Supervised Independent Living (SIL)
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program description
The Supervised Independent Living (SIL) is a NOW program that provides skills training, personal care attendants, and other support services to enable consumers with developmental disabilities to live independently in the community. The goal of the SIL program is to teach functional skills which impact consumers’ abilities to perform as independently and as productively as possible.
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services provided
- Assistance with the First Time Home Buyer program
- Assistance with housing needs
- Assistance in financial planning
- Accommodations for medical and mobilization needs
- Utilization of community resources
- Assistance with accessing emergency services
- Basic safety practices training
- Assistance in reaching educational and career goals
- Counseling for adjustment to independent living
- Monitoring of homes weekly by qualified professional staff
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eligibility
Recipient must:
- Have a significant physical, mental, cognitive or sensory impairment that limits their ability to function independently in the community
- Be able to benefit from independent living services by improving their ability to function, continue functioning, or move toward functioning independently in the community
- Be 18 years or older
The SIL services are covered by Medicaid for qualified individuals who meet the NOW requirements
We also provide SIL services through individual private pay contracts.
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Contact Information
Contact your local Office
of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities(OCDD)
- DHH Region 1: New Orleans
(includes the following parishes: Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard)
(504) 568-8564
- DHH Region 2: Baton Rouge
(includes the following parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana)
(225) 925-6286
- DHH Region 3: Thibodaux
(includes the following parishes: Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John Baptist, St. Mary, and Terrebonne)
(985) 449-4725
- DHH Region 4: Lafayette
(includes the following parishes: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion)
(337) 262-1612
- DHH Region 5: Lake Charles
(includes the following parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis)
(337) 475-8045
- DHH Region 6: Alexandria
(includes the following parishes: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, La Salle, Rapides, Vernon, and Winn)
(337) 484-2310
- DHH Region 9: Mandeville
(includes the following parishes: Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany. Tangipahoa, and Washington)
(985) 871-1352
Or contact the Central Office for OCDD
at 1.866.783.5553 or [email protected].
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