Integrated Community Supports (ICS)
Integrated community supports (ICS): Services that provide support and training/habilitation in community living service categories to adults age 18 and older who reside in a living unit of a provider-controlled ICS setting (e.g., apartment in a multi-family housing building). ICS can be delivered up to 24 hours per day in the person’s living unit or in the community.
Covered services
ICS covers training/habilitation and support to meet the person’s individualized assessed needs and goals in at least one of the community living service categories:
· Community participation.
· Health, safety and wellness.
· Household management.
· Adaptive skills.
Community participation
This category may include:
· Community mobility and pedestrian safety (e.g., safely getting in and around the community).
· Community resource use and access.
· Community safety and awareness.
· Informal support system and network development.
· Interpersonal communication skills.
· Leisure, recreation and socialization planning.
· Skill-building to meet transportation needs.
Health, safety and wellness
This category may include:
· Collaboration with the person to arrange health care (e.g., physical, mental, chemical), meaningful activities, social services, meetings and appointments.
· Training or support to complete self-care activities, including ADLs.
· Help for the person to activate and build resiliency factors
· Support for the person to design and meet individualized strategies to reach their health, safety and wellness goals.
Household management
Adaptive skills
Non-covered services
This category may include:
1. Cueing, guidance, supervision, training or instructional support to complete routine household care and maintenance.
2. Household safety knowledge and skills.
3. Tenancy support and advocacy.
4. Training, assistance, support and/or guidance with:
· Budgeting and assistance to manage money.
· Cooking, meal-planning and nutrition.
· Healthy lifestyle skills and practices.
· Household chores, including minor household maintenance activities.
This category may include:
· Crisis prevention skills.
· Implementation of positive support strategies.
· Problem-solving.
· Sensory/motor development involved in acquiring functional skills.
· Support strategies for self-sufficiency.
· Support and training to increase positive behavior, resulting in reduction or elimination of challenging behavior.
ICS does not cover:
· Transportation.
· Nursing.