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HOST HOMES

Community Home Settings for Children with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities

Presented by the State of Oregon Department of Human Services Office of Developmental Disabilities Services

WHAT ARE HOST HOMES?

Host Homes are a new type of residential service setting to support children with intellectual or developmental disabilities Host Homes provide intensive services to children living in a licensed family home setting

HOST HOMES ARE SETTINGS LICENSED BY ODDS

ODDS certifies the provider agency ODDS endorses the provider agency to provide services in Host Home Settings ODDS licenses the Host Home with the agency as the provider and responsible party for the home

There are essentially three steps for a Host Home to be licensed to serve children. ODDS licensing is the authority that grants certification, endorsement, and licensing to the Host Home provider agencies and settings.

THE THREE COMPONENTS OF LICENSING FOR HOST HOMES

Certified Agency Endorsed to provide services in a Host Home setting Licensed Host Home Licensed Host Home Licensed Host Home

HOST HOMES HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (OARS)

Chapter 411, Division 348

The 411-348 OAR set standards for the Host Home Settings, including standards for:

Caregivers The Home Environment How Care is Delivered

HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE OF A HOST HOME WORK?

The Host Home agency takes on the task of recruiting families to open their homes to children with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are in need of a highly structured out-of-home placement.

Host Home settings are private, single family community homes owned or rented by the head(s)

• f the household.

The head(s) of the household who live in the home as their primary residence and act in the parental role are called “in-residence caregivers”.

HOST HOME AGENCIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOME SETTING

The license is issued to the Host Home agency The “in-residence caregiver” is identified in the application the Host Home agency submits to have the home licensed

CHILDREN SERVED IN HOST HOMES

Host Homes may serve 1-2 children with intellectual and developmental disabilities

The children served in Host Homes will likely have intensive behavior support needs that require more structure and intensive support than may be available in their family home or foster home setting.

THE HOST HOME AGENCY SUPPORTS THE IN-RESIDENCE CAREGIVER AND HOUSEHOLD

Training Staffing Respite Care Coaching Resource identification

The Host Home provides support to the child, caregivers, and home setting through:

HOST HOME FUNDING

Services delivered by a Host Home agency in a Host Home are funded through:

The K-plan (Medicaid Community First Choice (CFC) state plan) Oregon State general funds

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THE SERVICE COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN THE HOST HOME SERVICE SETTING RATE ARE:

Attendant Care

• ADL/IADL/Health-

Related Tasks

• Skills Training
• Behavior Support

Community Transportation Specialized Services

CHILDREN SUPPORTED IN HOST HOMES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL DISCRETE SERVICES BASED ON THE CHILD’S INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT NEEDS

Professional Behavior Services Direct Nursing Services Ancillary Services Employment-Related Services

The child and their guardian have a choice of qualified, available providers, including a provider other than the Host Home agency, for these services

THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT A CHILD RECEIVES IN A HOST HOME SETTING ARE VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS

Host Homes can look and feel much like a foster home setting with foster parents (the in-residence caregiver) who live in the home and provide the bulk of the child’s care. Host Homes operate under rules similar to 24-Hour Residential Program settings (Group Homes) serving children.

The Host Home OAR (411-348) mirrors the number conventions, layout, and contents of the 24-Hour Residential Programs OAR (411-325)

HOST HOMES CAN BE A SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM PLACEMENT

Depending on the child’s need for stabilization… Host Homes are intended to provide a structured environment to support a child in building the skills and developing strategies to help the child live successfully in a less restrictive community setting such as returning to the child’s family home or a foster home placement

HOST HOME PROGRAMS SUPPORT A CHILD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILY

With the goal of every child placed in a Host Home setting being one of reunification with the child’s family or a less restrictive placement such as foster care, The Host Home program is required to help support the child’s relationship with their family .

The intention is that Host Homes will be located in the child’ s home community to allow the child as much continuity in community services, in addition to access to their families as possible.