Supported Living Services


Services

Residential-based services (in an adult foster care settings) that are directed towards increasing and maintaining the person's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social functioning. SLS services include therapeutic activities, assistance, couseling, training, supervision, and monitoring in the areas of self-care, sensory and motor development, interpersonal skills, communication, socialization, reduction or elimination of maladaptive behavior, community participation and mobility, health care, leisure and recreation, money management, and household chores.

Eligibility

To be eligible for SLS 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.

How to Apply

Contact the county social services agency where the person with mental retardation or related conditions resides and ask for an MR/RC waiver screening. The county can assist applicants in the application process. County Web Sites

For requests for development of services, current openings (service type, location) or more info please contact Tom or Audrey at (651) 454-8501.