Apartment Treatment Program
A 9-bed apartment-type residential program that provides individualized support for the needs and goals of adults with serious and persistent mental illness.
Harison Place
Harison Place is a mixed-use development with 40 affordable and supported living apartments and five commercial spaces on Main Street in the heart of downtown Malone, New York.
The apartments at Harison Place are affordable to households earning 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income. Twenty of the apartments include individualized services funded through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) and administered by the New York State Office of Mental Health. Services include mental health services, career and training support, tenant education, financial planning and literacy, life skills, healthcare coordination, addiction services and more. The services and support provider for these units is Citizen Advocates.
Residents have access to a playground, laundry facilities, community room, air conditioning in community spaces and enhanced broadband internet.
For more information about amenities and income restrictions, please click here or click here.
How to apply – Affordable Housing units:
Applications are available now at www.citizenadvocates.net and www.phaplattsburgh.com.
Click below to download and complete the application:
A full application must be submitted in order to determine eligibility. Upon review, the applicant will be notified in writing of the determination.
Eligible applications will be automatically placed on a waiting list and processed in the order received when a vacancy becomes available.
Applications can be returned to the Plattsburgh Housing Authority or Citizen Advocates, Inc.
Plattsburgh Housing Authority
office@phaplattsburgh.com Phone:518-561-0720 Fax:518-561-1769 Mailing Address:4817 South Catherine Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Citizen Advocates, Inc.
Location:324 Creighton Road, Malone, NY 12953 Mailing Address:PO Box 608, Malone, NY 12953
How to apply – ESSHI supported units:
The first step is completing a Franklin County Single Point of Access (SPOA) form. The SPOA is a one-stop shop for a wide range of mental health services available locally. This resource ensures the right service is connected to the right individual or family at the right time. Once completed, the referral is returned to the individual listed in the application.
To obtain a SPOA form, please click here.
Related services
Adult Respite and Homeless Apartments
The Respite and Homeless apartments are available for adults and families that find themselves in need of a temporary place of residence.
OASAS Permanent Living & Housing
A 7-bed program that serves adults who have a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder, a history or are at-risk of homelessness, and meet specific hospitalization or high Medicaid utilization criteria.
Need help navigating our community housing & living services?
At Citizen Advocates, we work as a team to provide the best individual, person-centered services to the people we serve. Care coordination assists clients with identifying and accessing the services that will assist them in addressing the problems they are experiencing, or that will help them to achieve a higher quality life or level of functioning.
