An adult who is overwhelmed by group living
Sensory environments, multiple housemates, and shifting staff are too much. A single household with a single primary caregiver is calmer.
Service · Host Home
A private family home, with one resident and one Professional Parent.
A Host Home placement is the right fit when a group setting feels like too much, but living independently feels like too little. The resident lives with a trained, screened, and supported Professional Parent in their family home. The relationship is long-term by design.
What it looks like
A small, sustained relationship.
The resident has a private bedroom in the Professional Parent's home and shares the rest of the household. Meals together. Family rhythms. Pets if there are pets. School pickup if there are school-age children. The Professional Parent is paid through Aspen as a contractor under the Community Supports Waiver. We screen, train, support, supervise, and back them up.
Aspen does not place a resident with a Professional Parent until the matching process has confirmed both sides want it. Matching is slow on purpose. A bad match here is much worse than a slow process.
Who it is for
When Host Home is the right answer.
An adult who needs deep continuity
Frequent staff changes are particularly hard for some people. Host Home is the placement type with the most continuity by design.
An adult transitioning from a family home
The first move out of a parent's home can be easier into another family home than into a group setting. We support that transition explicitly.
How funding works
Host Home is funded through the Utah Community Supports Waiver. The waiver pays the Professional Parent (through Aspen) and covers Aspen's oversight and clinical supports. Families pay nothing additional for waiver-covered services. Where the waiver is not in place, we will tell you what private-pay would look like before any agreement.
For Professional Parents
Interested in becoming a Professional Parent?
We screen, train, pay, and support our Professional Parents. If you are open to opening your home in this way, we would like to hear from you.
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