"Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do."
- Pope John XXIII
Need more information?
Contact the SSIL Staff online at Information@ssilinc.com or by phone at 727-520-7131. We are always here to help! |
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Support Services for Independent Living, Inc. maintains homes specifically suited for independent living applications. All of our facilities are kept in the best of care and equipped to accommodate the needs of our clients. |
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Supported Living - Supported living coaching services provide training and assistance, in a variety of activities, to support adult recipients (age 18 or over) who live in their own homes or apartments in the community. These services 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 finance and the social and adaptive skills necessary to enable recipients to reside on their own. Supported living services means the provision of supports necessary for an adult who has a developmental disability to establish, live in and maintain a household of his/her choosing in the community. This includes supported living coaching and other supports.
**Effective 08/01/07, all recipients who receive in-home support services are limited to 20 hours of supported living per month, regardless of their level of disability or any other extenuating circumstances. |
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| Supported Employment - Supported employment services provide training and assistance in a variety of activities to support recipients in sustaining paid employment at or above minimum wage unless the recipient is operating a small business. The supported employment provider assists with the acquisition, retention or improvement of skills related to accessing and maintaining such employment or developing and operating a small business. With the assistance of the supported employment provider, the recipient is assisted in securing employment according to their desired outcomes, including the type of work environment, activities, hours of work, level of pay and supports needed. Supported employment is conducted in a variety of settings, to include work sites in which individuals, without disabilities, are employed. |
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In-Home Support - In-home supports are services that provide an adult recipient in a supported living situation with 4-24 hours-a-day assistance from a support worker or support workers. The support worker may live in the recipient's home or apartment and share living expenses (rent, utilities, phone, etc.) with the recipient. The support worker provides companionship and personal care and may assist with or perform activities of daily living such as cooking, laundry, personal hygiene, care of pets and other duties necessary to maintain the recipient in supported living. This service is available only to recipients residing in their own homes, excluding family home or sharing of a home with family members.
The in-home support services are separate and not a replacement for the services performed by a supported living coach. If both services are needed, the in-home support worker and supported living coach will work together as a team along with the Waiver Support Coordinator so as not to duplicate services. |
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Companion - Companion services consist of non-medical care, supervision and socialization activities provided to an adult on a one-on-one basis. This service must be provided in direct relation to the achievement of the recipient's goals per his/her support plan. A companion provider may also assist the recipient with such tasks as meal preparation, laundry and shopping, however, these activities shall not be performed as distinct services. This service does not entail hands-on medical care. Providers may also perform light housekeeping tasks, incidental to the care and supervision of the recipient.
Companion services are not merely diversionary in nature but are related to a specific outcome or goal of the recipient. An acceptable companion activity could include going to and learning how to use the library, getting a library card, shopping for groceries, or going to an animal shelter to learn about animals; perhaps volunteering or assisting at the animal shelter. |
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Support Services for Independent Living, Inc.
PO Box 1035 - Pinellas Park, Florida - 33780
Phone: 727-520-7131 Cell: 727-544-0441
Email: Information@ssilinc.com |
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