PErsonal Supports
Supported living coaching services provide training and assistance, in a variety of activities, to support recipients who live in their own homes or apartments. These services are provided by qualified supported living coaches to a recipient residing in a living setting meeting the requirements set forth in rule 65G-5.004, F.A.C., and may include assistance with locating appropriate housing; the acquisition, retention or improvement of skills related to activities of daily living such as personal hygiene and grooming; household chores; meal preparation; shopping; personal finances and the social and adaptive skills necessary to enable recipients to reside on their own.
Supported living services mean the provision of supports necessary for an adult who has a developmental disability to establish, live in and maintain a household of his choosing in the community. This includes supported living coaching and other supports.
Functional Community Assessment: The basis for identifying the types of training, assistance and the intensity of support rendered by the provider. It is a document designed to assist the provider in becoming familiar with the recipient and his capabilities and needs. This assessment addresses all areas of daily life including relationships, medical and health concerns, personal care, household and money management, community mobility, recreation and leisure. The supported living provider is responsible for helping the recipient complete a functional community assessment prior to his move to a supported living arrangement. This assessment shall be updated annually.
The Housing Survey: The basis for surveying a prospective home to ensure that it is safe. The supported living coach must forward a copy of the completed survey of the housing that was selected by the recipient, to the recipient’s support coordinator within ten working days of the selection. This survey must be updated quarterly and made available for review by the support coordinator at the time of the support coordinator’s quarterly home visit. These updates shall include a review of the recipient’s overall health, safety and well-being status.
Financial Profile: An analysis of the household costs and revenue sources associated with maintaining a balanced monthly budget for the recipient. The analysis will substantiate the need for a monthly subsidy or initial start-up costs and should be a source of information for determining strategies for assisting the person in money management. The supported living coaching provider is to assist the recipient in completing the financial profile and submitting it to the support coordinator no more that ten days following the selection of housing by the recipient. If the financial profile indicates a need for a one time or recurring subsidy, the profile must be submitted to the waiver support coordinator and approved by the APD Area Office before the recipient signs a lease.
Providers of supported living services shall comply with requirements found in the Medicaid Waiver Services Agreement, Core Assurances, Chapter 65G-5, F.A.C., and those specified in this handbook.