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 and/or 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, is an HCBS compliant service option for people who do not want to work in competitive integrated employment.
Building Full Lives services embrace an Employment First philosophy by supporting working-age people to consider learning about and making progress toward community integrated employment-not forcing them to work in community integrated employment, but keeping community integrated employment on the table as an option, should they so choose at some point in their lives. The types, length and frequency of exploration/exposure and skills building activities are based on individualized goals and preferences.
Building Full Lives supports are very different than traditional day and prevocational services models. Staff providing Building Full Lives supports have had to shift their thinking about people with disabilities and learn new approaches for supporting people to become genuinely involved in what their communities have to offer. These service providers take on a high level of accountability and strive to see people gain independence and succeed in every way possible.
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