Forty four women and men who had been homeless for years now live in Downtown Superior's newly-renovated efficiency and one-bedroom apartments. The Downtown Superior Apartments program opened in October 2007, and provides permanent housing with on-site supportive services for homeless adults who have disabling mental disorders, substance-use disorders, or HIV infections. It is located on Superior Avenue, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

The Famicos Foundation, one of Cleveland's premier non-profit housing development organizations, completed a $4 million renovation of the building in January 2007, with funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. MHS provides supportive services, funded in part by HUD's Supportive Housing Program.

MHS and the AIDS Task Force of Greater Cleveland provide supportive services for 34 participants who live in the building, and ten additional residents who live in scattered-site apartments in Cleveland. Many participants had been homeless for years. The building also has large rooms for community activities, and offices for the MHS and AIDS Task Force staff members.

This project was supported by the Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services (OHS). OHS creates, directs, and coordinates the county's Continuum of Care for homeless persons. Ruth Gillett is the OHS Program Manager. The Ohio Department of Mental Health helps fund program services.

Staff members include three Community Psychiatric Supportive Treatment (CPST) workers. CPST (more commonly referred to as Case Management) services comprise ten activities designed to promote mental health recovery, and help clients live as independent members of their community. Program staff also includes a full-time Program Manager, and a part-time nurse, psychiatrist, counselor, and outreach worker.

The program's principal goal is to help its clients achieve permanent housing and increased income, learn the skills needed for independent living, and learn how to manage their physical and mental health needs. Clients are also provided with the services and support they need to help them achieve employment in the competitive marketplace. The building design maximizes opportunities for privacy, and its location supports prompt and easy access to psychiatric, medical, social, and supportive services.

Downtown Superior Apartments is just north of the campus of Cleveland State University, in downtown Cleveland, just a block from the main offices of MHS. The area offers residents diverse services, resources, and amenities. Stops for major bus routes are near the building's main entrance, a Rapid Transit station is within walking distance, and the Community Responsive Transit service for persons with disabilities can be easily accessed. Libraries, shopping, churches and synagogues, drug stores and pharmacies, social services, medical facilities, and recreation centers are within a bus or rapid transit ride, or walking distance.