WHO WE ARE
OPTIONS FOUNDATION
Mental Health Housing for Adults in Baton Rouge
WHY WE ARE HERE
MISSION
Options Foundation is a non-profit agency that specializes in providing housing for homeless, mentally ill adults.
The primary mission of Options Foundation is to provide quality housing for persons with severe, chronic mental illness. We provide a caring atmosphere that enables our residents to build a life in a safe environment that stresses independence, responsibility and self-sufficiency within the community.
We provide quality housing for persons with severe, chronic mental illness.
SERVING THE COMMUNITY
SERVING THE COMMUNITY
Options Foundation Inc. is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization dedicated to providing quality, affordable housing options for mentally ill adults. Options Foundation was organized in 1994 opening their first HUD Independent Living Project in 1999, offering 20 two-bedroom apartments serving forty individuals. Options further expanded and currently serves over 100 mentally ill adults.
The variety of housing options include Louisiana State licensed group homes and multiple independent living facilities with supportive services.
THE NEED
1 IN 5 PEOPLE
suffer from mental illness;
approximately
Americans every day.
MORE THAN 1/2
of all prison & jail inmates
have a
mental health problem.
UP TO 2/3
OF HOMELESS ADULTS
suffer from chronic alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness or a combination of all three.
63% OF ADULTS
know someone with a mental health problem.
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