Behavioral Support Services
Community Integration and Habilitation (CIH) and Family Supports Waiver (FSW)
Behavioral supports are an array of services designed to support individuals who are experiencing or are likely to experience challenges accessing, and actively participating in the community as a result of behavioral, social, or emotional challenges. Behavioral support services are intended to empower individuals and families (by leveraging their strengths and unique abilities) to achieve self-determination, interdependence, productivity, integration and inclusion in all facets of community life, across all environments, across the lifespan.
Our Mission
In recent years, the waiver has undergone a redesign, including the Settings Rule and Charting the Life Course Framework. BluePrint supports and embraces these positive changes and redesigns. The person-centered approach is how we help individuals live their best, most independent lives.
As the owner of BluePrint, I have seen too often that a company that provides multiple services has individuals who live in their Supported Living Homes, work in their workshops, attend their day programs, their art program, their job coaches, etc. Under the Settings Rule, this shouldn’t happen. Individuals can choose where they live and where they would like to work, volunteer, or participate in services. All companies receive the same funding for each service. Ask companies what they spend the waiver funds on when looking for services.