Agency with Choice
Agency With Choice is program that allows individuals and their families to find their own Support Worker and set their schedule. This encourages a sense of independence of the individual and allows for flexibility to suit the needs of the individual.
This model of services encourages individuals and their advocates to be directly involved in the planning, scheduling, hiring, and management of support workers.
Compass Community Connections works as middle-man in ensuring payroll and state-training requirements are met.
Life Sharing
Lifesharing means living with and sharing life experiences with supportive persons who form a caring household.
Lifesharing is recognized as both a close personal relationship and a place to live. Lifesharers offer individuals the opportunity to be part of a family and to participate in community life. Lifesharers and individuals are carefully matched and supported by qualified professionals to achieve the person's program objectives. Birth families are encouraged to be part of the matching process and continue to have close relationships with individuals who choose a lifesharing option. Most lifesharing homes are licensed and inspected to ensure the health and well-being of individuals being served. Individuals in lifesharing also have supports coordinators to monitor the quality of services on a regular basis.
Everyday living options can be a variety of settings such as lifesharing, as well as support provided to individuals living in their own home and in the homes of relatives and friends. Services in these settings are authorized based on individual support plans and monitored by supports coordinators on a regular basis. Individuals who choose these options come from a variety of places including community homes and Intermediate Care Facilities.