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At Highlands Community Services, the Sponsor Home Program offers individuals with an intellectual disability the opportunity to live in a licensed sponsored family home in their community. Sponsor home settings offer a nurturing and supportive home environment focusing on supports to increase the individual’s independence, health, safety, and community involvement.
Sponsor home providers contract with Highlands Community Services to provide room, board, and supervision and teach independent living skills. Families are also encouraged to provide frequent, planned community activities. Highlands Community Services provides training, staff support, and 24-hour crisis intervention. Sponsor home families receive a monthly stipend (the amount is based on the needs of the individual).
Individuals are referred to the Sponsor Home Program for several reasons: parents can no longer provide the level of care needed; the individual is returning to the community from an institution or hospital setting, or the individual has issues that require significant one-on-one attention.
Highlands Community Services emphasizes the Person-Centered Approach that empowers and supports each individual in developing his or her own lifestyle.
Crisis Telephone Contacts:
Monday through Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm: Call (276) 525-1550;
After Hours, Holidays, and Weekends: Call (276) 645-7400 for Central Dispatch – Bristol or (276) 676-6277 for Central Dispatch – Washington County;
Life-Threatening Emergency: Call 911.