Will you be ready when it’s time for your young adult with a disability to move to a place of their own? The time to start planning is now! This Housing Project video gives you some groundwork from which to begin the journey.
Housing Video/Trainings
PACER’s Housing: Starting the Journey Webinar Series
If you missed PACER’s annual three-part housing workshop series, you may view them at the links below.
2024 Workshops
- Housing: Step 1: How Do We Start?
Recorded April 1, 2024
Help your young adult get started with their vision for community living, housing and services. An overview of housing and services options is provided. Download the slidedeck. - Housing: Step 2: How Is It Paid For?
Recorded April 15, 2024
Gain a “big picture” view of how housing is funded through federal, state, and county resources. Learn how your young adult may become eligible for, and access funding. Topics include income supplements and budgets. Download the slidedeck. - Housing: Step 3: What Are the Options?
Recorded April 29, 2024
Hear a more detailed explanation of individualized housing and service options from a panel of parents, young adults, and housing providers as they share their journeys through the process.
Download the slidedeck.
Find a complete listing of handouts for the 2024 series here.
2023 Workshops
- Housing: Step 1: How Do We Start?
Recorded April 10, 2023
Help your young adult get started with their vision for community living, housing and services. An overview of housing and services options is provided. Download the slidedeck. - Housing: Step 2: How Is It Paid For?
Recorded April 24, 2023
Gain a “big picture” view of how housing is funded through federal, state, and county resources. Learn how your young adult may become eligible for, and access funding. Topics include income supplements and budgets. Download the slidedeck. - Housing: Step 3: What Are the Options?
Recorded May 8, 2023
Hear a more detailed explanation of individualized housing and service options from a panel of parents, young adults, and housing providers as they share their journeys through the process.
Download the slidedeck.
2022 Workshops
- Housing: Step 1: How Do We Start? Recorded March 14, 2022 | Downloadable slidedeck
- Housing: Step 2: How Is It Paid For? Recorded March 28, 2022 | Downloadable slidedeck
- Housing: Step 3: What Are the Options? Recorded April 11, 2022 | Downloadable slidedeck
2021 Workshops
- Housing: Step 1: How Do We Start? Recorded February 22, 2021
- Housing: Step 2: How Is It Paid For? Recorded March 8, 2021
- Housing: Step 3: What Are the Options? Recorded March 22, 2021
Housing: Starting the Journey
Home Is …
This five-part Housing Video Series called “Home Is…" features young adults with disabilities describing what “Home” means to them and what they have learned along the way. The series focuses on the multidimensional aspects of home - Home is not just a getting a “place” but getting “a life."
Videos in this Series
Home Is … 3:04 min
Home is Independence 2:37 min
Home is Responsibility 2:50 min
Home is Socialization 2:40 min
Home and the Community 3:03 min
Journey to a Home of Their Own
Brad and Karen W. share their journey to create an Individualized Housing Option for their 29-year-old twin daughters, Jennifer and Amy. Learn from Brad and Karen about the type of challenges parents and young adults face when choosing supports and finding the most appropriate housing and services based on their daughters’ person-centered needs.
Videos in this Series
What Really Matters: Developing a vision for the future 3:53 min
House Hunters 101: Finding the right place to call home 4:16 min
The Devil is in the Details: The challenges of choosing a provider, developing a plan 6:17 min
A Home for Devin
From one parent to another: Sharman shares her thoughts about planning for housing and services for her daughter Devin.
First Steps to Independent Living
Most parents aren’t sure how to begin planning for their young adult’s transition to independent living in the community, but this webinar will help you get started. Participants will receive an overview of available housing and services options and person-centered planning concepts to help their young adult develop a vision for independent living, housing, and services.
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