Shared Living: Opening Your Home & Your Heart to Someone With Developmental Disabilities

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Share your home and make a difference. HMEA is looking for kind, committed, and compassionate people in Taunton, Attleboro, Fall River and Greater New Bedford.

A Shared Living Provider is someone who opens their home and provides daily support and companionship to an adult with a developmental disability. Share your home and make a difference.
A Provider is a teacher, mentor and friend, helping the person to live a meaningful life at home and in the community.

In exchange for your support and companionship, you will receive a generous tax free stipend, excellent guidance and on-going training.

Qualifications include: a home, with an available bedroom, that is accessible to meet the needs of an individual, and Providers must have a valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle.
CPR & First Aid certification are required, and will be provided. Applicants must complete a CORI.

For further information email SharedLivingServices@HMEA.org

Note: this is not for employment with HMEA but an independent subcontractor position supported by HMEA.

Need more information? Contact:
Mariano Gonzalez, Director of Shared Living, at mgonzalez@hmea.org

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