Social Service Support programs for all ages from 0 up to age 64 with a developmental, physical and/or mental health disability, needing a wide spectrum of resources and supports.Family Support Grant:Subsidies provided to help defray the extraordinary expenses of parents or other eligible family members who are caring for a dependent child with a developmental disability. This program is not an entitlement program.Social Work In-Home Support Program:Program provides non-medical homecare services as part of an overall case plan to maintain adults with physical and/or mental health disabilities, age 18-64 inclusive, in the community. Without the provision of these significant supportive services, the adult with a disability would require institutional placement. Program services include: adult daycare; adult companion; home delivered meals; case management; chore; case work; homemaker; and personal emergency response system. Eligibility depends on income related to Medicaid, asset levels related to SSI, certification of need by a physician or other appropriate healthcare professional, and a Department social work assessment. Application is made by contacting the Department’s regional offices. The program is currently closed for intake but any new referrals will be added to our waitlist in the order in which they are received.Personal Services Program:The goal of the Personal Services Program is to maintain persons with severe disabilities outside of institutional settings through the provision of grants for personal assistants and to reduce costs of care to the state through provision of community based alternatives to institutionalization.