Providing Support Services to Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

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Community Integration Program

Blue Livin’ Supports (BLS) Community Integration program provides individualized training and coaching support to adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Clients are individually supported to identify and explore community-based integration activities that promote skillsets in areas of self-advocacy, mobility, self-care, socialization and to acquire employment. Participants refine their skills through hands-on trainings that are offered in various public locations within their natural environment.

BLS Community Integration team coordinates service delivery with local non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, employment agencies and community resource centers to offer individuals a full range of community life and work-based learning experiences that include:

  • Career Coaching

  • Pre-Employment Training

  • Vocational Skill Development

  • Entrepreneurial Fundamental Skills Training

  • Volunteerism

  • Orientation and Destination Training

  • Access and Utilization of Transportation Services

  • Advocacy Training

  • Community Safety and Awareness Training

  • Professionalism

  • Community-Based Collaborations

  • Socialization and Relationship Building

Supported Living Service

Supported Living Service provides Training & Habilitation and Protective Services to adults with IDD whose desire is to live independently in their own home environment. Individuals may begin their journey with our Moving and Planning program designed to assist them with relocation from traditional care environments such as group homes, care facilities, family home environments or school environments into a home of their own.

Once individuals are living independently in the home of their choice, Training & Habilitation and/or Protective Services are provided to support them in living independently in their home environment. Individuals receive training in developing daily living skills such as: personal care, meal planning and preparation, household maintenance, community integration, health management, social integration, money management, employment preparation…

BLS goal is to provide individuals with the necessary resources and support to lead a fulfilling lifestyle making personal choices regarding their needs and desires by assisting them in such areas as:

  • Staying the same
  • Reaching personal goals as he or she desires.
  • Socialization with whom he or she desires.
  • Life skills development that lead to a greater level of independence.
  • Participating in community life to the extent that he or she desires
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BLS believes that all INDIVIDUALS have the right to an individualized lifestyle, with the supports necessary to fully participate in home and community life as he or she desires. BLS prides itself of on the five principles of Supported Living Services: Home of One’s Own; Choice and Self-Directed; Relationships; Community Memberships; Flexible, Tailored Services and Supports

Independent Living Service

Independent Living Service program provides functional skill trainings to adults with IDD. Each Individual will receive essential tailored services, resources, and tools necessary to sustain independent living in his/her home and community in areas such as: personal care, meal planning and preparation, household maintenance, community integration, employment, health management, social integration, money management…

BLS ensures that individuals are provided with an array of current resources and tools that enable them to make informed choices that reflect his/her personal desires and sustains a fulfilling lifestyle. Independent living coaches empower Individuals to:

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  • Set and reach their personal goals

  • Build social emotional competencies that promote meaningful relationships

  • Develop life skills to reach greater levels of independence

  • Develop ways to gain financial security through gainful employment, self-employment and other entrepreneurial endeavors

  • Engage in community life to the extent that he or she desires

  • Maintain a functional and safe home environment

Program Assurances:

To ensure that the individual needs of each Individual are identified, an initial assessment will be conducted upon admission into the program. An individualized profile of each Consumer that capture their skills, interests, previous experiences, goals, desires, talents, and other pertinent information. Comprehensive activity plans and resources that are deemed necessary to support each Individual’s goals and objectives will be developed by instructional staff members with input from the consumer, natural supports, and other officials. All parties will strive to ensure that tailored services are result-driven and produce desired outcomes.