Supportive Services

Representative Payee
New Housing Opportunities, Inc. provides representative payee services to Warren and Clinton County residents who need assistance in managing their personal financial affairs. The Representative Payee Program provides payee services in collaboration with Mental Health Recovery Services of Warren and Clinton Counties (MHRS), to consumers with chronic mental illness who are referred by a case manager of MHRS or an affiliated Service Agency. The Representative Payee Program helps clients manage various types of income, including Social Security benefits (retirement or disability) and Supplemental Security Income.

Benefits Management
NHO, Inc. offers benefits management and advisement services for Severely Mentaly Disabled clients in Warren and Clinton Counties. Our Benefits Manager meets with Social Enterprise emplyees, potential employees, and clients throughout the mental health system to evaluate and discuss their work options in regards to how it will affect their SSI/SSDI and Medicare/Medicaid benefits. The Benefits Manager meets with each person individually to assess his or her situation before completing a Beneftis Analysis Report. In a follow-up appointment, the results of the report are presented and discussed with the client and other interested parties. The end result is that the client is educated to the impact that working has on his or her benefits.