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Havvai'i make it challenging for individuals with DD /MR to obtain housing to live independently.6 Persons with Severe Mental Illness According to the State Department of health, Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD), approximately 86 percent of eligible persons with severe and persistent mental illness in Hawai 'i have extremely low incomes (4e., incomes at or below 30 percent of median income) and are, therefore, in need of housing assistance. As many as 1 1,100 persons with severe and persistent mental illness are in need of housing assistance, based on their income. AMHD developed this estimate using the following step by step methodology: SSI and SSDI benefits serve as a proxy to identify extremely low - income consumers served by the public mental health system. People receiving SSI and /or SSDI benefits have belowpoverty level financial resources and thus have great difficulty obtaining affordable housing. In FY 2006, AMHD provided services to 11, 217 adults including 9,600 persons who were receiving ,SSI andlor SSDI. It is estimated these 9,600 individuals will need subsidized housing/rental assistance. 2. AMHD estimates there are approximately 1,500 homeless persons with severe and persistent mental illness who are not accounted for in AMHD's database. Virtually all of these individuals are in need of housing assistance. 3. The sum of these two estimates, which are presumed unduplicated, is the conservative estimate of 11,100 persons with severe and persistent mental illness in need of housing assistance. ' Substance Abuse Population In 2004, the statewide total number of persons estimated to be in need of alcohol and /or drug treatment is 85,468 representing an increase of approximately I0 percent from 1998 to 2004.8 According to providers, there is a need for more clean and sober housing during the recovery period The greatest need is for clean and sober houses for women with children; the second greatest need is for clean and sober houses for women. 6 State of Hawaii Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, "Final Report to the Twenty - Fifth Legislature, State of Hawaii 2009, Pursuant to Section 2 of Act 040, Session Laws of 2007 Entitled, "A Bill for an Act Relating to Developmental Disabilities" Requiring the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to Submit a Final Report on the Number of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Retardation Who Choose to Live Independently, the Financial Impact on the State, and Findings and Recommendations as Provided by Act 303, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006 and the Financial Impact Act 303 Has Had on the State ", December 2008 7 State Department of Health, Adult Mental Health Division, Community Housing Plan for Persons with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, FY 2008 -2012, pp. 17 -18, November 2007, ISB State of Hawaii Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, "State of Hawaii 2004 Treatment Needs Assessment ", 2007, page 9 -33 2010 -14 CP Finn] 29