Supported living services are provided to help people with I/DD live on their own. (SLS is not for people who want to live with their parents.) The services are ongoing and not necessarily focused on becoming independent with a particular skill. With SLS, it is acknowledged that the individual might always need assistance with particular skills or areas of life. For example, a person may use SLS to hire a personal attendant to assist them with activities they cannot perform alone.
SLS can be used for a wide range of services – essentially, anything that a person needs to live in their own home, live as nondisabled peers do to the extent possible, make their own decisions, and develop a social life. For example, SLS can be used for anything from developing an exercise routine to finding and participating in recreational activities in the community to creating a social circle to setting goals for employment and schooling. Regional Center can fund SLS if supported by goals in the IPP.
For more information, see our full article Supports for Independent Living.
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