Assisted Community Residential Services (ACRS) provides long-term residential supports for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or serious mental illness, as well as medical conditions, who require assisted living.

More about Assisted Community Residential Services:

• Not time-limited.
• Designed around individual needs and preferences.
• Emphasize full inclusion in community life.
• Living environment fosters independence consistent with an individual’s potential.
• Some services provided directly by CSB. Others are provided through contracts with private, nonprofit residential service providers in the community.
• Most services are provided directly to adults.
• Some supports are provided to families for family-arranged respite services to individuals with developmental disabilities, regardless of age.

Services include:

• An Assisted Living Facility (ALF), operated by Pathway Homes Inc. provides 24/7 care for people with serious mental illness and medical needs.
• Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) provide 24/7 supports for individuals with developmental disabilities who need highly intensive service, medical and/or behavioral support needs.

Other services for adults with developmental disabilities include:

• Group homes that provide 24/7 supports (small group living arrangements, usually four to six residents per home).
• Supervised apartments that provide community-based group living arrangements with less than 24-hour care.
• Daily or drop-in supports based on individual needs and preferences to maintain individuals in family homes, their own homes or in shared living arrangements (apartments, town homes).
• Short-term, in-home respite services.
• Long-term respite services provided by a licensed 24-hour home.
• Emergency shelter services.
• Individualized Purchase of Service (IPOS) is provided for a small number of people who receive other specialized long-term community residential services via contracts.

To learn more, call 703-324-4400, TTY 711, or learn more about the intake process for developmental disabilities services.