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Supported Community Living in Iowa

A home, a routine, and people who know you.

Hourly, daily and host home support for adults with intellectual disabilities across Iowa, shaped around the life they choose.

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Supported Community Living in Iowa

A home, a routine, and people who know you.

Support that grows with youBuilt around the person
Our mission

We believe every adult with an intellectual disability deserves a life that is theirs.

Support shaped around who they already are.

An enrolled Iowa Medicaid HCBS Intellectual Disability Waiver provider, serving adults across Iowa.

Embracing uniqueness
How we support people

Three ways to receive support, one way of treating people

Needs change over time. We offer all three so a person can move between them with the same team around them.

Hourly support at home

Scheduled hours in the person's own home: cooking, medications, appointments, budgeting and getting out into the community.

For people who want to keep their own place.

Daily support in a shared home

A home shared with a few compatible housemates, with our staff present around the clock, including overnight.

For people who need someone nearby at all hours.

Host home with a family

Life with a screened and trained host family. We match carefully, train the host, visit monthly and stay on call.

For people who would thrive in a family setting.

A host family at home with the young woman who lives with them, all laughing together on the sofa
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Host homes

Could your home be someone's home?

Host home providers share their home and everyday life with one adult with an intellectual disability. Patience, a stable home and genuine interest in someone else's life going well are what matter most.

We stay beside you the whole way.Training before a match. Monthly visits, scheduled respite, a monthly stipend and an on-call team after it.
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Get involved

Three ways to be part of this

We grow through the people who refer, host and work alongside us.

Refer someone

Refer an adult who may benefit from hourly, daily or host home support.

Make a referral

Become a host home

Share your home with one adult, with training, respite and an on-call team behind you.

Learn about hosting

Work with us

Direct Support Professionals, current or future, we would like to hear from you.

Get in touch
Contact

Let's talk about what would help

We reply within one business day. Call if it is urgent.

Office
903 SE Rene Street, Ankeny, Iowa 50021
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. On-call for the people we serve 24/7.

We will respond within one business day.