Community-Based Supported Housing is intended for all people with intellectual disabilities who need support in order to live in the community (deinstitutionalized people and people whose institutionalization needs to be prevented).
The program of community based supported housing has been implemented in rented apartments or in the apartments owned by the people supported. One to five people share an apartment in accordance with the choice of the person and the degree of needed support. The support is provided to every person in all important aspects of his/her life (housing, work, leisure time…) and API encourages people to use resources and services offered in the local community (health care, cultural, recreational, sports and religious activities).
API provides the service of the community based supported housing in accordance with the principles of Person Centered Approach and Active Support.
Through the service of the community based supported housing API provides support in housing for almost 200 people with intellectual disabilities in six Croatian towns (Zagreb, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Bjelovar, Grubišno Polje and Šibenik).
All people supported are being referred to the community based housing program on the basis of the decision of the competent Centre for Social Welfare and the responsible Ministry of Health and Social Welfare covers the costs through contracts with API.
To find out more about this service, please contact the service managers in the towns closest to you.
- Bjelovar and Grubišno Polje – Blaženka Šarić Kocur, MA in Educational therapy, phone: +385 43 22 14 11
- Osijek – Vlasta Škorak, MA in Social work, phone: +385 31 37 24 54
- Slavonski Brod – Milka Žarić, MA in Social pedagogy, phone: +385 35 25 50 52
- Šibenik – Marija Alfirev, PhD in Educational therapy, phone: +385 22 31 08 67
- Zagreb – Martina Klisović, MA in Social work, phone: +385 1 37 58 935