Residential Services - General Information
The Newberry County DSN Board currently oversees and
operates 14 residential programs.
Programs include one Intermediate Care Facility (ICF); two Community
Training Home I’s (CTH I); eleven Community Training
Home II’s (CTH II); and one Supervised Living Program
I (SLP I). Our residential programs
provide a safe and homelike environment for 57 people with disabilities and
special needs. Each of these programs are operated in accordance with
various standards and procedures that provide very specific guidelines that
determine who is eligible for the various programs; how the programs need to
operate; and what qualifications staff members must possess.
Our ICF is the current home to twelve gentlemen. The gentlemen who reside at our ICF live
there because they have demonstrated a need for intense support and training in
a variety of skills areas. Our ICF
provides this needed support with the help of trained staff who provide 24 care
and assistance. In addition to around
the clock support staff, there is also a full time LPN on staff. The ICF provides a homelike environment to
the residents while teaching them the skills necessary to help prepare them for
living in lesser restrictive environment (if possible). The folks who reside in our ICF do attend
various programs during the day. In
addition, the folks engage in a variety of community outings. They are encouraged to voice their opinions on
what types of things they would like to do.
The ICF is a 24 hour care facility, but also the only home that many of
the residents have.
Our ICF is required to operate in accordance with a variety
of state and federal guidelines and regulations and is overseen by the SC
Department of Health and Environmental Control. (DHEC) along
with the SC Disabilities and Special Needs Board. The ICF does have annual inspections by DHEC
and is required to maintain a very high standard of operation. In addition, many agency staff members are
involved in monitoring the quality of care provided to the people who live in
our ICF.
Our agency currently oversees the operation of two CTH I’s. A CTH I is a home in which persons with a
disability lives with families in our community. The families have made the choice to provide
residential care to people with disabilities in accordance with the various
standards and regulations mandated by the SC Disabilities and Special Needs
Board. These homes provide a safe and
very homelike living situation to people – in fact – the people who live in
these homes are considered members of the family. The CTH I's do have
various operating standards and procedures that guide the overall operations of
the facility and are surveyed every three years by SC DDSN staff for compliance. Folks who reside in our CTH I’s do receive skills training and support to prepare them
for the possibility of living on their own or in a Supervised Living Program
one day. These homes are monitored by
both SCDDSN as well as staff from the NCDSNB.
Our agency currently owns and operates eleven CTH II’s within Newberry County. Each CTH II provides a home to 3 or 4
people. The people who live in these
homes do attend some type of agency sponsored program during the day. Agency staff work in the CTH II’s beginning in the afternoons during the week until
morning when people are transported to their daytime programs. On weekends, staff work
in the homes 24 hours a day. There are
also two LPN’s on staff who oversee the basic medical
needs of the people who reside in these homes. People living in our CTH II’s do receive a variety of skills training to help them
become more independent in many areas.
The overall goal is to help people move on to lesser restrictive living
environments. These CTH II’s are operated under the guidance and operating
standards as put forth by SC DDSN. These
homes are surveyed every three years by SCDDSN to ensure all operations are in
compliance with mandated standards.
NCDSNB staff also consistently monitors the overall operations of these
homes on a regular basis.
Our agency currently oversees the operation of one SLP I
located in Newberry County. This program
promotes the independence of people who want to live on their own and only
require a minimum amount of support. Our
current SLP is the home for one person who moved from one of our CTH II homes
to an apartment to live on his own.
Although our agency provides support and training to this person, it is
only on a part-time basis and is geared towards teaching him the specific
skills necessary for anyone to live on their own such as cooking, shopping,
taking medication, budgeting, etc. The
SLP, like all of the agency’s residential programs is overseen and operated in
accordance with specific standards and guidelines put forth by the SC
Disabilities and Special Needs Board and the NCDSNB.