Supported Living/Assisted Living

Supported Living services are provided in a variety of community settings for up to 24 hours per day. Assisted Living services are provided for those individuals who need less than 24 hour support.

These services are intended to provide the support needed to live a satisfying life in the community and may include assistance with money management, meal planning and preparation, health monitoring and maintenance, personal care, household care, planning and participation in recreation and leisure activities, medication administration and/or assistance and nursing support, and developing effective self-advocacy skills.

Individuals may receive these services in their family home or in their own home. In all environments, these services focus on increasing, maintaining, or promoting independent functioning, social and relationship skill development, and full participation in the community.

A 24-hour on-call system provides emergency backup support for all individuals receiving Supported or Assisted Living services in order to assure the health safety of the individual.

These services are designed around each individual's unique needs and desires and promote the individual's capacity to live independently and as a full member of the community.

Who is Eligible?

To receive services, the individual must:

Have mental retardation or a specified related condition and a developmental disability that began before age twenty-two
Need a combination of special, interdisciplinary services that are life long or of an extended duration and are individually planned
Meet New Mexico Medicaid financial and medical criteria for care and be allocated for services by the Long Term Services Division of the Department of Health
Be a resident of New Mexico

For more information, call:

Las Cruces:
1-888-820-5750
1-505-528-5200

Socorro/Truth or Consequences:
1-888-367-9758
1-505-835-0204