To those seeking placement at Hospitality House:

Hospitality House has been in existence since October 25, 1986.  Since that time, we have had waiting lists for placement; partially due to our unique and successful program and partiallly due to availability of alternate programs.  We understand and are concerned that for every bed which comes available here, there will be one satisfied applicant and several dissatisfied applicants who were unable to get in.  We wish we could do and take more; however, that is not the current reality. Thus, let us provide some perhaps helpful tips on gaining admission:

    1.  Upon being placed on the waiting list, that does not mean that you are a certain number in line. Placement always depends on: availability, diagnosis similar to our population, aggression levels, compliance with current placement rules and medical treatment, medical stability and the ability to participate in our program and benefit from it.  Hospitality House is successful because we monitor each of these factors for the safety and well being of the other 64 persons residing here and offer the same oversight to those who come.

    2.  If you are seeking placement for someone besides yourself, make sure the requested information is in as soon as possible.  We have seen people who might have been appropriated lose an opportunity for placement for someone not providing the requested information in a timely manner.

     3.  If you have already provided your information and are on a waiting list, bear in mind that should an opening arise, current information will be required.  Again, remember we often have five or more people wanting the same available bed.  Please do not become angry with us for that unfortunate situation.

    4.  We have often seen entities desperate for placement, send consumers who were ill, carrying infectious disease, behaviorally unstable; or, on medications that have to be changed the day they         arrive.  This is not healthy for the consumer or our program.  It is imperative that you work with us on these issues; otherwise, the consumer is being sentenced to a revolving door spinning faster than is necessary or proper.

We wish we could help everyone; however, due to funding, and limitations on our program structure, we cannot.  This means there will always be dissatisfied physicians, social workers, families, et al.  Please note that this is not our intent.  In close, if we could offer a synopsis of failed placement attempts, it would be: failure to meet diagnostic similarity to our population, failure to provide requested documentation, and current medical or psychiatric instability better served in a commitment based facility.