Resource Development/Services Needs Assessment Survey
Harbor Regional Center’s mission is to provide innovative and person-centered services, support and information that empower people with developmental disabilities and their circles of support to live their best lives in our culturally diverse communities. Please take this brief survey using your computer, tablet, or smartphone to share your feedback. The results will help us with the ongoing development of services and inform Harbor’s Community Placement Plan (CPP) and Community Resource Development Plan (CRDP) funding proposals submitted annually to the Department of Developmental Services. Your feedback is anonymous.
We are grateful for your partnership as we work together to meet the needs of those served by Harbor Regional Center!
If you would like to view the definitions for the various service types, please click or hover your mouse over the phrases:
- Adult Day Activities ProgramServices that offer a wide variety of day program services, which offer structured and diverse activities within the community for people who are no longer eligible for school services. Typically, people who participate in these programs have chosen not to pursue higher education or employment.
- Behavior ServicesServices that are monitored by a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) and designed to address behavioral challenges. Interventions/training can be delivered to the person served and their caregiver, in the home and community environments, and 1:1 or group settings.
- ChildcareChildcare is supervision for a person served under the age of 18 whose caregivers are unavailable to provide such care and supervision because they are engaged in work or vocational/educational training. Services occur in the home or community, in licensed and unlicensed settings, and through a caregiver identified by the family or a provider./After-School Care
- Employment ProgramsServices focused in the areas of helping adult person served in obtaining and maintaining employment. Employment services may include the following:
• Day programs that offer employment and training
• Job Training Classes
• Customized Employment Services
• Supported Employment Services (Job Coaching)
• Tailored Day Services
• Coordinated Career Pathways
- Family Home Agency (FHA)Services provide alternative living options for a person served. For children, services are provided through Foster Family Agencies and for adults, services are provided through Family Home Agencies. The FFA/FHA family helps the individual served with day-to-day care needs and involves them in their family's activities.
- Infant Development ServicesServices designed to aid in the developmental needs of persons served ages 0-5 years. Programs can be delivered in the home and community environments and in 1:1 or group settings.
- Independent Living Services (ILS)Services designed for person served ages 18 and over who are living in their family home. Training may include, but are not limited to cooking, money management, community access, etc.
- Personal Assistance/Personal Care ServicesServices that are needed to provide a person served with appropriate and direct care or supervision in their preferred home and community settings, by a caregiver identified by the family or a provider. This may include assistance with bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, meal preparation, and supervision. Such support may assist with community integration for persons served of adolescent and adult age.
- Residential Care HomesFamily-style homes that are located in typical neighborhoods provide a safe place for people served to live together. These homes are licensed homes that have 24-hour care and supervision.
- Respite ServicesServices that provide intermittent relief or rest from the additional demands placed on a caregiver of a person served. Delivered in the family home or a licensed setting, and by a caregiver identified by the family or a provider. Coordinated through respite categories of nonmedical, medical, or behavioral. The Medical category requires that the respite worker be a licensed medical professional or someone certified/ trained in providing the level of care. The Behavioral category requires the respite worker to be trained in behavioral intervention techniques/ strategies.
- Supported Living ServicesServices provided to an person served ages 18 and over to live in their own home to be as independent as possible. Service may include participation in activities, build relationships and connections within their community. Services can include, but are not limited to:
• Assistance in locating a home
• Training and support in daily living skills (i.e. meal planning, budgeting, making purchases)
• Provision of 24/7 emergency response
• Recruiting and training individuals to provide assistance
- Socialization, Leisure and Recreational ServicesServices that include programs or activities that promote community integration and self-advocacy training as it relates to the persons served recreation and leisure pursuits. Non-medical therapies are those services that may have some therapeutic value but are not evidence-based. Educational Services are those services typically provided by school districts for school-aged individuals.
- Social Skills TrainingA service using behavioral therapy techniques and strategies to improve the social skills of a person served when the identified areas of need are not fully met in other settings, such as school/ day/ behavioral programs. Programs are research-based, time-limited, and delivered in group settings.
