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Life Sharing

Life Sharing

Life Sharing provides people with the opportunity to grow, learn, and pursue their goals in a family environment. Families or individual people invite a person with a disability to join their family, providing the person with a home, the opportunity to live more independently and participate meaningfully in family and community life.

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How to Become a Life Sharing Provider

Contact us to learn more about Life Sharing and how to apply to become a provider. You can call us at one of the phone numbers below and ask for the Life Sharing Director for that region in Pennsylvania or submit the online form.

  • Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, Carbon Counties: 610-435-1561
  • Lancaster, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester Counties: 717-581-8229
  • Northumberland, Montour, Snyder, Columbia, Center, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Blair, Juniata Counties: 570-286-1757
  • Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties: 570-829-3671
  • Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, Franklin, Fulton, York, Lebanon, Adams Counties: 717-541-8322
Life Sharing

How to Become a Life Sharing Provider

Contact us to learn more about Life Sharing and how to apply to become a provider. You can call us at one of the phone numbers below and ask for the Life Sharing Director for that region in Pennsylvania or submit the online form.

  • Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, Carbon Counties: 610-435-1561
  • Lancaster, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester Counties: 717-581-8229
  • Northumberland, Montour, Snyder, Columbia, Center, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Blair, Juniata Counties: 570-286-1757
  • Wyoming, Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties: 570-829-3671
  • Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, Franklin, Fulton, York, Lebanon, Adams Counties: 717-541-8322
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Who can become a Life Sharing provider?

Life Sharing providers can be an unrelated family member or individual, or a member of the person’s biological family. Once you become a provider, you will be actively involved in the person’s life, responsible for providing support based on the person’s person-directed support plan.

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Why become a Life Sharing provider?

Being a Life Sharing provider provides the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and help them grow to be the best person he or she can be. Life Sharing providers are paid a daily stipend for their support and respite breaks are provided. “I became a Life Sharing Provider to make a difference in someone’s life. What I didn’t expect was how much they would add to my life!” – Ann Scott

Life Sharing

Why become a Life Sharing provider?

Being a Life Sharing provider provides the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and help them grow to be the best person he or she can be. Life Sharing providers are paid a daily stipend for their support and respite breaks are provided. “I became a Life Sharing Provider to make a difference in someone’s life. What I didn’t expect was how much they would add to my life!” – Ann Scott

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What does a Life Sharing provider do?

Life Sharing providers are actively involved in the person’s life. You would offer assistance, support, and guidance in:

  • Home management
  • Personal and financial resources management
  • Communication
  • Mobility and transportation
  • Relationship development
  • Personal adjustment
  • Being an active community member and having valued social roles
  • Working
  • Using community resources
  • Decision making
  • Health maintenance
  • Self-care

In other words, Life Sharing providers help people live an everyday life.

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Where can Life Sharing be provided?

You can provide Life Sharing in your own home and invite the person to live with you or the person may invite you to move into their home.

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Where can Life Sharing be provided?

You can provide Life Sharing in your own home and invite the person to live with you or the person may invite you to move into their home.

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Eligibility Requirements

To become a Life Sharing provider, you must:

  • Have a desire to share your life with someone
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Pass a background check
  • Have a physical for each person living in the home
  • Have a home that is able to meet licensing safety standards, such as having working smoke detectors and fire extinguishers.
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