Post Secondary Transition Service Providers for Adults with Disabilities
Living in the Santa Clarita Valley
last updated 5/19
The process of selecting services begins with a discussion about life goals with the individual served. This discussion should occur with the individual’s family and also during the IPP meeting with a Regional Center Service Coordinator. Such a meeting can be requested of a Service Coordinator at any time. It’s never too early to start talking, researching, touring and planning for life after graduation.
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Service Area
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General Description
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Service Provider Contact
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State Services
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State funded employment and independent living resources for people with disabilities.
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Regional Services
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Regionally funded employment and independent living resources for people with disabilities.
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Day Training
and Activity Center (DTAC) |
Services in a DTAC are typically provided at one site to groups of individuals with similar needs. Services may include: instruction in basic functional skills, social skills training, simulated work training, recreational activities, arts and crafts and community trips. Individuals who participate in a DTAC are either not yet ready and/or interested in pursuing employment. Due to the number of consumers being served by each staff person, 1: 6, programs are limited in their ability to serve individuals with more complex behavioral or functional needs.
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Individualized Day Program
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Services in Individualized Day Programs are typically provided to a group of 2 or 3 individuals at a time. Rather than being based at one particular site managed by the agency, these services are provided in a variety of mainstreamed settings in the community. Individuals served typically require more individualized service planning due to their functional and/or behavioral needs, or they may simply desire a greater variety in their week than is available to them in one of the other service settings. Activities are developed with the individuals served and may include: paid or volunteer employment, participation in educational or recreational classes in the community, community awareness education, social participation and mobility training.
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Sheltered Workshop
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Sheltered workshops offer individuals the opportunity to work and earn a paycheck in a structured work setting, as much like a competitive work place as possible, without experiencing the production demands of a competitive job. Along with the work experience, individuals receive ongoing vocational and pre-vocational skill instruction in areas such as work appearance, coworker and supervisor interactions, attendance responsibilities, and increasing work production and quality. Individuals are paid in this setting according to their level of production, which may be a sub-minimum wage. Sheltered workshops can serve as a training ground for advancement to a job in the community.
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Supported Employment
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Supported employment provides individuals with the support needed to get and maintain employment. Initial services involve job search and development. Individuals are assisted in exploring the type of job they would like along with the application and interview process. Once a job is obtained, a job coach works 1 to 1 with the individual during each hour of the initial stages of the job. Instruction is provided not only while learning the tasks of the job, but also in the development of a work appropriate appearance, behaviors and social interactions, if needed. As the individual becomes more capable of managing the job without assistance or instruction, the hours of job coaching begin to fade. The goal will be to fade the hours of service to a level less than 20% of the individual’s work week.
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Residential Service Providers for Adults with Disabilities
Living in the Santa Clarita Valley
last updated 5/19
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Service Area
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General Description
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Service Provider Contact
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Living with Family
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If an individual chooses to live with a family member, whether it’s a parent, sibling, or extended family member, in-home support services can be provided to insure that supervision is provided when needed. This might include daycare to allow for the time family members are working and the individual is home, respite services, and attendant care services to assist family members when more than one individual is needed to care for the individual.
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As decided by the family and IPP planning team.
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Community Care Facilities
(CCF or group home) |
Group homes typically serve a group of individuals with similar care needs. Homes most often house two individuals per bedroom. Individuals are incorporated into the tasks of daily living as much as possible to include: menu planning, cooking, housekeeping, money management, recreation planning, etc. Instruction is provided according to the individual’s needs with the goal that the individual will progress towards a greater degree of independence in managing their daily self and home care needs. Homes listed here are those currently operated in the Santa Clarita Valley. There are numerous homes in operation in the San Fernando and Antelope valleys. Service Coordinators assist families in finding a home that can meet the needs of the individual.
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Family Home Agency (FHA)
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A FHA provides individuals with a home that is typical to that of a family setting. Typically, no more than 2 individuals live with a family. The family may include a married a couple, children, or a single individual. Individuals usually have a room of their own and are involved in the daily living activities of the family. Assistance is provided to the family by the FHA agency in the form of ongoing training and support.
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Supported Living
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Supported Living is a “process” whereby a home and a support system is developed by the team of people involved in the individual’s life. This will include family members, agency vendors, IHSS providers, etc. The team works with the individual to find a place to live, decide with whom they will live and the amount and type of ongoing supports that individual will need. A monthly orientation is provided by NLACRC which presents an overview of the Supported Employment process and offers the opportunity to ask questions regarding this option.
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Independent Living Training Programs
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For individuals who have plans to live independently yet are not quite ready to live on their own, and would benefit from training outside of their home in a semi-independent living situation, these programs serve to get them ready for such a goal. Both of the designated programs involve the process of individuals moving out of their home and into a residence that is managed by the agency. While a staff person does not live with the individual, they work with them on a daily basis, instructing and insuring that all tasks of daily living are completed. Staff is also accessible in emergency situations by telephone. Instruction is provided in every aspect of independent living to include: self-care, home-care, cooking, grocery shopping, menu planning, money management, mobility training, social skills development, recreation planning and accessing community resources.
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Independent Living Services
(ILS) |
Individuals who are able to live independently yet need assistance in one or more areas in order to maintain that independence would benefit from ILS services. These services are provided on an hourly basis per week dependent upon the individual’s needs. Areas of support are the same as those listed for the training programs, above, yet the level of intensity of this support is typically much less than in a training setting.
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Other Resources
last updated 5/19
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Employment First
Information |
A critical priority for the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), is to invest in systems change efforts that result in increased community-based, integrated employment opportunities for individuals with significant disabilities. This priority reflects growing support for a national movement called Employment First, a framework for systems change that is centered on the premise that all citizens, including individuals with significant disabilities, are capable of full participation in integrated employment and community life.
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