Individualized Home Supports (IHS)

Individualized Home Supports (IHS) 

Services providing support and training in community living service categories for people 18 years or older who lives in their own homes. Individualized home supports can be provided in the person’s own home or in public community settings and either in person or remotely.

• Support for individualized home supports: A staff member providing direct supervision, cueing, maintenance, guidance, instruction, incidental assistance with activities of daily living or assistance with coordination of community living activities
• Training for individualized home supports: Instructional services through which a person receives direct training from a staff member on community living skills identified in a person’s assessment (e.g., MnCHOICES, long-term care consultation [LTCC]). Training includes skill building to acquire, retain and improve the person’s experience living in the community
• Community living service categories: Broad service categories for providing support and training to help a person to live independently in the community

The community living service categories are:

• Community participation
• Health, safety and wellness
• Household management
• Adaptive skills

Customized Housing 

Providing services in a residentail setting other than in clients home