Definitions of Program Types
ADULT SERVICES
| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Residential Peer Support | People with disabilities who help train and mentor you. They help you fit into the community. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Emergency Stabilization Residence | Place to go when you can't stay where you are living. This might happen because of how you act or because something happened in your home. It helps you get support and feel better. |
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| SERVICE DAY | DEFINITION | Group or Center Based Day Supports | Program to help you learn skills you need for work. It may also help you play, be social, or retire. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Residential Habilitation | Staff to help you learn skills you need to live in the community. |
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| SERVICE DAY | DEFINITION | Day Habilitation Supplement | Extra services DDS says you need to be at a day program. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Assistive Technology | Tools or equipment to help you do things you could not do without extra help. | Behavioral Supports and Consultation | Special ed or mental health supports. | Occupational Therapy (OT) | Helps you learn to do basic things at home, at work, or out having fun. OTs can help you care for yourself, at your work, or with playing sports. | Physical Therapy (PT) | Helps you move, get stronger, and use muscles. | Speech Therapy | Helps you learn to talk so people know what you are saying. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Transitional Assistance | Money and help you need to set up a home. | Individual Support and Community Habilitation | Help you to become more independent or to live on your own. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Family Support Navigation | Info so you and your family can look at your needs and find help. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Homemaker | Paid helper in your home to do chores. Help could be for cooking, laundry, and cleaning. | Live-in Caregiver | Money for rent, food, and pay for staff who help you live at home. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Respite | A break from life when you can't care for yourself. This can mean staying at a respite house, having staff visit you at home, or going out with paid person. |
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| SERVICE WORK | DEFINITION | Supported Employment | Job coach or other staff to help you work in or near your town. Lets you work with the help you need. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Adult Companion | Adult who helps you with meals, your social life, and activities of daily living (ADLs). | Chore | Help needed to keep your home in a clean and safe way. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Community Family Training / Residential Family Training | Training for your family to help with care and support. |
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| SERVICE DAY | DEFINITION | Community Peer Support | People with disabilities who help train and mentor you. They help you fit into the community. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Home Modifications and Adaptations | Changes in your home to help you be safe and do more by yourself. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Individual Goods and Services | Help to learn to be a self-advocate, to cut your need for staff, and to live on your own. |
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| SERVICE DAY | DEFINITION | Individualized Day Supports | Helps you reach your goals for work, day program, retirement, and social activities. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Specialized Medical Equipment and Supplies | Medical stuff that helps you with your activities of daily living (ADLs), with making your needs known, and with being healthy. | Transportation | Ride services to help you go places. You can take trips to work, to the store, to your doctor, or to your day program. | Vehicle Modification | Changes done to a car, truck, or van to make it easier to drive or ride in. |
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AUTISM SERVICES
| SERVICE DAY | DEFINITION | Expanded Habilitation, Edication | Helps you learn skills for getting along with others, and for talking with people. | Habilitation, Community Integration | Helps you get help for yourself; and for living in your home and town. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Habilitation, ADL/Independent Living Skills | Helps you to learn and keep skills needed at home and in public. |
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| SERVICE HELP | DEFINITION | Family Training | Helps your family learn about your disability so they can help you be part of your community. This can be done at home, in school, and at other places. | Respite | Help given to you for a few days when your staff can't do it. |
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| SERVICE HOME | DEFINITION | Homemaker | Paid help with chores like cooking or cleaning. It is needed when your usual staff can't do these things |
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