Shared Living
Shared Living:
What is it:
Shared Living Supports provide coordination, oversight and monitoring of Host Homes for participants. Shared Living Supports:
- Recruit Host Home providers,
- Facilitate recruitment and matching services of participants and Host Homes based on the participant’s preferences and choice,
- Oversee quality management and monitoring compliance with program requirements once the arrangement is established; and
- Provide compensation to Host Home providers for additional household costs incurred as a result of participant expenses. Shared Living Supports emphasize the long-term sharing of lives, forming of caring households, and close personal relationships between a participant and the Host Home.
The primary responsibility of a Host Home is to make a real home for a participant in which he or she has;
- A satisfying and meaningful relationship,
- Is safe and free from harm and
- Has the support that he or she needs to take risks and to work and participate in community activities. The Host Home is a mutually agreed upon arrangement in which a couple or a family in the community share their home and the hosts and the participants share life’s experiences.