it must deal with and find a way to use the great potential this large disadvantaged population represents in terms of manpower (personpower), diversity and creativity.
- Ana Pereria
This is an intensive case management program for seriously mentally ill women who are nearing their release dates from prison. Project Caring Community begins working with the clients approximately three months prior to their scheduled release dates in order to prepare them psychologically for life outside of prison, but also to begin the process of accessing entitlements for the clients so that resources will be available to them as soon as possible after they’ve been released. Once clients leave the prison setting, Project Caring Community (PCC) provides them with intensive case management services for approximately 3 to 6 months, in order to help them integrate successfully into the community. One of the program’s goals is to help clients to link with community based service providers so that they will have all the services they need when they are discharged from the PCC program.