Home Based Services
Home-Based Support Services allows individuals to remain in their family home and receive State of Illinois funding for a personal support worker, usually a family member, to provide services. Shore acts as the Self-Directed Assistant (SDA), providing monthly support. Shore provided SDA services to over 50 individuals and their families.
What are Home-Based Services?
The purpose of HBS is to help individuals to continue living safely and successfully in their own home or with their familyl. HBS is a self-directed program in that individuals, guardians and families have the responsibility to arrange and manage their own services and supports, which ultimately serve the needs and outcomes of the individual’s Personal Plan.
Services available include:
- Self-Direction Assistance (SDA)
- Personal Support Work (PSW)
- Community Day Services
- Employment Services
Self-Direction Assistance (SDA) is an optional waiver service for purchase that is available in both the Children’s and Adult Home-Based Waivers. A Self-Direction Assistant can help with arranging for, directing and managing PSW services. They can also provide skills training designed to better recruit and hire PSWs and provide information on effective communication and problem-solving skills.
Eligibility Requirements
Individuals, ages three and up, with an intellectual or other developmental disability who have received an Illinois Department of Human Services award letter that states they have access to funding for services provided by the HBS program.
Intake Process
- The Independent Service Coordination (ISC) agency contacts Shore and sends a referral packet.
- The family then contacts Shore.
- The Self-Direction Assistant from Shore conducts a home visit and completes required documents with the family.