Home Sharing Coordination Resources

Home sharing is delivered throughout the province by a network of home sharing providers that are under contract with qualified community-based agencies and under direct contract with CLBC.

To offer shared living services, agencies must go through a formal qualification process. The list of qualified suppliers is regularly reviewed and revised. Go to the BC Bid website.

The Shared Living Resource Guide: A Toolkit of Ideas to Support Good Lives in Community is the result of a collaborative initiative between Community Living BC and the CEO Network of BC. The guide reflects three years of research, conversation, and collaboration between the many people involved with the delivery of shared living services within this province. The guide is an invaluable resource for agencies currently delivering shared living services and for those that are considering seeking to become qualified to deliver this service.

Home sharing agencies have found the following resources to be useful:

• Determining Employee vs Contractor
• CRA Bulletin

The new Standards for the Coordination of Home Sharing have been added to the Service Terms and Conditions for Contracts Between Community Living British Columbia and Service Providers (available here and in the tab below) and are effective as of May 1, 2022.

The new standards and policy can be found below, along with resources to support agencies with their learning and to support compliance:

• Standards for the Coordination of Home Sharing
• Standards for the Coordination of Home Sharing Policy
• Q&A for Service Providers
• Optional Self Assessment tool (this link will download the Word document to your computer)

CLBC has developed new contract documents that will replace the existing Client Service Agreement (CSA) and Component Services Schedule (CSS). The new contract documents are comprised of three key elements that together make up the complete agreement between CLBC and service providers:

• Contract: defining the services being acquired and their payment
• Terms and Conditions: defining the relationship between CLBC and the service provider and each party’s contractual obligations
• Schedules to Terms and Conditions: a component of the Terms and Conditions primarily governing quality and reporting requirements.

The Terms and Conditions and the Schedules to the Terms and Conditions have been standardized and will not vary from contract to contract.

The Service terms and conditions, effective May 1, 2022, are as follows:

• Service – Terms and Conditions
  • Addendum – Deferred implementation of privacy training requirements
  • Addendum – Deferred implementation of Section 5.4

The Home Sharing terms and conditions, effective January 1, 2019, are as follows:

• Home Sharing – Terms and Conditions
  • Addendum – Deferred implementation of privacy training requirements
  • Addendum – Deferred implementation of Section 5.4

This guide and recommended policy provide guidance for service providers committed to supporting individuals with developmental disabilities and complex care needs.

Click here to read Thriving in Community – Delegating Health Care Tasks in the Community Living Sector.

Aware Share Care is a website developed by CLBC to promote awareness and provide information, resources, and tools to support the best possible health care for adults aging with developmental disabilities.

Visit AwareShareCare.ca here.

The BC CEO Network has developed training and resources specific to the coordination of home sharing, including a Home Sharing Coordinator Handbook Template.  These resources  have been developed with the assistance of a grant from the Province of B.C. and are available to all service providers regardless of membership in the BC CEO Network.

Service providers can find more information here.