SERVICE

One or more organization-operated programs or activities that have a common general objective and deploy the organization's material and human resources in a planned and systematic manner. An organization that publicly promotes or identifies itself in writing as offering a service, is licensed to deliver a service, assigns personnel and/or space to a service, or allocates financial resources to a service is considered to offer that service.		  
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  COMMUNITY

A specific group of people living in the same locality and who may share a common culture, values, and norms. Communities can also be defined by race, religion, ethnicity, age, occupation, political status, tribal affiliation, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or other common bonds. The term "community" encompasses worksites, schools, tribes, residential neighborhoods, business districts, recreational areas, and health and human service sites.		  
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  SUPERVISION

Assumption of responsibility for directly overseeing and evaluating the work or work products of personnel within an organization. Also includes inspecting the act or process of accomplishing a function or activity.		  
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  PROGRAM

A system of services offered by an organization. For example, an organization providing a mental health service may offer several mental health programs to different populations, e.g., a mental health program for adolescent teens. The word "program" can be used interchangeably with the word "service" or to describe specific programs.		  
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Group Living Services
  
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Definition
  
Group Living Services provide community-based care or support and supervision on a short- or long-term basis to individuals living in a group setting.

Interpretation: Individuals in a group living program can include:

  • children or youth from the child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, or education systems;
  • individuals who are pregnant or parenting;
  • adults or children transitioning from a more intensive setting;
  • adults or children with developmental or physical disabilities;
  • adults with serious and persistent mental illness;
  • adults with substance use conditions; or
  • older adults who require a structured group living situation.
Note: Transitional housing programs are separately reviewed. Organizations that provide adventure-based programming as part of Group Living Services will also complete the Outdoor Activities Supplement. Organizations that provide Youth Independent Living services will complete the YIL standards.

Note: Please see Self-Paced_Training: Group Living Services (GLS) in the Tools Index for additional assistance with this standard.
 
PURPOSE: Individuals who receive Group Living Services regain, maintain, and improve life skills and functioning in a safe, stable, community-based living arrangement.
 
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