Roshmi is the first Half-Way Home for persons with mental illness in the North Eastern states of India. At 'Roshmi', facilities have been developed to take care of 25 persons at a time. The city of Bangalore has over 25 Half Way Homes, whereas Roshmi is the only such place in the eight states of the North-eastern region.

A Half Way Home, as the name implies, is a stepping stone for a person with major mental illness who has received medical treatment and has recovered from an acute stage, but needs interventions to develop skills of daily living, interpersonal interactive skills and vocational skills. A stay of six to nine months in such a setting helps in the final rehabilitation of the recovering person in the family and community

Roshmi is the first initiative of Ashadeep in the field of residential rehabilitation. This was a long felt need because the daycare centres were addressing the needs of the local population only. But with the gradual spread of awareness of the needs of rehabilitation, demands of such residential rehabilitative facilities were felt by people from other parts of the region. Residential rehabilitation facilities could also address the tasks of living and social skill development in a more holistic way.

In trying to structure the daily routines of a recovering person, the programmes of Roshmi are worked out in terms of household chores, therapy, physical exercise, prevocational, vocational activity and recreation. For instance, the simple act of buying vegetables or deriving pleasure by watching a movie helps them counter negative symptoms like lack of motivation to do anything. For more serious vocational activity leading to livelihood generation, the Ashadeep daycare