RESIDENT CRITERIA
Applicants cannot apply directly to our program but must be referred by one of the following community agencies:
- Children’s Mercy TIES Program
- Comprehensive Mental Health Services
- Healing House
- Heartland Center for Behavioral Change
- Hope House
- Imani House – Swope Health
- Jackson County Family Treatment Court
- Journey to New Life
- Kansas City Indian Center
- Mattie Rhodes Center
- Newhouse
- Operation Breakthrough
- Ozark Recovery Housing
- Recovery Village
- ReDiscover
- REHOPE
- Rose Brooks Center
- Sheffield Place
- University Health Behavioral Health
- The Village Initiative
Who qualifies: Women who are currently undergoing a housing crisis. DMH Housing defines “housing crisis” as a situation where the affected household is homeless, at imminent risk of becoming homeless, or is currently housed in a substandard, unstable, unsafe or unsustainable setting; and in both situations has no resources available to obtain alternative adequate housing.
Potential candidates must be working toward a recovery life style and have at least 30 days of sobriety to apply.
Candidates must have physical custody of their children or have the potential for regaining physical custody as verified with child welfare/family court.
All children who would live full time at Amethyst Place must be younger than 16 years of age at admission.
Candidates must have a substance use disorder and be receiving treatment and/or working toward recovery.
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