Supportive living begins with the belief that all persons with a mental illness can recover.  Supportive living staff provide the consumer with the resources necessary to help them achieve life goals and to be a participating member of their community. 

Focusing on an individual’s needs and schedule, supportive living is based on the individual’s schedule and needs.  It focuses on what people can do and provides them with the opportunity to learn to how to do things they always wanted to do.

Supportive living staff focus on providing whatever supports are needed by each individual to gain ultimate independence.  Those supports are determined by mutual agreement between the consumer and supportive living staff.  Support is tailored to meet the needs, goals and culture of the individual, recognizing that those supports will change over time.

Support services promote recovery in the following areas:  clinical care, family support, peer support and relationships, work, stigma, community involvement, access to resources and education.

Despite the recovery areas listed above, recovery is the process of managing one’s illness with the least amount of interference with normal life.  A person may still have symptoms and still be receiving treatment, but nonetheless be able to pursue life goals.