New Beginnings of North Carolina

Home Support

The intent of this service is to meet the habilitation and personal care needs of adult (18 years or older) participants who choose to live with their family and receive supports from their family and whose family wishes to provide services to the participant in the family home.   Home Supports is designed to provide flexibility and reflect the natural flow of the participant’s day.
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Residential Supports
Residential Supports provides assistance with acquisition, retention, or improvement in skills related to activities of daily living, such as personal grooming and cleanliness, bed making and household chores, eating and the preparation of food, and the social and adaptive skills necessary to enable the individual to reside in a non-institutional setting
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Home and Community Supports
Home and Community Supports is a habilitation service.   Home and Community Supports enables the individual to acquire and maintain skills that will allow him/her to function with greater independence in the community.  Home and community supports provide habilitation, training and instruction coupled with elements of support, supervision and engaging participation to reflect the natural flow of training, practice of skills, and other activities as they occur during the course of the participant’s day.
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Personal Care Services
Personal Care services under the waiver include support, supervision and engaging participation with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living. For full Definition
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Respite Care
Respite Care is a service that provides periodic relief for the family or primary caregiver as detailed in the Person Centered Plan.  In order to be considered the primary care giver, a person must be principally responsible for the care and supervision of the participant, and must maintain their primary residence at the same address as the covered participant.For full Definition
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Individual Caregiver Training and Education
Individual Caregiver Training and Education includes training and counseling services for the participant and/or family members of the participant. The purpose of this service is to enhance the decision making capacity of the family unit, provide orientation regarding the nature and impact of the developmental disability upon the participant and his/her family, provide information about community integration options and strategies, provide education and training on intervention strategies, and provide education and training on the use of specialized equipment and supplies.
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Supported Employment
Supported Employment Services provide assistance with choosing, acquiring, and maintaining a job for participants ages 16 and older for whom competitive employment has not been achieved and /or has been interrupted or intermittent.
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