Family Living Program

Founded in the 1982 as a pilot project in Berks County, lifesharing has become a major form of residential support for people who want to have that support provided by people with whom they live and share their lives.

Lifesharing means living with and sharing life’s experiences with supportive persons who form a caring household. Lifesharing is recognizable as being both a close personal relationship and a place to live. People who receive support in lifesharing include both children and adults with a wide array of needs and challenges. Lifesharing offers an alternative to traditional residential living such an Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICFs/MR) and community homes.

For more information contact Deb Fisher, Family Support Specialist, at 717-248-6261 ext. 3 or email Deb at dfisher@mjsnc.org.