Our Programs

Welcome to our programs, where we believe in providing a nurturing environment for every child in need. Our diverse range of foster care options ensures that we can meet the unique needs of each child and family. Together, we can make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who need it most. Join us in creating a brighter future through compassionate care and support

Day Support

Day Supports is primarily a group service that provides assistance to the participant with acquisition, retention, or improvement in self-help, socialization and adaptive skills. Day Supports are furnished in a non-residential setting, separate from the home or facility where the participant resides. Day Supports focus on enabling the participant to attain or maintain his or her maximum functional level and is coordinated with any physical, occupational, or speech therapies listed in the Individual Support Plan. Transportation to/from the participant's home, the day supports facility and travel within the community is included.

Community Networking Services

Community Networking services provide individualized day activities that support the participant's definition of a meaningful day in an integrated community setting, with persons who are not disabled. This service is provided separate and apart from the participant's private residence, other residential living arrangement, and/or the home of a service provider. These services do not take place in licensed facilities and are intended to offer the participant the opportunity to develop meaningful community relationships with non-disabled individuals. Services are designed to promote maximum participation in community life while developing natural supports within integrated settings. Community Networking services enable the participant to increase or maintain their capacity for independence and develop social roles valued by non-disabled members of the community.

Intensive Support

In- Home Intensive support is available to support participants in their private home, when the participant needs extensive support and supervision. Habilitation, support and/or supervision are provided to assist with positioning, intensive medical needs, elopement and/or behaviors that would result in injury to self or other people. Staff implements interventions and assistance as defined in the ISP.

In-Home Skill Building

In-Home Skill Building provides habilitation and skill building to enable the participant to acquire and maintain skills, which support more independence. In-Home Skill Building augments the family and natural supports of the participant and consists of an array of services that are required to maintain and assist the participant to live in community settings. In-Home Skill Building consists of:

Training in interpersonal skills and development and maintenance of personal relationships
Skill building to support the participant in increasing community living skills, such as shopping, recreation, personal banking, grocery shopping and other community activities
Training with therapeutic exercises, supervision of self-administration of medication and other services essential to healthcare at home, including transferring, ambulation and use of special mobility devices
Transportation to support implementation of in-home skill building

Personal Care Services

Personal Care Services under North Carolina State Medicaid Plan differs in service definition and provider type from the services offered under the waiver. Personal Care Services under the waiver include support, supervision and engaging participation with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and other activities of daily living. Support and engaging the participant describes the flexibility of activities that may encourage the participant to maintain skills gained during habilitation while also providing supervision for independent activities. This service may include preparation of meals, but does not include the cost of the meals themselves.

AFL or Residential Support

Residential Supports consist of an integrated array of individually designed training activities, assistance and supervision. Residential Supports include:

Habilitation Services aimed at assisting the participant to acquire, improve, and retain skills in self-help, general household management and meal preparation, personal finance management, socialization and other adaptive areas. Training outcomes focus on allowing the participant to improve his/her ability to reside as independently as possible in the community.
Assistance in activities of daily living when the participant is dependent on others to ensure health and safety.
Habilitation services that allow the participant to participate in home life or community activities. Transportation to and from the residence and points of travel in the community is included to the degree that they are not reimbursed by another funding source.

Respite Services

Respite services provide periodic support and relief to the primary caregiver(s) from the responsibility and stress of caring for the participant. This service enables the primary caregiver to meet or participate in planned or emergency events, and to have planned time for him/her and/or family members. Respite may include in and out-of-homeservices, inclusive of overnight, weekend care, emergency care (family emergency based, not to include out of home crisis) or continuous care up to ten consecutive (10)days. The primary caregiver is the person principally responsible for the care and supervision of the participant and must maintain his/her primary residence at the same address as the participant.

FOSTER CARE SERVICES

Unique Caring Foundation's Foster Care Program provides recruitment, training, certification and retention services for foster care providers. Foster Care Homes provide temporary substitute care for children ages 0 through 18, who have been removed from their families due to neglect, the parent being unavailable, or physical, sexual or emotional abuse.

Foster parents offer day-to-day care and guidance until the child can be reunited with his or her birth family, moved to a kinship family or permanent adoptive home or emancipated. Caseworkers work closely with foster care parents to identify and meet the special needs of the child/children, who is/are in placement care.