Essential Living Support, LLC provides Community Support Services in Cheyenne for eligible adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the Wyoming DD Waiver. Community Support Services (CSS) help participants practice skills, build relationships, and take part in community life according to goals authorized in the Individualized Plan of Care (IPC).
CSS is structured around the participant’s choices and goals. Support is delivered in varied community settings separate from the participant’s residence and is intended to strengthen independence, participation, and connection.
What Community Support Services Provide
- Skill development: practicing authorized self-help, social, adaptive, communication, and independence skills in real situations
- Community participation: accessing local resources, events, activities, and other settings that reflect the participant’s interests and goals
- Relationships: developing and maintaining social connections, community networks, and communication skills
- Adult learning: supporting educational pursuits when they are part of the authorized plan
- Choice and confidence: helping the participant make decisions, navigate community routines, and build on previously learned skills
Activities are selected for a purpose identified in the IPC. CSS is not simply transportation or unstructured time in the community.
How CSS Supports Community Participation
Community Support Services use everyday community experiences as opportunities to practice and maintain skills. A participant might work on communicating preferences during an activity, planning a purchase, following a community schedule, building social confidence, or learning to use a local resource.
Because CSS is a habilitation service, support connects to authorized objectives and progress documentation. ELS coordinates service delivery with the participant’s plan and shares required information with the participant, legally authorized representative, and case manager.
Where Community Support Services Happen
CSS is scheduled outside the participant’s residence and provided across a variety of community settings. The setting and activity should fit the participant’s preferences, assessed needs, goals, and approved IPC.
Transportation may occur as part of CSS when it supports the authorized activity. It is not presented as a separate transportation service.
How CSS Differs From Related Services
Community Living Services focus on residential and daily-living support connected to where a participant lives. CSS is non-residential and focuses on community access, relationships, adult learning when authorized, and skill development in community settings.
Adult Day Services provide meaningful daytime support for adults and are not a habilitation service. Companion Services have a different role centered on supervision, socialization, and assistance. The case manager and planning team determine which authorized service best matches the participant’s needs and goals.
Who May Benefit
CSS may fit an eligible adult Wyoming DD Waiver participant who needs structured support to access community life, maintain relationships, or acquire, retain, or improve authorized skills. It may also help participants who benefit from practicing skills in the places where they will use them.
Eligibility and authorization are determined through the Wyoming DD Waiver planning process. ELS reviews referrals for service fit, schedule, and capacity.
Coordination With Case Managers and Guardians
ELS works with participants, guardians, case managers, families, and legally authorized representatives so Community Support Services follow the IPC, authorized objectives, participant preferences, schedule, and documentation expectations. When goals or needs change, ELS communicates with the appropriate team members and follows the approved planning process.
Why Essential Living Support
ELS is a Cheyenne-based Wyoming DD Waiver provider focused on person-centered support for adults with I/DD. We connect community activities to the participant’s goals, provide consistent documentation, and coordinate with the support team so CSS remains practical, accountable, and meaningful.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who provides Community Support Services in Cheyenne, Wyoming?
Essential Living Support, LLC is a Wyoming DD Waiver provider in Cheyenne offering Community Support Services for eligible adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Services are delivered according to each participant’s approved IPC and authorized goals.
What are Community Support Services under the Wyoming DD Waiver?
Community Support Services are a habilitation service that helps participants acquire, retain, or improve self-help, socialization, and adaptive skills. CSS is furnished according to the IPC in varied community settings separate from the residence, supporting participation, relationships, skill development, independence, and choice.
Who can receive Community Support Services?
Wyoming DD Waiver participants age 18 or older may receive CSS when the service is determined appropriate and authorized in the approved IPC. The case manager and planning team address assessed need, goals, service level, budget, and program limits. ELS does not determine eligibility or guarantee authorization.
Is transportation a separate CSS service?
No. Transportation may be included as a component when it supports an authorized community activity, but CSS is centered on the participant’s goals and participation.
How is progress coordinated?
ELS documents support tied to authorized objectives and coordinates required updates with the participant, legally authorized representative, and case manager.
Talk With ELS About Community Support Services
Case managers, guardians, and families can contact Essential Living Support or call 307-369-1030 to discuss participant fit, current authorization, goals, scheduling, and provider capacity.