One provider across the whole arc, so nobody starts over.
Most people you refer need more than one thing, and the things change. Finding a place to live. Getting through a day. Getting ready to work. Getting a job. Keeping it. We do all of that, so a change in what someone needs isn't a new referral to a new agency.
The span
- Somewhere to liveHelp working out housing options and getting through the applications and waitlists. Chore services to keep a place livable once someone's in it.
- Getting through the dayIn-Home Support and Supported Living for daily living. Day Habilitation for structure, skills and being out in the community rather than at home alone.
- Getting ready to workAssessment and job readiness — figuring out what someone can sustain before anyone puts them in front of an employer. For students still in school, Pre-ETS.
- Getting the jobJob search and placement, worked as a match rather than a placement count.
- Staying in itOn-the-job supports that fade as they're earned, and daily supports that continue underneath for as long as they're needed.
People move around this list in both directions, and often need two parts of it at once. That's the point — the plan changes without the provider changing.
What that's worth to you
- One relationship, not three
- No re-referral, no second intake, no explaining the same history to a new agency when the need shifts.
- Nothing falls in the gap
- The handoff between day support and employment is where people usually get lost. Here it isn't a handoff.
- A straight answer about fit
- If we're wrong for it, you'll hear that quickly, along with who's probably right.
Who this is for
School transition and special education teams · guardians, conservators and attorneys · behavioral health clinicians and case managers · Trust staff and grantees · tribal health programs · benefits and work-incentives counselors · other providers · anyone holding a case nobody has taken yet.
Make a referralFunding, briefly
There's more than one way to pay for services, including private pay when someone is waiting on other funding. You don't need to know which before you call — sorting that out is part of the first conversation.