Supported Apartments
PRACL’s supported apartment program offers a transition from group homes or from the family home or other living arrangement to an arrangement where the living space can be shared with 1 roommate or if affordable the individual can live alone, with staff available to support the living situation as is needed for each person. Some people need very little support and some need a great deal. There can be an on-site caregiver or not. This may be a long-term commitment or short-term. The service can be designed very individually; the only limitation for this is the affordability.
PRACL provides residential supports in community neighbourhoods to adults with developmental disabilities that are funded primarily by Community Living BC (CLBC). Eligibility to the program is determined by criteria established by CLBC and referrals are made to the program by CLBC. For more information on eligibility go to http://www.communitylivingbc.ca. If the program is full, then you will be put on a waitlist for service by both CLBC and PRACL. If CLBC can fund the new service, then PRACL can usually provide the service immediately. Occasionally, residential supports are needed for young adults. PRACL will make every effort to provide the supports needed.
In all residential services PRACL employees work towards ensuring that every individual has a personal network and friends, participating in community, and increasing or maintaining as much autonomy and independence as each person is capable of. The safety and security of individuals is of utmost importance.