These
settings are licensed residential facilities providing a home environment to
encourage individuals to develop skills, as part of an on-going process
aimed at areas such as the following:
A family living home is an
arrangement in which an individual with a disability joins a person or
family in their private home as a fully participating member.
These living arrangements
allow the sharing of food, shelter, experiences, responsibility and love.
The individual shares and receives needed care and support from family and
through community services.
Supportive Living Services:
These services are
designed to meet the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities
living on their own or with others in the community.
Service is provided
according to the needs of the individual. The objective is to help
them live as independently as possible and to connect them to natural
supports that provide a network for continued independence.