Keeping families together is an important priority of the DBCC. However, when the need for residential placement is determined unavoidable, providing places for people with disabilities is one of the most important missions of the Disabilities Board of Charleston County. These are very special places: apartments and homes providing quality supervision and support to enable individuals to live successfully in the community. The Residential Services Department meets these needs with the following
| COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES (CRCF |
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| State funded facilities that are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| Residence Managers supervise staff and attend the Individual Program Plan meetings. |
| The treatment team composition is dictated by the needs of individuals. |
| DHEC monitors state licensing regulations and SCDDSN monitors for the programmatic regulations. |
| Eight Individuals live in each facility. |
| INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES (ICF) |
| Federal and State funded facilities and programs that are staffed 24 hours per day, seven days a week. |
| A team of professionals including Qualified Mental Retardation Professionals are employed to assess individuals' strengths/needs, to design programs and to instruct direct care staff in the implementation of programs. |
| Federal and state regulations are monitored in four separate DHEC audits per year. |
| Licensing (Facility Check), Certification (Program review to include medical review), Life Safety (Fire and Evacuation check). |
| Eight people reside in each facility. |
| SUPERVISED LIVING PROGRAM (SLP) |
| State funded apartment or home placements for individuals. |
| These placements are not staffed 24 hours a day due to the independence demonstrated by the program participants. |
| SLP Coordinators frequently check in on people and assist with such tasks as grocery shopping and banking. |
| SCDDSN monitors the program standards for Supervised Living. |
| One to two people live in each setting. |
| COMMUNITY TRAINING HOME I (CTH I) |
| State funded placements in the homes of licensed caregivers. |
| These individuals are supervised by caregivers that contract with the Disabilities Board. |
| CTH I Coordinators are employed to monitor the individuals and the caregiver's homes and to coordinate the plans of care. |
| The CTH I regulations are identical to the CTH II regulations and are also monitored by SCDDSN. |
| One to three Individuals reside in each caregiver's home. |
| There are respite caregivers that have licensed beds in their homes; these beds are utilized throughout the year to provide breaks for the regular caregivers. |
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| COMMUNITY TRAINING HOME II (CTH II) |
| State funded facilities that are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. |
| CTH II Coordinators are employed to chair meetings, to coordinate treatment plans and to supervise direct care staff in the implementation of programs. |
| The composition of the treatment team is dictated by the needs of the individual. |
| Residents of CTH IIs are also Medicaid Waiver recipients and each has a budget to cover their needs ranging from psychological to personal care items. |
| State regulations are monitored by the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SCDDSN). |
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* The Home and Community-based Medicaid Waiver is a funding source for which most of our residential people are approved. People living in ICF's are not eligible for the Waiver since Medicaid already funds them. |
