KDC’s in-home assistance ensures that people with developmental disabilities (DD) are community members, too. KDC’s Individual Support program is personalized for each adult to promote growth through skill-building. We can build and keep their connections within the community. KDC creates individual support plans (ISPs) to address specific needs and to minimize the person’s risks.… Continue Reading Independent Living Individual Supports [...]
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Independent Living Program
Independent Living helps those who have mastered many independent living skills but still need more support. Services include: case management and support help accessing community services training networking recreation Program members live in their own apartments or homes. They receive services which include functional and adaptive skills. They can develop & maintain healthful patterns of… Continue Reading Independent Living Program [...]
Independent Living Program
Our Massachusetts Independent Living program serves youth 18 – 22 years old. They have shown progress in community-based residential programs, were previously homelessness, or in a foster home. Length of stay varies depending on the youth’s age, goals and needs. Through things like financial literacy classes, vocational support and career readiness, help learning about… Continue Reading Independent Living Program [...]
Independent Living Services
M.O. L.I.F.E., INC. provides supports to enable people to continue living with their families or to maintain their own apartments or homes. The focus of this service is to assist people to live as independently as possible. They can engage in activities they enjoy. They can have total community inclusion. Service may include help… Continue Reading Independent Living Services [...]
Independent Living Services for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Independent Living Skills programs (DHILS) are funded with contracts run by MCDHH. DHILS programs give a peer consumer environment to allow deaf and hard-of-hearing people to become more self-supporting and reach their life goals for independent functioning in family, school employment, and community-situations. [...]
Independent Living Skills Training
Independent living skills training is personally tailored to each consumer’s goals. Some skills relate to personal growth. Others relate to learning how to handle and navigate services and responsibilities. Others will address new information and challenges. A few of the goals that may require Independent Living Skills training are listed below: Social and Communication… Continue Reading Independent Living Skills Training [...]
Independent Living Supports
Funded by DDS, this program provides hourly supports up to 35 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living on their own in the Holyoke/Chicopee area. Supports vary from one to fifteen hours per week. They focus on help with the day-to-day details of living on one’s own. We include skill building and education.… Continue Reading Independent Living Supports [...]
Independent Support Services
Independent Support Services are geared towards helping people with Developmental Disabilities (DD) and brain injuries to gain independent living through community programs. Staff members work closely with people to maximize their abilities with: meds management setting up and going to medical appointments safety skills in the home; community and work money management skills accessing public… Continue Reading Independent Support Services [...]
Independent Support Services (ISS)
The Independent Support Services (ISS) component supports as many as 40 high functioning intellectually and developmentally disabled (IDD) people at any given time. These people live in communities in the Merrimack Valley and North Shore. ISS strives to meet each individual’s own unique needs and capabilities. ISS supports high functioning, IDD adults living on their own in apartments.… Continue Reading Independent Support Services (ISS) [...]
Independent Support Services (ISS)
The Individual Support Services (ISS) component supports as many as 40 high functioning developmentally disabled (DD) people at any given time. These people live in communities in the Merrimack Valley and North Shore. ISS works to meet each person’s own needs and capabilities. ISS supports high functioning, developmentally disabled (DD) adults living on their… Continue Reading Independent Support Services (ISS) [...]
