Host Home

Providing a host home helps individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities live in a natural
home setting. Peak Supportive Services promises to provide you with in-depth training and on-going
support as you embark on this journey to become a Host Home provider.

In this setting people can have full complete lives with the help of host homes. Adults for years have
been placed in institutions and non-familial environments. The best option that the State has for these
people is for them to reside in Host Homes.

Host Home services offer a caring place for adults, no matter what their disability. The individuals we
serve in our program have a wide range of intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities. We
specialize in matching the people we serve to dedicated and caring host home providers. 

We are always taking applications in order to best match the skills and resources available for our
service recipients.  If you are interested in learning more about becoming a host home provider, the
following are the basic requirements.

Description
A “Host Home” is a residential program model providing people with developmental disabilities in a
stable home environment.  The program is designed to allow a person to live with a family or individual
without disabilities.  The focus of this model is to get away from constantly changing staff situations.  In
essence, the person becomes a member of the family.

Host Home Providers are independent contractors, not employees, with Peak Supportive Services, LLC.
As a Host Home Provider, you are required to provide supervision and training to the person in your
home.  Training may range from teaching, budgeting, cooking and laundry skills to personal hygiene and
behavior coping skills.  Some of the people who are in need of Host Home support may have more
intensive needs, such as assistance with mobility, bathing, or toileting.  These needs are addressed
through a team of people from various disciplines and backgrounds (Interdisciplinary Team) who have a
strong interest in the well-being of the person receiving services.  As a Host Home Provider, you and the
individual served are members of this team.  All training and involvement with the person(s) in your
home must be documented daily.

Host Home Providers receive payment the first weeks of each month for the service provided during the
previous month.  The daily contractual payment is based on an individualized payment structure
established by the State of Colorado, Division of Developmental Disabilities and based on an assessment
of the needs of the person receiving services.

The daily contract payment to the Host Home Provider will constitute payment for all services rendered
by the provider which include:

 Room and board
 Respite care
 Daily support services
 Transportation

Attendance at on-going training classes and meetings.

Host Home Providers may work with up to three (3) individuals with disabilities in their home,
depending on the number of bedrooms/bathrooms and the amount of shared space that is available. 
Individuals can choose their roommates, and a 30-day trial period is required to ensure the Host Home is
an appropriate placement for the individual(s) if agreed by the entire team.

 Minimum Qualifications
The PSS Owners will evaluate all Host Home Provider applicants.

 To be considered for Host Home Provider or Respite Care Provider, PSS requires that applicants must:

1. Be at least 18 years old, with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2. Be honest, dependable and caring with good judgment, understanding and patience.
3. Be a good communicator with organizational skills.
4. Have a house or apartment, rented or owned. The home must provide the individual(s) with a
private bedroom and a private or semiprivate bathroom in accordance with state regulations.
The Host Home must also provide common living areas including kitchen, living room, dining
room, and an outside yard, which the individual will share with the family. (Persons desiring to
provide only respite care in the homes of Host Home Providers may disregard this section and
section six below.)
5. Provide a written proposal, as a part of the PSS Host Home application of the physical
description of the house, neighborhood, recreational facilities, transportation alternatives,
restaurants, grocery stores and any other community resources that are available in the
immediate vicinity of the home.
6. Successfully clear a background check, including criminal history, good driving record and
reference checks from former employers and personal references. Applicants who do not have a
valid driver’s license may still be considered if another family member does have a valid license
and acceptable driving record and is available to transport the individual whenever needed.
Other persons over eighteen years of age living in the proposed home must also successfully
clear a criminal history check as well as have a good driving record if they plan to assist in
transporting individuals living in the home.
7. Be eligible to work in the developmental disability system in which you would be approved by
any Community Centered Board (no substantiated allegations that disqualify you from working
in this system).
8. Complete State “Qualified Medication Administration Personnel” (QMAP) training, First Aid,
CPR, Client Rights, training in Mistreatment, Abuse and Neglect reporting, and any other PSS
required training.
9. Possess good verbal and written communication skills to communicate with PSS owners and
contractors, parents or guardians and professionals involved in the individual’s life.
10. Carry full insurance coverage on your automobile, which meets the minimum state liability
requirements and full home/renter’s insurance which is adequate to cover the possessions of
the individual living with you.
11. Be established and available in order to sign a one-year (or other designated time-frame),
renewable contract with PSS.
12. Own and be able to use a computer with internet service and have all required documentation
equipment and supplies needed to care for an individual in your home.