Berkshire County Arc
General Info
Program Name
Adult Family Care (AFC) Program
Agency Office
395 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone
413-499-4241
Program Type
Residential
Business Filing Type
Corporation
Organizational Type
Non-Profit
Accessibility Features
Services at Home
Contact
Sonja Haecker
Email
Services
Adult Foster Care / Group Adult Foster Care (Adult Foster Care), Case Management, Family Support, Skills Training
Populations Served
All Disabilities, Developmental Disability, Elderly Person with disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities
Eligibility Requirements
DDS, MassHealth
Narrative
Adult Family Care (AFC) lets the elderly and people with on-going illness or disabilities to keep living at home with their families. They can keep their dignity and privacy.
AFC ensures that each person gets the help they need with activities of daily living (ADLs), like personal care, meals, and supervision.
Our program provides training and support from a widely skilled team including a registered nurse and a case manager.
Requirements for AFC Participation:
- AFC is available to people over the age of 16 who cannot live safely on their own due to medical, physical, cognitive or mental disability.
- People must need supervision or help with at least part of their activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting and/or walking.
- People must live in the same home as the caregiver.
- Person must be eligible for MassHealth Standard or MassHealth CommonHealth. They cannot also get Personal Care Attendant (PCA) services or Home Health Aide (HHA) services.
Licensure
Client Information
Staff to Client Ratios
1 clients to every 1 staff person
Age Range of Clients
22 years to 99 years
Towns Served
ADAMS, ALFORD, BECKET, CHESHIRE, CLARKSBURG, DALTON, EGREMONT, FLORIDA, GREAT BARRINGTON, HANCOCK, HINSDALE, LANESBOROUGH, LEE, LENOX, MONTEREY, MT. WASHINGTON, NEW ASHFORD, NEW MARLBOROUGH, NEW SALEM, NORTH ADAMS, OTIS, PERU, PITTSFIELD, RICHMOND, SANDISFIELD, SAVOY, SHEFFIELD, STOCKBRIDGE, TYRINGHAM, WASHINGTON, WEST STOCKBRIDGE, WILLIAMSTOWN, WINDSOR
Record last updated on 16/01/2025