“I like to live in my home. I like being in SVCR because they help me with my checkbook and to be independent. They help me lose weight and help me a lot with my diet and menu planning. SVCR has understanding staff and I get to go on outings and do fun things.” — Resident

SVCR offers three kinds of residential programs, all of which provide supervision and support to individuals with intellectual disabilities who wish to live in these communities.

In each program, our goal is to maximize each person’s level of independence.

Further, each individual must be enrolled in a full-time day program, which can be school, work, volunteer activities, or psychosocial or social rehabilitative day programs.

• The Group Home Program provides supervision 24 hours per day, seven days a week by residential staff, including awake overnight staff. Currently, SVCR operates four group homes in Winchester and Frederick County, two of which serve men, two of which serve women. Residents have their own bedrooms which can be decorated according to their own personal styles.
• The Supervised Apartment Program is designed for individuals who have demonstrated the capability of being left alone and unsupervised for a minimum of several days and are capable, in the event of an emergency, of contacting staff or accessing other emergency systems (e.g., 911). As with the group homes, residents must have day program arrangements, such as school, work, or a training program.  Specialized staff supervision and instruction in independent living skills is provided for about 10 – 15 hours per resident per week. Unlike the Group Home Program, there is no staff supervision during overnights or on the weekends.
• Our Supported Living Program provides educational and training opportunities to clients in their own homes or apartments in the Winchester area. They might live in their own independent apartment and need help with financial management, or live at home with their parents and need help learning how to select weather-appropriate clothing or arise without prompts by using an alarm clock. If they already have a place to live, we travel to those locations. Our focus is on improving the resident’s independent living skills, regardless of their degree of dependence or independence when they enter our program.
• We also offer Associated Support Services to individuals who require transportation to and from appointments and activities, as well as day support and recreational/leisure activities. SVCR can also serve as an Organizational Representative Payee.