Best zip for sect 8 rental for son -any 1 br owners out there?

[TemekuT]

“Well, TemekuT, we all tried to help birmingplumb’s son find a Section 8 unit the first time around, when he moved out here from Michigan.”

Hey BG, I know everyone helped. I just was touched by your contribution today and wanted to bless you with a compliment 🙂

[cvmom]

[quote=TemekuT]”Well, TemekuT, we all tried to help birmingplumb’s son find a Section 8 unit the first time around, when he moved out here from Michigan.”

Hey BG, I know everyone helped. I just was touched by your contribution today and wanted to bless you with a compliment :)[/quote]

awwwww

[birmingplumb]

Thank you, you have touched my heart and my eyes are wet with tears even before reading all. God is in your heart.I will do just what you suggest

[birmingplumb]

Son went off medications 9 months ago and found a Dr to prescribe 420. He became so psycotic I had to fly out last Monday to move him out of the home found here by wonderful people (Bearish Gurl mostly) after being served eviction papers. He cannot live in Section 8 housing alone in his current condition and the chance is great he will lose his voucher altogether. I made the mistake by sending him to a state that has a law that says his rights to not take medication outweigh the fact that without it he is insane and has no capacity to decide such a matter. I love California, make no mistake. I failed in my duty to anticipate the worst case scenario and had no plan if this happened out there-(even though it happened in Michigan 2-3 times when he first started receiving meds 9 years ago). So it ended with me moving him and then having him refuse to come back with me to Michigan, refusing meds and me checking him in the only place in California that doesn’t do a credit check-motel @ $457.50 per week. The need for Laura’s Law to be implemented in San Diego County ( judge ordered forced medication for mentally ill) is begging to be answered by this plumber as he is still there as I sit waiting for my delayed flight alone praying for some way for him not to become a homeless statistic. Even having him arrested for threatening me in hopes the court and public defender would see his condition failed as they did see his condition, dropped charges and sent him for evaluation. They told me on phone they would hold him on a 5150 which allowed 72 hrs for evaluation. I drove home to my daughters from Santa Ana where he was finally going to (I thought) get medical attention. It became a nightmare when I called the next day to see what the Dr said. “Oh he was released by the Dr” said the nurse (who previously assured me no need to be there as she was certain Dr would initiate 5150 and hold him, then I could ask Dr to recommend conservetorship -so I could sign to medicate him) “where is he?” i asked, “we gave him a bus pass and he said he was going to San Clemente where he was picked up” “We gave him your number and he did have money (wrong) So after walking 13 miles to Newport Beach, sleeping on sand, then 7 miles back to Costa Mesa he calls yesterday and wants my credit card to check into a $200 room. I drove 100 miles and picked him up , got him a room and am praying on how I can either get my miracle now or find help in San Diego by making him the first patient under “Laura’s Law” currently being studied by San Diego Commissioners. (would be only second county in California to implement this Law. Please pray with me. Motown

[bearishgurl]

Yes, birmingplumb, after the passage of Prop 13 (1978), CA counties began releasing their mental health patients en masse, some severely so, and provided walk-up windows in a handful of locations for them to present their ID cards and obtain their medications. For example, SD County Psych Hospital at that time severely downsized their scope and mission. This worked fine, as long as the former patient had the presence of mind to keep lining up periodically to refill their prescriptions. Sadly, the rest got lost to the streets.

Being a former bureaucrat myself, I have a few suggestions for you:

Contact the SDRC to find out the procedure you need to go thru to get him the help he needs:

http://sdrc.org/services/services-for-adults/

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programs/ssp/county_medical_services/

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/facilities/central/central_adult_mental_health_and_vocational_svcs.html

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/facilities/central/southeast_mental_health_center.html

Here are some South County facilities (group homes and adult daycare) which may contract with county programs. I KNOW the participants are kept busy during the day and also go out in groups on the bus quite often because I see them in their well-managed groups.

The first link below states is has 1/3 severe developmentally-disabled residents (doesn’t sound like your son but not sure). They all have limited beds.

http://www.calqualitycare.org/providers/developmentally-disabled/090000139.aspx?cat=2

http://www.grouphomesonline.com/det/casa_nuestra-chula_vista

The Arc of San Diego has three locations:

http://ca.hubbiz.com/chula-vista/mental-retardation-developmentally-disabled-serviceshttp://companies.findthecompany.com/l/19923776/Corte-Maria-Group-Home-Inc-in-Chula-Vista-CA

Perhaps if your could qualify for Medi-Cal, he can get a referral to a public defender (NOT criminal but mental-health atty) who can process a conservatorship for him (based upon his CMH record) and get him admitted into a (hopefully permanent) group home who will keep him on his meds. I know a couple of people who retired from the MH dept of the public defender’s office (1 atty and 1 clerk). I’ll try to get a hold of either or both them this week and find out the procedure for your son to qualify for one.

Maybe he can do all of the above simultaneously to an application for Medi-Cal. I honestly don’t know how well the wheel works anymore due to all the budget cuts in recent years.

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/programs/ssp/medi-cal_program/

He can apply here:

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/hhsa/facilities/south/south_region_center.html

The first step is that you or another relative needs to bring your son into a family resource center of the HHSA (if they haven’t already done so) and help him make application to CMS or Medi-Cal (preferably Medi-Cal, if he’s qualified). Good luck, birmingplumb.

[birmingplumb]

Sorry I did not think to read your reply sooner- busy flying home. He has a med -cal card but refuses to understand he needs to go to hospital and just cries on phone about me abandoning him at the 500 dollar a week motel I put him in .
I know he has a warrant for breaking conditions of community service on a shoplift charge months ago that was just served via a card left on his apt door i found when i moved his stuff. If i can get the right people behind me , and they could pick hi up for that warrant, I could start a conservatorship or guardianship process to medicate him. I thank you and love your kind heart. He refuses meds and return and is sick. I will buy the time i need by sending another 500 to hotel unless a solution using the warrant to pick him up is doable . But arrest / release seems to serve no value. I have letters in to everyone . All this happened my last 2 days there and I was blindsided by the dr in orange who released him to die on streets of santa ana. God bless you. Typing between tears Motown

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