This is associated with Appropriation ID #3460050000.

Flexible Family Funding is used to offer support to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to enhance their ability to live together. The maximum payment is $1,000. The funds are used for services or supports that benefit the individual and/or family and may include respite, assistive technology, individual and household needs and/or recreational services. These income-based funds, determined by a sliding scale, are used at the discretion of the family.

To be eligible for Flexible Family Funding (FFF), a recipient must be a person with an developmental disability who lives with his/her family.

Family members are defined as unpaid biological or adoptive parents, step-parents, adult siblings, grandparents, aunts/uncles, nieces/nephews and legal guardians.

Exclusions - The following individuals are not eligible for FFF:

• Individuals who receive home and community-based services.
• Individuals who live independently or with their spouse or partner.
• Applicants whose income exceeds the upper limit of the sliding scale.

Individuals who recieve Flexible Family Funding report on the outcomes they and their family anticipate achieving through their use of the funding. Anticipated outcomes may address health and safety, improve quality of life by addressing accessibility and accommodation needs, avert crises, increase communication, increase independent living skills, enhance family stability and maintain housing stability.