Residential Services offers support to individuals to live safely, successfully, and as self-sufficiently as possible in their home community. Individuals served are supported to develop a full range of life skills, including social and behavioral skills, recreation and leisure skills, communication skills, household and personal management skills, and the use of community resources. Residential services provided include: Adult Residential Services; Youth Residential Services; and Individual Support Services/Community Supported Living Arrangement

Adult Residential Services

Residential Services for Adults offers support to individuals 21 years of age or older to live in the community as an alternative to institutionalization or remaining in their parents' home. Individuals served may own or lease their own home or live in an apartment, townhome, condominium or single-family detached unit owned or leased by CSS.

CSS owns fully-furnished homes in upper Montgomery County. Each unit serves as the residence for one, two or three individuals. Housing arrangements are determined by individual preference, compatibility, common interest, age, and need.

CSS uses a variety of staffing ratios that are based on each individual’s needs in order to provide quality assistance with numerous activities of daily living, including housekeeping, personal hygiene, clothing care, money management, and shopping, as specified in each person’s Individual Plan, or IP. Assistance is also provided in the areas of socialization, communication, telephone use, and age-appropriate leisure activities in the home and in the community. Positive behavior programming is provided, as needed, to develop and encourage socially appropriate behavior. CSS behavior programming is person-specific and is designed by experts in non-aversive behavior interventions.

Every individual served by CSS has an active habilitation program or is active or employed during usual work hours. Each contributes fees for room & board and supplies based on his or her ability to pay.

The Adult Residential program also includes quality social, recreational, and leisure programs administered by CSS' Therapeutic Recreation Department. The mission of the TRD is to provide inclusive and specialized recreational opportunities that enhance the quality of life for persons with physical and developmental disabilities. Special emphasis is placed on providing programs that directly reflect individual choice and allow for self-determination in the distribution of recreational resources. The CSS Therapeutic Recreation program works collaboratively with partner providers in its delivery of certain programs. Adults may participate in the following therapeutic recreational programs:

...» Weekday Evening, Sunday Program, and Other Activities
...» Special Activities and Events

Youth Residential Services

Youth Residential Services is a 24-hrs./day, 365-days/yr. program located in Montgomery County for children with developmental disabilities referred to CSS by the County. Each child's specific program is designed by his/her family, a case manager, MCPS personnel, CSS personnel, expert consultants, and others who know the child well. The program model is flexible in design to allow for individualization of staffing needs, related service needs, school placement, the interests and preferences of the child, the child's age, and his or her strengths.

The program emphasizes the development of a full range of life skills, including social and behavioral skills, recreational and leisure skills, communication skills, household and personal management skills, and the use of community resources, in accordance with each child's Individualized Education Plan.

Individual Support Services and Community Supported Living Arrangement

ISS and CSLA services offer support to children and adults in their home and community. Services may include instruction in specific cognitive, emotional, and behavioral skills areas, weekend recreational activities, and in-home support to develop life, behavioral, social, and leisure skills. Services are well-integrated with other services a consumer may receive in order to maintain consistency in instructional programming and in the implementation of the behavior intervention plan.