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Roles & Responsibilities
Roles & Responsibilities
CLBC is responsible for:
- Approving home sharing as the service model
- Funding the arrangement and ensuring it aligns with assessed needs
- Reviewing provider qualifications and living environments
- Supporting matching, planning, and ongoing monitoring
- Ensuring providers meet provincial and CLBC standards
As a provider, your role includes:
- Creating a welcoming, safe, and respectful home
- Participating in planning meetings
- Reporting changes or concerns to CLBC or your coordinating agency
Home Sharing Eligibility
Eligibility requirements
To qualify for CLBC-funded services, individuals must:
- Be a resident of British Columbia
- Be 19 years of age or older
- Have a developmental disability, or qualify under CLBC’s other eligibility streams (e.g., Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder or Autism Spectrum Disorder with significant limitations)
- Developmental Disability An adult has:
- Significantly impaired intellectual functioning
- Significantly impaired adaptive functioning
- These impairments must have started before the age of 18