Moore Place is a 120-unit permanent supportive housing apartment complex.
This program has a community mandate to prioritize individuals and families who are highly vulnerable and chronically homeless, as defined by HUD and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Continuum of Care (CoC). Specifically, verification is required that they have been in the streets or shelters for over 12 months (4 times in the last 3 years, or consecutively) and have a qualifying disability.
In early 2012, CSS Homeless Services partnered with Moore Place to provide wraparound services to (at that time) 85 chronically homeless adults. Owned and operated by the former Urban Ministry Center now Roof Above, Moore Place is the first permanent supportive housing residential complex in Charlotte based on the “Housing First” philosophy.
A team of Mecklenburg County Community Support Services employees, made up of licensed mental health clinicians and a clinical supervisor, collaborate with Roof Above staff. They provide supportive services, ensure individuals’ successful adjustment to permanent supportive housing, and help individuals regain lives of wellness and stability.
The medically fragile population of chronically homeless individuals receive a full range of holistic services, from assisting disabled clients to clean their apartments, to diagnosing a mental health disorder and providing the interventions for treatment.