"Supported community living services" means those services provided to individuals with a mental illness, mental retardation, or developmental disability to
enable them to develop supports and learn skills that will allow
them to live, learn, work and socialize in the community. Services
are individualized, need- and abilities-focused, and organized
according to the following components:
- outreach to appropriate
support or treatment services
- assistance and referral in meeting
basic human needs
- assistance in housing and living arrangements
- crisis intervention and assistance
- social and
vocational assistance
- the provision of or arrangement for
personal, environmental, family, and community supports
-
facilitation of the individual's identification and development of
natural support systems
- support, assistance, and education to the
individual's family and to the community
- protection and advocacy;
and service coordination
These services are to be provided by organizational staff or through linkages with other resources and are intended to be
provided in the individual's home or other natural community
environment where the skills are learned or used. Supported
community living is not part of an organized mental health support
or treatment group, drop-in center, or clubhouse. Skill training
groups may be one of the activities in the service plan and part of
supported community living. Skill training groups cannot stand
alone as a supported community living service.
WEST IOWA COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
20 North 14th Street
(712)-263-3172
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