Integrated Community Supports (ICS)

integrated community supportS (ICS)

Integrated Community Supports

Integrated Community Supports (ICS)

This service provides support and training in community living service categories to qualified adults age 18 and older who reside in a living unit of a provider-controlled ICS setting (e.g. apartment in a multi-family housing building). ICS can be delivered up to 24 hours per day in the person’s living unit or in the community.

Ridgewell Living LLC strives to support you how you want to be supported as an individual – collaborating with relevant well-trained teams/professionals to meet your needs in your setting in a flexible manner to suit you.

ICS covers training and support to meet the person’s individualized assessed needs and goals in at least one of the community living service categories:

Community Living categories:

Community Participation

This category may include:

Community mobility and pedestrian safety (e.g., safely getting in and around the community).
Community resource use and access.
Community safety and awareness.
Informal support system and network development.
Interpersonal communications skills.
Leisure, recreation and socialization planning.
Skill-building to meet transportation needs.

Health, Safety and Wellness

This category may include:

Collaboration with the person to arrange health care (e.g., physical, mental, chemical), meaningful activities, social services, meetings and appointments.
Training or Support to complete self-care activities, including ADLs.
Note: Training or support cannot duplicate use of eligible Medical Assistance state plan home care services; refer to CBSM – Home care overview.
Health services support, as defined in Minn. Stat. §245D.05.
Help for the person to activate and build resiliency factors (e.g., whole health action management).
Support for the person to design and meet individualized strategies to reach their health, safety and wellness goals.

Household Management

This category may include:

1. Cueing, guidance, supervision, training or instructional support to complete routine household care and maintenance.

2. Household safety knowledge and skills.

3. Tenancy support and advocacy.

4. Training, assistance, support and/or guidance with:

Budgeting and assistance to manage money.
Cooking, meal-planning and nutrition.
Healthy lifestyle skills and practices.
Household chores, including minor household maintenance activities.
Note: The person is responsible for the cost of the maintenance replacement items or products.
Personal-needs purchasing.

Adaptive Skills

This category may include:

Crisis prevention skills.
Implementation of positive support strategies.
Problem-solving.
Sensory/motor development involved in acquiring functional skills.
Support strategies for self-sufficiency.
Support and training to increase positive behavior, resulting in reduction or elimination of challenging behavior.

Our Settings

We are excited to accept Integrated Community Supports at our beautiful sites. You will love living in our incredible community settings, with accessibility to public transportation and recreational activities. Please fill out our referral form on our Referrals page or call if you are interested in our provider-controlled ICS settings.

Housing Expenses:

Rents and utilities are typically paid by the individuals served, using a combination of their wages, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) housing assistance.

Supportive Living services and staffing are covered by an eligible waiver plan, depending on the county. There is also a private pay option.

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