Prairie View has been awarded a $100,000 Tenant Based Rental Assistance grant from the Kansas Housing Resources Corp. to help people with severe mental illness afford safe and decent housing.
“This grant represents a milestone for Prairie View” said Brad Schmidt, director of adult residential services. “This award places us at over $1 million in TBRA funds granted to us by KHRC since 1995.”
Tenant Based Rental Assistance awards are funded through the federal HOME Investment Partnership program administered by the Kansas Housing Resources Corp.
The grant gives the opportunity of affordable housing for those at or below 50 percent median income.
Prairie View’s grant is targeted at people with severe and persistent mental illness.
Eligible tenants for this grant must reside in Harvey, Marion or McPherson counties.
The awarded funds will offer qualified applicants as much as two years of rental subsidy assistance.
Households receiving assistance generally will pay no more than 30 percent of their income for rent.
Prairie View will begin accepting applications for housing assistance in January.
Prairie View is a private, faith-based, behavioral and mental-health services provider, offering a range of behavioral and psychiatric services for children, adolescents, adults and older adults, as well as consultation services to businesses and organizations.
In addition to the main campus in Newton, including outpatient offices and a psychiatric hospital in Newton, Prairie View has outpatient locations in Hillsboro, Hutchinson, McPherson and Wichita.
