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In-Home
Family Support Services
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Services
Residential-based habilitation serves designed to enable the person to remain in the family home and are directed towards increasing and maintaining the person's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social functioning.
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Eligibility
To be eligible for In-Home Family Support Services an individual must:
- Have a documented diagnosis of mental retardation or
a related condition.
- Live in an Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) or be assessed, through a county screening process, to need the level of services provided in an ICF/MR.
- Make an informed choice requested MR/RC waiver services
instead of ICF/MR services.
- Be eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) based only on his
or her income and assets, even though the applicant may
live with spouse or parents.
- Need a 24-hour plan of care and an individual service plan
assuring health and safety.
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How to Apply
Contact the county social services agency where
the person with mental retardation or related conditions resides
and ask about semi-independant living services. The county can
assist applicants in the application process. County
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For requests for development of services, current
openings (service type, location) or more info please contact Tom or Audrey at
(651) 454-8501.
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