Four bands will perform a live concert Sunday night to raise funds for a new nonprofit branch of a local mental health rehabilitation service and housing agency.
Don Z and the Science, Collective Disturbance, Fat Nave, and The Nighthawks will perform at “.lock out for mental health” The concert will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. at McGuinty’s Public House at Ellsworth Place Mall in downtown Silver Spring.
Transition House provides a supportive living environment for adults between the ages of 28 and 40, facilitating the transition to independent living and providing specialized living assistance for seniors. At this event, Transition House will introduce the Transition House Foundation, a nonprofit chapter dedicated to launching fundraising campaigns for new mental health initiatives.
Next year, the foundation plans to open a new group home to better serve young people in need of care, offering recreational activities and other services beyond traditional assisted living. The organization aims to link crisis intervention to long-term independence and create an environment that supports personal growth.
transition house bills itself as a model for residential and home-based behavioral health services across the state.
“We’re hoping to open a group home early next year,” said Transition House co-owner Evan Tuff, who expects it to open in February. “Group homes don’t function at all like crisis centers or addiction facilities. It’s primarily a mental health issue. The goal of expansion is to continue to add more housing.”
Transition House partners with Olney real estate agents Karen Rawlings This is to make plans for a group home.
“At the moment we have a waiting list of several people who can go there, a live-in caregiver and a room or two for rest to help ease family relationships and discharges from crisis centers and hospitals. There is,” Tuff added.
Tough said the timing for this plan could not be better.
Adults with mental health needs face significant challenges in Montgomery and Howard counties and across the country, with more than 1 in 5 suffering from a mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. . People with serious problems often need alternative housing because affordable options are difficult to find, and many are unable to receive the care they need.
Tough said significant gaps in care remain.
“(Montgomery) County has done a great thing by purchasing homes and converting them into private assisted living facilities, but they’re all still for seniors, 55-year-olds and so on,” Tough said. “We want to change this on many levels by offering different types of activities to different families, all focused on positive mental health and healing mindsets. .”
“Our ultimate goal is to create housing for men aged 21 to 55, housing for women the same age, and provide quality end-of-life care and more nature-based outdoor outings. “It’s about building a home for the elderly that is focused. It’s not like a nursing home where everything is inside the home and recreational activities usually take place inside the home,” Tough added.
The Transition House model provides 24/7 care management for individuals ages 21 to 55, as well as short-term housing and daily living support. Promote sustainable community living through resource referrals and provide educational counseling for families on mental health issues and comprehensive care coordination.
Transition House is not a crisis center and does not work with people who have recently been released from prison or who have exhibited violent behavior. It plans to expand programs for low-income residents, but currently does not accept medical insurance.
Transition House is owned by a partnership that includes Tough, who is also a life coach, and award-winning Beth Albanese. Total wellness house callwas founded in 2002 with Devi Dalta, who operates assisted living facilities Elderly Care USA and Atrium House in Maryland.
The ownership group also includes Tori Ingram, discharge liaison and outreach coordinator, and experienced executive director and school board member Cardel Pattillo.
“This is our first fundraiser, and our main goal is to spread awareness in the community that we can help, especially low-income families in crisis who cannot reach crisis centers. ,” Tuff says of Transition House. Foundation. “We can help nonprofits with case management. We are building more homes to help men and women and seniors with health needs, and we are building homes across the country. I am thinking of doing so.”
“We are just getting started and are doing our first fundraiser, but we haven’t found any significant donors or investors yet, so we are not a good fit for low-income people yet. We are considering fundraising efforts to help spread the word about our mission,” Tough continued.
Tough said the Transition House Foundation aims to strengthen nonprofit efforts that support low-income families through donations. “When families are underserved, we need donations and fundraising to help nonprofits pay for those services,” Tough said.
The organization solicits a variety of donations, and donations of $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 will be recognized through a plaque or other recognition.
“Our goal is for these homes to be donated and to have people’s names on the wings of the homes along with plaques that highlight the donation and the people and families behind it,” Tough said.
“Lockout for Mental Health” opens at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, at McGuinty’s Public House, 911 Ellsworth Drive in downtown Silver Spring. Tickets can be purchased below livingthroughchange.com.
