Group Homes

[Guest guest]

I know a couple of families who are doing this, they own the house,

24 hour supervision is paid for by HCS waiver. They could not find a

provider that had a suitable 3/4 bed group home close to where they

live, so they recruited other families and went in together on the

house.

This would be a golden opportunity to buy a house seeing how houses

are not moving well on the market, and people are motivated to sell

at a reasonable price.

Nagla

> >

> > Does anyone have a list of group homes in Texas? I heard that

there

> may

> > be a 10 year wait list, is this correct? I'm thinking that even

if I

> > don't plan on needing a group home it might be a good idea to at

> least

> > be in line should things change. Additionally has anyone been to

> Down

> > Home Ranch? I think they serve primarily persons with Down

Syndrome

> but

> > I wonder if our adults with Autism would fit in. Any advice is

> appreciated.

> > Trina

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I know there are some successful Human Service Co-ops (HSC) in

other states – these are like microboards, except they are for a group of

individuals who collectively pool their Medicaid-waiver funds together.

This would be a GREAT way of running a group home. The HSC becomes the

service provider and can make its own decisions about services, employee wages,

etc.

Geraldine