Southern Star Community Services
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Southern Star Community Services
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If you are looking for information on Community Support Services you've come to the right page. Often times a person needs support in two areas, Community Support Services and Family Support Services. Southern Star Community Services's Community Support unit seeks to utilize the strength of the individual, staff and community to assist the chronically mentally or emotionally ill citizens (co-occurring substance abuse or developmentally disabled/mentally retarded) achieving and/or maintaining the highest level of functioning possible. Community Support provides: Education and training on skills and resources for independent living Assessments of individual needs Identification of available resources Referral to needed services Monitoring and coordination of interagency services Direct service delivery of needed non-medical services not available in community Community Support Individual (CSI) is skill, resource oriented and stability maintenance.
Admission Criteria for Community Support Individual: Consumers must have a primary mental health and/or substance abuse diagnosis with either co-occurring, and/or mental retardation The specific impairment(s) to be addressed must be delineated. The individual's level of functioning does not prevent the provisions of services in an outpatient level of care. Individuals may need assistance with developing or maintaining skill to develop, maintain, and/or enhance social supports or other community coping skills. Individuals may need assistance with daily living skills including coordination to gain access to necessary rehabilitative and medical services. The treatment orientation modality and goals must be specified and agreed upon by the consumer/family/caregiver. A citizen must be a resident in the eight county service area and meet the above requirements. back to top of page back to services page Families with members who are developmentally disabled or mentally retarded undergo a set of unique stresses and strains. Those family members often have additional physical problems compounding the family's stress. Southern Star Community Services's Family Support Services program serves families with mentally retarded children age four and above or adult family members who are developmentally disabled. Services offered include: Respite care to offer temporary care when the family needs a break. Personal support Day habilitation Personal living benefits Dental services Medical care Specialized clothing Specialized diagnostic services Recreation or alternative activities Environmental modification Specialized equipment Therapeutic services Counseling Specialized nutrition Supplies The Family Support Services Program seeks to strengthen the family's capacity to provide care. The overall goal is to promote development of a family life as close to that experienced by families without members with disabilities. We believe this could prevent unnecessary out of home placement, and to allow families to return a family member with disabilities to the home from a non-home residential setting. Families meeting the following criteria are eligible for the Family Support Services Program: The individual with disabilities is four years old or older and has formally been determined to be "mentally retarded". The eligible individual with disabilities wishes to continue, or return, to home care but requires assistance to do so. The family of the eligible individual with disabilities wants him or her to continue or return to home care but requires assistance to make this possible. The authorized goods or services for which the family or individual is eligible will be sufficient to support or assist the continuance of, or return to, home care. |
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