Pennsylvania

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    Beginnings and Continued Commitments

    A new year offers time for reflection, resolutions, and new beginnings! In late 2023, we welcomed Myra to the In Home and Community Leadership Team as our new Community Support Facilitator for southeastern PA. In this role, Myra works in partnership with people using services and their families so they are leading lives of their […]

    Community Supports in Action
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    Volunteering in Action

    Happy Holidays, Everyone! One of the best ways to spread holiday cheer is through volunteering.  According to Wikipedia, volunteering is “when a person or a group of people freely give their time and labor for Community Service”. Volunteering can help a person to connect with others and make new friends.  You can learn new things from […]

    Inclusion & Equity, Our Community in Action
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    Supports Broker Services

    This Supports Broker service helps people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or autism and their families to direct their waiver services their way. The service is available for people who choose the Participant Directed Services model for at least one service. It is available in the Consolidated, Community Living, and Person/Family Directed Services (P/FDS) waivers. […]

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    In-Home and Community Support

    Your life, your way. That is our focus. We offer In-Home and Community Support (IHCS) services to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities or autism. Our IHCS services help the person to learn and sustain the skills that are important to them. In-Home and Community Support is a direct service. Support is offered in the […]

  • Community Participation Support

    Our Community Participation Support (CSP) helps the person to learn about and be an active participant in their community. We partner with adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism to create a meaningful day that starts with their aspirations. CPS can also help to build interest in, and skills related, to careers and employment. […]

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    Housing Transition and Tenancy Sustaining Services

    The housing transition and tenancy sustaining (HTTS) service helps a person with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities or autism to find and keep a home of their own. That means housing that is separate from their service provider. HTTS services are direct and indirect. It starts with a Housing Assessment. A Housing Resource Specialist guides the […]

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    A Self-Directed (Night) Life

    Arthur (Art) uses the Supports Brokering service through Values Into Action to support him in managing his Participant Directed Services. Below is a conversation between Art and his Support Service Professional, Davion. Art and Diavion (pictured above) created this blog with the assistance from Jennifer Smith (Supports Broker) and Michele Dinardo (Supports Brokerage Coordinator). Diavion: […]

    Self-Direction in Action, Supports Brokering in Action
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    Finally Home! Reflecting on 5 Years.

    Time flies when you’re having fun. And what’s more fun than helping people take control and find a home of their own!? For five years, Values Into Action PA has worked on the Person Directed Housing Grant. We did this with funding from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (PADDC). The project name is Finally Home. […]

    Housing Supports in Action
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    HTTS Training Guide

    What is the HTTS Training Guide: The Housing Transition & Tenancy Sustaining (HTTS) Service Training Guide represents the culmination of five years of learning, teaching, and reflecting on best practices in supporting people to control where and with whom they live. This HTTS Service Training Guide can be used by organizations to educate their employees […]

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