If you've been keeping up with the blog posts here, you might remember reading one about 'Mike'.  For those of you who want a refresher I'll give you a quick run down.  'Mike' is an immigrant from the United Kingdom who has permanent residence status.  He has a severe mental illness and has been homeless numerous times throughout his lifetime.  Like 'Elizabeth', 'Suzie' and 'Leonard', 'Mike' was the grateful recipient of a housing voucher, made possible through funding from the Federal government.  Because of the voucher he is able to live rent free in an apartment were the utilities are included in the rent. 
I hadn't seen 'Mike' since about a week after his move in.  I decided this week though to head over to his place and see how he was doing.  The perfect opportunity arose when one of the case managers here at CASS told me she had a TV she wanted to donate.  I figured I'd take it over to 'Mike' as a reward for residing in his apartment for the last four months.  At least, I was hoping he had stayed in his apartment.  To my great satisfaction, he opened the door after I had knocked.  He was surprised to see me and invited me in for a chat.  I found out he had faced some struggles since I had last seen him. He told me that he had relapsed once, last weekend, when he used some methamphetamine.  He claimed it was just a one time thing and wouldn't be using it again in the future, but it still caused me some concern.  He also said that he still hadn't received SSI and had become frustrated by the process.  Looking through the paperwork he had received from DES and the Social Security Administration, it was evident that he had not done what he was asked by those two agencies and neglected to fill out and turn in necessary paperwork.  From what he told me he just gave up on the process, but was still willing to follow through, if possible.  He also lost motivation to enroll in a day program that would keep him occupied and provide opportunities for socialization.  Instead, he said he had spent most of his days at the library, at his apartment or outside trying to complete a local radio station's scavenger hunt contest.
All in all though, he was doing alright and remained determined to keep his apartment and stay clean and sober.