Scheduled Training Opportunities

Parent Directed Supported Living Services
San Jose, CA

Date to be determined

This hands-on, practical and interactive session leaves you with a better understanding of supported living structures, their funding, your role, & how to improve your adult son or daughter’s outcomes.

Bring your laptops and leave with several tools that will be demonsstrated and provided free as part of this workshop. Time tested spreadsheets, documents, and other tools that help to streamline otherwise complex tasks are shared to increase your success.

To register http://www.php.com/node/16337/view

Microsoft Office is needed to open most of the documents or Open Office if you don't have Microsoft Office, which is available at www.openoffice.org.

Location: Parents Helping Parents
Sobrato Nonprofit Center
1400 Parkmoor Ave. Ste. 100, San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 727-5775

$20 PHP Members/$30 Non-PHP members

Consulting/Technical Support

We will meet at a mutually convenient location to discuss your individual needs, questions and concerns. Attending a training is encouraged so that the majority of questions may be answered. This time may then be spent addressing specific issues.

Santa Clara County location only. I have very limited availability on weekends and evenings.

trudy@journeyofchoice.com for consulting inquiries

Service Design Template

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Just updated! 6/2010

The template can save you months of research and work. Writing the Service Design is one of the most daunting tasks in starting your Supported Living Agency. The Service Design Template holds all the areas that need to be included by most regional centers, though it is geared toward San Andreas Regional Center.

Some revisions or additions for the regional center in your area may be required. You will want to obtain your regional center's requirements before you start!

Many of the areas are populated with information that there is no reason to rewrite; others you are prompted with specific questions that need to be completed to that fit the criteria for that area. Examples are offered throughout and are there for modification and adaptation to your agency and son/daughter.

This tool may be purchased for $129.00 from Journey of Choice, Inc. for the sole purpose of a single use by the purchaser to create a service design for a supported living agency using Title 17 as the guide.

Contact Trudy Marsh Holmes at trudy@journeyofchoice.com for purchasing instructions.

Training at Your Site (California Only)

The "work"shop is an overview of starting a supported living and the in's and out's of doing so.

This workshop is for those that are seriously considering this as an option and are ready to acquire the tools they need to start.

Parents are capable of anything, we run businesses, households, and providing supported living services for their adult son or daughter is no exception. This "how-to" workshop is open to both parents and non-parents interested in establishing person-centered supported living services.

You will learn about the steps to starting, the funding sources, the funding needed, staffing tips and leave with tools that will increase your success. We will review and practice some of the tools that will make your job easier.

Participants leave with a CD that contains time-tested and refined documents, spreadsheets that help you to do your billing, payroll and other tasks. These documents may be altered to meet the needs of your newly formed agency.

Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop with a working CD drive. Microsoft Office is needed to open most of the documents or Open Office if you don't have Microsoft Office, which is available at www.openoffice.org.

The Service Design Template is not included but will be made available to attendees interested. A 5 minute demo is offered at each event.

trudy@journeyofchoice.com for training inquiries.

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