Home Share Program For Adults With Disabilities

Home Share Program For Adults With Disabilities
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Home share program for adults with disabilities offer an affordable and safe solution to
living alone, providing much-needed companionship while decreasing loneliness and
isolation - two major health threats for those with disabilities.
Home share program for adults with disabilities offer an affordable and safe solution to
living alone, providing much-needed companionship while decreasing loneliness and
isolation - two major health threats for those with disabilities.
Seven Hills' Shared Living Providers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island welcome adults
with developmental disabilities into their homes to live as part of a family environment. All
providers have been carefully trained and screened in order to deliver only top-quality
care services.
Horizon House
Horizon House provides housing options tailored specifically for individuals with
intellectual disabilities. These options range from community residential living in small
group homes that provide 24-hour in-home support; semi-independent living
arrangements or supported living options for those needing less 24-hour assistance; life
sharing where individuals live together while still receiving necessary levels of assistance
- these arrangements aim to maximize independence while simultaneously encouraging
community integration and participation.
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Horizon works closely with local service providers, organizations and businesses to
connect residents of affordable housing with resources in their community - including
medical and behavioral health care, employment supports and peer support services as
well as social activities and volunteer opportunities.
Mission of REACH Inc: REACH Inc provides hope and opportunity to adults with
disabilities who have been forgotten by society, enabling them to lead healthy and fulfilling
lives by targeting root causes such as mental illness, substance abuse and
homelessness.
Horizon's Community Relations/Diversity Committee visited Solid Ground, a non-profit
that strives to end poverty and other issues that impact people from diverse backgrounds.
Members learned about its programs and services, as well as its diverse population who
reside there.
The Foundling
The New York Foundling is one of the city's oldest nonprofit organizations, offering foster
care services, educational opportunities, and assistance for people with developmental
disabilities. Recently it opened Vital Brookdale apartment building in Brownsville to offer
affordable housing to people aging out of foster care or having disabilities; community
habilitation specialists will assist residents in daily tasks - this facility will house 36 adults
according to The New York Foundling.
Since 1869, this organization has been saving children, strengthening families, and
building communities across New York City, Rockland County, Westchester County and
Puerto Rico. Today it serves five boroughs of New York City, Rockland County
Westchester County Puerto Rico with community programs including foster and adoption
services for children as well as nursery care programs and shelter services for unwed
mothers.
On opening day of this institution, Sister Irene placed a white wicker cradle near its door
and placed one baby there; during its inaugural month alone 45 more babies arrived for
adoption through this hospital's boarding department and placement with neighbors;
these notes can now be seen at New-York Historical Society.
Adults with disabilities often require assistance and healthcare from multiple sources,
including their living environment. At New York Foundling, a home sharing program exists
that matches adult "hosts" who have extra space in their home with adults who require
supportive living arrangements for adult clients with disabilities.
Community Interactions
Community Interactions (CI) is a non-profit organization providing person-centric housing
and services for people living with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder
(ASD), or dual diagnosed behavioral challenges. Founded by Gerald Saulino after
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witnessing his brother living conditions within an institution; Saulino wanted him to
experience more fulfilling living conditions outside. Thus CI was established with less
restrictive programs, services, housing options in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
CSI's residential community homes provide staff support for individuals living in
apartments or single-family homes who require help with daily activities, navigating their
community and attending social or recreational events. Support can be offered a few
hours per week or 24-hours a day.
Other community-based arrangements include family living, or "life sharing", in which an
individual with disabilities lives in a supportive home environment with people other than
relatives. CSI operates group homes as another means for adults with disabilities to
maximize their potential and independence.
CSI's SHARE program matches homeowners with spare rooms with home seekers
looking for affordable housing options in exchange for help around the house or reduced
rent. Campaigns use animation and lighthearted scenarios to demonstrate how both
parties benefit from such arrangements; an animated home seeker who enjoys banana
bread and dogs may find an arrangement more fitting if paired with someone who bakes
cookies while tending their lawn gnomes!
HeartShare
HeartShare has long been at the forefront of creating inclusive communities for people
with disabilities. Their organization offers 38 supervised group homes and 42 independent
living apartments throughout Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island as well as running day
habilitation programs for adults with disabilities and Transition Services that help families
prepare their loved ones for future challenges.
Heartshare is dedicated to empowering its clients, and one way it does this is through
training and employment programs. Darron was one of the first HeartShare-trained
employees at Cleaning with Meaning - an organic green cleaning service in New York
City and Lower Westchester that employs Darron for two years and counts him among
their happy employees.
As public awareness increased of conditions at Willowbrook State School in Staten
Island, HeartShare opened a group home designed to offer more family-like care. They
also established the Eileen and William Lavin Day Treatment Center in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn to meet the needs of people who had progressed beyond traditional residential
care.
HeartShare Wellness meets the rising need for health care coordination among children
and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. They provide comprehensive
health evaluation services such as speech and physical therapies, psychological and
psychosocial evaluations and sexuality assessments as well as sexuality tests.
Furthermore, HeartShare offers a Health Home Targeted Case Management Program
which connects patients to internal and external resources for their care.
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