Family Care Information

Become an OMH Family Care Provider.

By sharing your home, you can contribute to an individual’s recovery and well-being.

Enrich life for you and your family.

What is Family Care?
Family Care is a residential program sponsored by OMH for people diagnosed with serious mental illness. The program places individuals with people certified to deliver residential care in their own homes. Family Care providers receive training, support and financial reimbursement for their services. Residents develop meaningful relationships and become productive and active members of their communities.

Who can be a Family Care Provider?
Any individual with the motivation and desire to serve persons with mental illness may be a provider. Applicants are screened and evaluated. Providers must be at least 21 years of age. They can be married or single, men or women, owners or renters.

Prior experience with individuals with mental illness is not necessary. The most important requirement is the family’s willingness to provide the caring, secure and understanding. Family Care homes provide an extended, supportive family for residents.

How are individuals selected and placed in Family Care?
Residents are adults of all social, financial, ethnic and educational backgrounds who are recovering from mental illness.

Before placement into the Family Care program, their mental health needs are evaluated. Family Care residents are selected through a process of interviews, screenings, and choice. Every effort is made to match the person with a home that best meets their needs.

Benefits of being a Family Care Provider:

• Monthly payment for each resident living in their home
• 14 days paid vacation each year
• An allowance for recreational transportation for their residents
• In service training
• Services of a team of professionals who oversee the resident’s individual service plan and visit the home periodically
• The satisfaction of helping others grow and recover.

Recovery is real…people with mental illness can live full, productive lives in their communities.

For more information please contact the OMH Psychiatric Center closest to your home, and ask for their Family Care Program: