Admission Process
The Crossroads
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Admission Criteria
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Women applying to The Crossroads must meet the HUD definition of homeless and have co-occurring mental and addictive disorders. Women must be clean and sober at the time of intake assessment and admission. Single women and women with children can be accommodated. However, available funding may limit how large a family can be accommodated. Teenage children are separately interviewed to ensure that their needs can be met in the program. Also required is a willingness to participate in the program, including employment or vocational activities unless eligible for disability.
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Admission Process
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Women seeking admission should contact The Crossroads for Women at 242-1010. A brief phone intake will be done to determine if the threshold admission criteria are met. Applicants will be contacted depending on current bed availability. When a bed becomes available an interview is scheduled and done. If accepted, a woman will then come in to do an intake assessment. Admitted clients are generally able to enter housing within a week of admission.
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Maya’s Place
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Admission Criteria
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Women must generally be exiting jail or prison. In addition, women must meet the HUD definition of homelessness and disability. Women entering Maya’s Place must be clean and sober at admission.
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Admission Process
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Women may apply for admission by contacting the Maya’s Place office at 266-0110 or by mail. Maya’s Place does not accept collect calls from correctional facilities but applications are available from the case managers at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque and at the Women’s Correctional Facility in Grants. Applications can be mailed or faxed to Maya’s Place. An interview is done and a woman is admitted when there is bed availability.