Home & tenancy
Finding, moving, furnishing, organizing, and maintaining a home when these activities are part of the authorized plan.
SLS · RCEB
Supported Living Services for a home directed by the person.
Broader individualized support for an adult directing life in a home they own, lease, or rent, with support adapting as needs and circumstances change.
ServiceSLSRegional CenterRCEBDesigned aroundHome stays personalFirst stepAsk about fit
Availability and next steps are confirmed through a conversation with RILC and the planning team.
The question behind SLS
What support does the person need to direct life in a home they own, lease, or rent?
California SLS is organized around an adult living in a home they choose and control, not around a provider-owned residence. Through the IPP, supports may address home life, daily routines, attendants, safety, relationships, financial affairs, and community participation while preserving meaningful choice.
Your home, your direction
Support is organized around the person’s home, not the other way around.
The statewide SLS model connects authorized supports to a personally controlled home, ordinary community life, and the person’s changing priorities.
Person-directedHome life
Daily routines & support
Meals, household routines, personal assistance, planning, safety preparation, and other individualized daily supports.
Attendants & team
Participation in selecting, communicating with, orienting, and coordinating the people who provide authorized support.
Community & relationships
Transportation, appointments, recreation, relationships, natural supports, and meaningful community membership.
Areas of daily life
Support follows the life, not a fixed program routine.
These examples show how support can connect with everyday life. Each person’s plan is individual.
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Finding & maintaining a home
Possible assistance with searching, moving, furnishings, tenancy routines, and understanding household responsibilities.
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Daily living & emergencies
Support with meals, cleaning, organization, routines, emergency preparation, and responses described in individual plans.
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Attendants & support teams
Participation in identifying, communicating with, and helping orient the people who provide authorized support.
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Money & household affairs
Budgeting support, shopping, bill awareness, household planning, and use of available generic resources.
A useful fit conversation
Start with purpose, rights, and the person’s real situation.
These signals can help organize a discussion with the Regional Center planning team. They do not determine eligibility or authorization.
The person directs home life
The adult lives or plans to live in a home they own, lease, or rent and wants meaningful control over daily life.
Support spans real routines
Needs may connect across home, community, relationships, attendants, safety, and personal responsibilities.
Choice must remain active
The person’s preferences about home, housemates, staff, schedule, routines, and community life guide planning.
Support may need to adapt
The type and intensity of authorized support can be reviewed as needs and circumstances change.
Regional Center pathway
RCEB service pathway
RCEB coordinates services in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Its published SLS procedure describes a person-centered sequence that can include provider referral, mutual-fit discussion, an authorized assessment, proposed supports and schedule, planning-team review, and RCEB authorization.
Ask RILC aboutAsk about a specific city in Alameda or Contra Costa County. RILC provider status, operational coverage, geographic fit, staffing readiness, and current availability are confirmed separately.
Explore Regional Center areas Information for Service Coordinators
Service code: 896
Regional Center: Regional Center of the East Bay
Official jurisdiction: Alameda, Contra Costa
Frequently asked questions
Understand the pathway before sharing details.
Where does a person live while receiving SLS?
SLS is for an adult living in a home they own, lease, or rent. State rules distinguish this from the residence of a parent or conservator and from a provider-controlled residential facility.
Does RILC provide or pay for housing?
No. SLS may support housing-related tasks when authorized, but rent, mortgage, utilities, food, and ordinary household expenses generally remain the individual’s responsibility.
Does SLS provide jobs or job coaching?
No. RILC does not offer Supported Employment through SLS. It does not provide jobs, job development, placement, job coaching, vocational assessment, worksite training, supervision, or employment retention. If employment is an IPP goal, any RILC involvement is limited to non-vocational daily-life support or coordination expressly included in the authorized plan; Supported Employment requires separate authorization and an appropriate provider.
Can SLS include transportation support?
Authorized support may include route planning, learning to use community transportation, or accessing ordinary transportation resources. This website does not promise staff transportation. Any staff-provided ride must be within RILC’s authorized service design and the person’s written plan and must meet driver, vehicle, insurance, consent, and safety requirements.
What medication or health support is within scope?
When expressly included in the written plan and within staff training, nonclinical support may include reminders, helping the person use their own calendar or routine, observation, documentation, appointment preparation, self-advocacy, and communication with licensed professionals. RILC does not prescribe, change dosage, independently administer medication, provide skilled nursing, or make clinical decisions.
Can SLS include emergency or backup assistance?
Yes, when individualized emergency preparation, backup planning, or direct assistance is included in the authorized plan and within RILC’s service design. SLS does not replace 911, EMS, mobile-crisis services, emergency departments, or clinical emergency care.
A careful next step
Ask about SLS · RCEB without sending private records.
Start with your role, the service, a city or county, and a general question.
Continue With SLS · RCEB Email a General QuestionDo not attach IPP documents, diagnoses, UCI numbers, medical records, addresses, or identifying files.