Building Full Lives is a community-based day service model which provides individualized supports and services for:

• Generating interest in and familiarity with being in the community, rather than in a facility based program, through supported exposure and engagement.
• Targeted skill development
• Meaningful community involvement and contribution
• Safely considering employment through exposure and exploration in the community.

Building Full Lives helps create pathways to competitive integrated employment by supporting people in small group activities, usually involving 3-4 people and one staff, to explore their communities, identify their preferences and goals and develop life skills and contribute to/be involved in their communities in meaningful ways.   Building Full Lives services can also be a wraparound option that expands social lives and well-being and helps sustain employment for people already working in community integrated employment.  Additionally, it can be an HCBS compliant service option for people who do not want to work in competitive integrated employment.