Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. The provider must have a Service Plan approved by DDS. The Service Plan must be designed to meet the needs of individuals identified for participation in Supportive Housing. The Service Plan should ensure access to the nonclinical and clinical services necessary to achieve and retain permanent housing and increase independent living skills. The Service Plan should be clear and concise and updated at least annually in collaboration with the planning and support teams of each DDS individual supported. The Service Plan shall: a. Reflect the importance and value of connecting individuals with other residents in the complex, mainstream resources, federal and state entitlement programs, and healthcare programs. The Service Plan should describe existing and planned linkages with vocational, educational, and healthcare providers. Whenever possible services should be accessed in the community where the individual will live or a proximate as reasonably possible. Barriers such as transportation must be mitigated in the Plan. b. Incorporate natural supports (family, peers, faith communities, etc.). c. Ensure that services are available for as long as is needed by the individual; and d. Articulate under what circumstances, if any, an individual would be "discharged" from Services provided as components of Supportive Housing. 2. The qualified provider must be available to provide direct face to face supports in accordance with the individual’s Person-Centered Individual Plan (PCP) within no more than 20 minutes from when an individual requests assistance. 3. The qualified provider is responsible to support the individuals in the coordination of community based and provider delivered services. 4. Providers must be qualified for Individualized Home Supports (IHS). 5. Providers will facilitate social activities available to all individuals that reside in the apartment complex. 6. Assistive technology will be available and utilized, as appropriate, to ensure each individual has the opportunity to live as independently as possible. 7. Individuals may choose to share an apartment with a roommate or have their own apartment unit. Individuals make this determination with the assistance of their personal support system (family, guardian, etc.) and their DDS planning and support team. 8. Provider assures that a combination of 24 hour on-site and on-call supports are available to all DDS funded individuals participating in Supportive Housing.
