Placement & Funding Resource Guide
One printable page of the directories, funding streams, and state agencies used to place people into supported housing. Keep it on file or forward it to your team. Updated Sept 2026.
Print / Save as PDFNational directories every case manager can use
findhelp.org (formerly Aunt Bertha) — the largest social-care referral search; housing, benefits, and support programs by ZIP. findhelp.org
2-1-1 — dial 2-1-1 or search your regional United Way database for housing and basic-needs referrals. 211.org
Eldercare Locator / ADRC — single point of entry for older adults and people with disabilities. 1-855-937-2372. eldercare.acl.gov
HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) — coordinated entry for homeless housing placements, by region. hudexchange.info/programs/coc
Social Security / SOAR — apply for SSI/SSDI; a SOAR-trained worker speeds approvals. 1-800-772-1213. ssa.gov/ssi
Veterans Crisis Line — dial 988, press 1 (or text 838255). National Call Center for Homeless Veterans — 877-424-3838.
Funding streams at a glance
- Medicaid HCBS Waiver (residential habilitation / supported living) — the core funding for community support for IDD, physical disability, and aging. Started by the person's Medicaid support coordinator. Often has a waitlist — apply early.
- SSI / SSDI — cash benefit for people with disabilities or low income; SSI usually confers Medicaid eligibility, which unlocks the waivers.
- VA housing programs — Grant & Per Diem (transitional beds), HUD-VASH (voucher + VA case management), SSVF (prevention/rapid re-housing). Start with the VAMC homeless coordinator.
- Housing Choice Voucher / Permanent Supportive Housing — rental subsidy via the local Public Housing Authority; homeless placements route through CoC coordinated entry.
- State behavioral-health & opioid-abatement funds — sometimes fund recovery or supportive housing when Medicaid does not.
- Extended foster care & Chafee — for youth aging out of care (transitional living, education/training vouchers).
- Private pay — self- or family-funded, often bridging until a waiver or voucher comes through.
Build a funding path for a specific person with our free tool: maiheaven.com/funding-finder.
By state — Medicaid, disability, behavioral health & veterans agencies
Mai Heaven builds small, permanent supported homes in these states. Confirm current program names and waitlists with each agency.
North Carolina
Medicaid: NC Medicaid — medicaid.ncdhhs.gov
IDD/BH: NC DHHS (DMH/DD/SUS) via local LME/MCO
Veterans: NC Div. of Military & Veterans Affairs — milvets.nc.gov
Tennessee
Medicaid: TennCare — tn.gov/tenncare
IDD: TN Dept. of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities — tn.gov/didd
BH: TDMHSAS · Veterans: tn.gov/veteran
Georgia
Medicaid: Georgia Medicaid (DCH) — medicaid.georgia.gov
IDD/BH: DBHDD — dbhdd.georgia.gov
Veterans: GA Dept. of Veterans Service — veterans.georgia.gov
Virginia
Medicaid: Virginia DMAS — dmas.virginia.gov
DD/BH: DBHDS — dbhds.virginia.gov
Veterans: VA Dept. of Veterans Services — dvs.virginia.gov
Delaware
Medicaid: DE Medicaid (DMMA) — dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dmma
IDD: Div. of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS)
BH: DSAMH · Veterans: DE Commission of Veterans Affairs
Arizona
Medicaid: AHCCCS — azahcccs.gov
IDD: DES Div. of Developmental Disabilities — des.az.gov/ddd
Veterans: AZ Dept. of Veterans' Services — dvs.az.gov
Florida
Medicaid: FL AHCA — ahca.myflorida.com/medicaid
IDD: Agency for Persons with Disabilities — apd.myflorida.com
Veterans: FL Dept. of Veterans' Affairs — floridavets.org
Every state
State veterans agencies index: va.gov/statedva.htm
Medicaid agency index: medicaid.gov
Find a CoC: hudexchange.info/programs/coc
What makes a strong referral
Send what you have — an incomplete referral is still a referral. The fuller picture helps us answer faster:
- Face sheet / current demographics and the current level-of-care determination or assessment
- Current medication list (including PRNs and any controlled substances)
- Behaviour support plan, if one exists
- Guardianship, conservatorship, or power-of-attorney paperwork
- Funding source — HCBS waiver, SSI, VA program, private, or unresolved
- A signed release — records covered by 42 CFR Part 2 (substance use) need their own consent (build one at maiheaven.com/part2-consent)
About Mai Heaven. We build small, permanent, staffed homes for people who have run out of places to go — including those other placements have refused. We build small, permanent supported homes, and we answer referrals within one business day as homes come online, and we tell you the day a home opens in your state. Refer or join the list at maiheaven.com/for-discharge-planners. Not an emergency service — for a crisis, call 988.