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THE JOURNEY TO COMMUNITY HOUSING WITH SUPPORTS
)NTERNATIONAL AND !MERICAN )NTENTIONAL #OMMUNITY -ODELS
Intentional Communities are founded upon shared values. People with disabilities live together with families or caregivers in homes, campuses or villages in a community setting.
L’Arche Model Jean Vanier founded the L’Arche Movement in Paris as an alternative to institutions by inviting two people with intellectual disabilities to live in his home in 1964. Today, there is an international federation of over 140 communities in 40 countries subscribing to common values. These faith-based communities adhere to the same founding principle that everyone has equal value. Communal life involves sharing experiences within a “stable, life-giving home environment.” Members within L’Arche homes include people with and without disabilities who develop long-term mutually interdependent relationships. Everyone contributes to the home by sharing responsibilities. This worldwide movement received the 2014 Notre Dame Award for International Human Development and Solidarity. For more information visit WWWLARCHEUSAORG .
Camphill Village Model Camphill Village was established more than 50 years ago in Europe based upon the insights of anthroposophy, the spiritual scientific understanding of human beings. Family homes include individuals with developmental disabilities and co-workers who “eat, pray, sing, work, and celebrate together.” Co-workers receive no salary demonstrating that everyone exists on an equal plane. All community members care for each other and the earth. Work involves artistic endeavors, farming and crafts as well as household responsibilities. Since 1961, Camphill Village has operated more than eleven communities within the United States and Canada. For more information visit WWWCAMPHILLVILLAGEORG . Recently, Camphill established a similar assisted living concept for elder care.
Note: As of this writing,the New Jersey Department of Human Services will not permit individuals to use Medicaid Home and Community- Based Services (HCBS) Waiver funding while living in congregate settings such as intentional communities, farmsteads or gated communities.
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