OAR 309-036-0120: Funds for Institutional Housing

(1) The institutional housing to be assisted with 30 percent of interest earnings from the Community Housing Trust Account and any other funds restricted to institutional housing purposes shall be for occupancy by individuals with serious and persistent mental illness. (2) The Division's Director or designee shall identify annually the amount of funds available in the Community Mental Health Housing Fund for institutional housing purposes: (a) The superintendents of the state psychiatric hospital facilities shall submit prioritized requests for funding of institutional housing improvements to the Director or designee. The Director or designee shall create an allocation plan based on a consolidated prioritized list of requests; (b) As funds become available, they shall be distributed to state psychiatric hospital facilities for improvements in accordance with the allocation plan. (3) The Community Mental Health Housing Fund Advisory Committee shall review the allocation plan and make recommendations to the Director regarding distribution of funds for institutional housing purposes; the Director shall make the final funding decisions.