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OP - You have given several years to trying to help your brother and he is not a child.  You do need to start to put yourself and your life's quality and safety first in your planning.  It may take awhile to get him out of your home legally with the tenancy rules in place.

In the meantime, if your brother has been declared disabled, he should be getting funding based on the Social Security record of your higher earning parent and at about 75% since they are dead.  If he does not have this income stream, you might enlist a disabiities attorney to see if it is possible to establish this Disabled Adult Child benefit for your brother.  In 24 months this would also qualify him for Medicare Health insurance for the rest of his life.  At this time, again if he has been legally viewed as having a disability, he should be receiving the SSI Benefit monthly and qualifying for Medicaid and related benefits.

You can try one more time to connect him to the local agency serving those with limited incomes and mental health issues in your community.  He could use a current assessment.  Also see at this agency if there is any possibility to get a Case Manager or Case Worker set up for him.  I know the ID side of things with a daughter with a cognitive disability and she does have a Case Manager.  This person could "take over your role" of trying to connect him to local resources - number one being housing.  Besides this, if there is an Adult Day Program serving those with mental illness, see if the CM could get him to give it a try as it would be covered by Medicaid.  It is often called a "Club House" program.

Depending upon where you live you might also see if there is any Medicaid Waiver program that your brother would qualify for as he is diagnosed with  Autism.  This  might provide another source of funding for long-term services such as housing with supports.

Since he is not under a guardianship order, you might also get information on any housing programs in your area, including homeless shelters as he needs an alternative setting for housing.

Many things that I have mentioned may already be in place and your brother not taking advantage of them, so even if they are then put in place,  he may still be one to cycle in and out of the system until he hits rock bottom and decides to make better choices.  You need therapy to be able to separate yourself physically for your safety and emotionally for your mental well-being.

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