State Funded family support
Family Support is a state-funded program for individuals with Autism and/or Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities designed to broker an array of goods, services, and individualized support needed for the continued care and support of a family member at home and in his/her community. The goals of the program include keeping the family together until the individual chooses to live independently, enhancing the ability to meet the needs of the individual, improving the quality of supports, and making a positive difference in the life of the individual and their family. The principle target of Family Support Services is the family, however the family's eligibility is determined by the presence of the individual with a developmental disability.
Family Support goods and services include respite, community living supports, recreation, therapeutic services, specialized equipment, specialized nutrition, supported employment, medical services, dental services, transportation, and much more.
What Goods and Services are offered through Family Support?
Individualized Family Support Plan (IFSP) APPLICATION
Family Support Community Access
An array of services that support an individual in being involved in their community, based on his/her needs, wants and preferences.
Dental Services
The full array of services designed to care for the teeth.
Family Support Community Living Support
An array of services to assist an individual to perform activities of daily living.
Family Support Supported Employment
Services to support individuals to become gainfully employed and to maintain their employment in the community.
Medical Care
Services provided by or under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or by other licensed or certified health care professionals, when ordered by a licensed physician.
Specialized Clothing
Services that include the assessment of need, design, construction, fitting and cost of an article of clothing, which is necessitated by the handicapping condition of the individual.
Recreation/
Community Integration Activities
Activities and or goods designed to support the participation of the individual in recreational activities in the community.
Specialized Equipment
Adaptive and therapeutic devices specifically prescribed to meet the needs of the individual or devices and equipment needed by the family to better provide for the specific needs of the family member.
Specialized Diagnostic Services
Specific investigative procedures determined as needed by the family.
Environmental Modifications
Changes or repairs to the personal home of the family/caregiver that are designed to increase their ability to enhance the development/functioning, health or well being of the individual.
Therapeutic Services
A direct intervention service provided by a licensed therapist aimed at reducing or eliminating physical manifestations of a developmental disability.
Counseling
Services by a licensed counselor for the individual and/or his/her family.
Parent/Family Training
Information and training for parents/family members to enhance understanding and to better address the needs of the family member.
Specialized Nutrition
An array of services for specific dietary, nutritional and feeding needs of the individual.
Supplies
Any number of items that may require frequent usage due to the individual’s developmental disability.
Behavioral Consultation and Support
Professional services which support the family in avoiding and/or responding appropriately to behaviors which may create barriers to the ability to remain in the home and community.
Financial and Life Planning Assistance
Professional services which assist the family in planning for future services and/or financial needs of the family member
Respite Care
A service designed to relieve a family/care giver of physical or emotional stresses associated with the care of the family member with a developmental disability.
Homemaker Services
Light household work or tasks provided in the home.
Exceptional Disability Related Living Costs
This service is to be utilized to pay living expenses that are higher than normal due to the nature of the person’s developmental disability or to cover unexpected emergency costs.
Family Support Transportation
Travel and travel related costs associated with the receipt of a service.
Where does B&B Care Services offer Family Supports?
B&B Care Services provides Family Support in the following Georgia counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jefferson-Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilcox. Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Emanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putman, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson.
Family support services team
Mrs. Pauline Shaw
family support program manageR & COORDINATOR
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