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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 […]
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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: […]
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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. […]
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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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Navigating the Return to Community: A Thank You to our Support Partners
It is a story that’s all too familiar. The pandemic had brought about unprecedented challenges for everyone in our communities. Yet, for us? Our Support Partners were the ones on the frontlines from day one. People we support and their families who all have had their share of challenges during the last 3 ½ years. […]
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The True Friendships Project
About the True Friendships Project Values Into Action PA was awarded the Authentic Friendships grant by the PA Developmental Disabilities Council. We are calling this the “True Friendships Project”. The True Friendships Project hopes to make it easier for people with disabilities to make and keep friends. The True Friendships Project is focused on creating […]
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Helping to Make Healthy Eating Choices
Everyday Lives: Values In Action promotes self-direction, choice, and control. Self-direction is possible when: We must respect people’s right to make decisions about the “big things” in their lives, as well as the smaller things, including what to eat. People who provide support often ask the question: “How do we help a person to make healthy […]