Individualized home supports cover community living services in four categories:
Community participation Health, safety and wellness Household management Adaptive skills
When a person receives individualized home supports without training, they must receive support in at least one of the community living service categories. When a person receives individualized home supports with training or individualized home supports with family training, they must receive training in at least one of the community living service categories. They also may receive support in any of the community living service categories.
Community Participation
This category may include:
Community mobility and pedestrian safety (e.g., safely getting in and around the community)
Community resource use and access
Community safety and awareness
Informal support system and network development
Interpersonal communications skills
Leisure, recreation and socialization planning
Skill-building to meet transportation needs
Health, Safety, and Wellness
This category may include:
Collaboration with the person to arrange health care (e.g., physical, mental, chemical), meaningful activities, social services, meetings and appointments
Cueing, guidance, supervision, training or instructional support to complete self-cares (Note: Cannot duplicate use of eligible Medical Assistance [MA] state plan home care services; see CBSM – Home care overview)
Health services support, as defined in Minn. Stat. §245D.05
Help for the person to activate and build resiliency factors. (e.g., whole health action management)
Support for the person to design and meet individualized strategies to reach their health, safety and wellness goals.
Household Management
This category may include:
Cueing, guidance, supervision, training, or instructional support to complete routine household cares and maintenance
Household chores, including minor household maintenance activities (the cost of the maintenance replacement item[s] or product[s] is the responsibility of the person)
Personal needs purchasing
Adaptive Skills
This category may include:
Crisis prevention skills
Implementation of positive support strategies
Problem-solving
Sensory/motor development involved in acquiring functional skills
Support strategies for self-sufficiency
Support and training to increase positive behavior resulting in the reduction or elimination of maladaptive behavior