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  • Becoming a Home Sharing Provider:  FAQs 

    Becoming a Home Sharing Provider:  FAQs 

    What is Home Sharing?  “Home Sharing” is an arrangement where an adult with a disability lives in another person’s home and receives support and services based on their personal goals and needs.  How Does Home Sharing Work?  Specific living arrangements can vary, a person with a disability could live with a family, a roommate or… Read more

  • Becoming a Home Sharing Provider – What You Need to Know

    Becoming a Home Sharing Provider – What You Need to Know

    Welcome to the world of home sharing, a meaningful and fulfilling experience of opening your home to an individual with a developmental disability. Discover the benefits of home sharing and why it can be a richly rewarding lifestyle choice. We’ll walk you through the process of becoming a home sharing provider, highlighting some of the… Read more

  • Prosper Canada

    Prosper Canada

    Event VirtualJune 08 2023, 1:00 PM Supporting with Access to Benefits workshop Join Prosper Canada for this free 90-minute interactive workshop designed to provide frontline practitioners with foundational knowledge and skills to support Canadians who are living on a low income to access benefits. Participants will learn the importance of access to benefits, review key… Read more

  • HSSSBC Virtual Open House 2023

    HSSSBC Virtual Open House 2023

    Purpose of MeetingAn opportunity to meet the HSSSBC Board & Society Staff.An opportunity to discuss HSSSBC history, mandate, roles & responsibilities.An opportunity to discuss how the HSSSBC & Home Sharing community can collaborate to enhance the quality and sustainability of Home Sharing in BC.Provide an overview of upcoming projects & next steps.An opportunity to ask… Read more

  • Home Sharing Training:  Communication Skills for Coordinators – June 2023

    Home Sharing Training: Communication Skills for Coordinators – June 2023

    In-Person: Tuesday, June 20 – Thursday, June 22, 2023 This training is being offered for the first time and will have a limit of 28 participants. Planning is presently underway to deliver additional sessions over the balance of 2023 in different areas of the province to ensure accessibility Dr. Carol Brown is an organizational development… Read more

  • Home Sharing Training:  Communication Skills for Coordinators – May 2023

    Home Sharing Training: Communication Skills for Coordinators – May 2023

    Online: May 24 & June 07, 2023 In-Person: May 30 – June 01, 2023 This training is being offered for the first time and will have a limit of 28 participants. Planning is presently underway to deliver additional sessions over the balance of 2023 in different areas of the province to ensure accessibility Dr. Carol… Read more