The cornerstone of Triumph Foundation is educating people who are newly disabled. We provide resources and referrals to help equip people to achieve greater quality of life.
Triumph Ambassadors give referrals through the distribution of our Resource Handbook that provides information on where to find and receive necessary goods and services.
This online version is an extensive list of excellent products and services available to people in the disabled community. It covers many relevant topics including adapted vehicles, medical supplies, wheelchairs, housing, and support groups.
Explore these pages to locate great people and companies who care about you and enjoy serving the needs of the disability community.
Housing Assistance
Freedom To Live Foundation partners with New Start CLHF’s Independent Centers and New Start Home Health Care Inc. to provide patients a full continuum of care and rehabilitation (including alternative therapy) following acute hospitalization. Additionally and most importantly together Freedom To Live and New Start offer unique discharge options for a successful transition home. Contact Sian Welch at (818) 606-1611.
The In-Home Operations waiver is a new waiver designed to assist in supporting a participant in his/her home as an alternative to care in a licensed health care facility. Allows participant to receive up-to the same amount of care provider hours in home as they’d receive inside a facility.
http://cahsah.org/documents/153_epsdt_private_duty_brochuredhs.pdf
This is specifically designated for people who reside in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF’s), hospital, nursing or subacute care facility, or an intermediate care facility for over 90 days; have a disability, and have MediCal during the last 30 days can qualify for special housing assistance.
The Dream Center serves as a resource center focused on providing support to those affected by homelessness through free of charge residential and community outreach programs. Their Transitional Housing Program helps people in Los Angeles with temporary housing.
Assisting Residents in Locating Housing Resources for Affordable, Special Needs and Emergency Housing.
To assist LA’s tenants and landlords affected by the current COVID-19 health pandemic, the citywide Emergency Rental Assistance Subsidy Program was created by LA City Council. The program will provide a temporary rent subsidy for tenants in the City of Los Angeles who are unable to pay rent due to circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apartment Finder has the most accurate availability and pricing info to help you find the top deals, best values and true cost of your next apartment.
Search for rentals properties -apartments, condos and homes –across the United States. LiveLovely.com operates as a search engine for apartments from various sources across the webinto a single map-based search interface with photos depicting properties available.
Gentle Transitions, Inc., provides moving estate sale, charity arrangement services, packing, moving, unpacking, and resettling into a new home. It also provides boxes for moving.
Their mission is to provide accessible, affordable, assisted/supportive and independent living opportunities for persons with physical disabilities and brain injuries, as well as seniors. They provide cost-effective management of accessible, affordable housing, as well as the provision of assisted/supportive living and rehabilitation services.
There are a number of different programs in California that can help individuals with disabilities and/or seniors who receive Medi-Cal remain in their homes, or help them return home from a long-term care facility.
Assisting Residents in Locating Housing Resources for Affordable,Special Needs and Emergency Housing.
CANHR’s Nurning Home Guide is a database of +1,300 nursing homes in California. You can search by name, address, city, or county and find details on services, staffing, and violations.
The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) administers and enforces federal laws and establishes policies that make sure all Americans have equal access to the housing of their choice.
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) is the nation’s largest non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to securing and promoting Fair Housing. They have Housing Counseling, Disability Accommodations, and Community Workshops, HRC serves all of Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles, as well as Ventura County.
Section 8 Housing Assistance
portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/topics/rental_assistance/phprog
California www.hud.gov/offices/pih/pha/contacts/states/ca.cfm
Housing Choice Vouchers
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/topics/housing_choice_voucher_program_section_8
AbilityFirst is a leader in operating group residential facilities for individuals with physical and developmental disabilities in Pasadena, CA. Each facility offers spacious shared bedrooms, a community living room and kitchen, and large outdoor areas for recreational activities, as well as planned social and recreational opportunities off-site. We provide access to broader community settings and events and partner with our participants to build an independent and inclusive life.
Free Elder Care Advice from alocal professional. They will help you find the most appropriate solution, including:Independent Living, Assisted Living, Residential Board and Care Homes, Home Care, and Skilled Nursing Care.
Holliday’s Helping Hands strives to work together to build a better quality of life for disenfranchised individuals through love, faith and giving second chances. HHH begun work in cooperation with Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation in Downey to provide recuperative care for 50 people experiencing homelessness.
Housing Authority administer federally funded programs to provide monthly rental assistance to qualified tenants in privately owned rental housing. Applicants to the public housing program must be income eligible and residents must adhere to program rules.
626-262-4511
714-480-2700
714-765-4302
714-667-2200
The John Stewart Company is the largest developer and manager of supportive housing and “special needs” housing in California. These properties provide both affordable housing and specialized supportive services to a wide range of target populations, including disable
949-263-8676
Jamboree’s mission is to strengthen California’s communities by creating opportunities for lower income families, seniors and those with special needs, to access housing that is affordable, with resident services that are responsive, and programs that are essential to improving the quality of their lives.
949-724-7388
A community land trust (CLT) is an independent nonprofit organization created to oversee affordable housing and preserve it for future generations. The Irvine Community Land Trust (ICLT) was created by the City of Irvine to provide secure, high-quality affordable housing.
949-229-7070
Bridge housing is a nonprofit created to strengthen communities and improve the lives of its residents, beginning with affordable housing.
310-820-4888
Thomas Safan & Associates develops luxury, affordable housing, and mixed-use rental housing in Southern California.
714-288-7600
C & C Development is a full-service Real Estate Development Company that has demonstrated its ability to assist Cities in achieving their affordable housing production goals.
650-549-1600
Anton has been a leading vertically integrated real estate group that has a commitment to providing sustainable affordable housing in California.
Like most of our government run programs; they exist but nobody really knows about them.
The Los Angeles County Tax Assessor website has the following information and forms online.
This may apply to almost any county—contact your county tax assessor’s office and ask them about any tax incentive and exclusion programs for the disabled.
Certificate of Disability Certificate of Disability: BOE-62-A, OWN-107
This form must be filled out by a doctor—it is required for all disabled exemptions.
Disabled Person’s Claim for Exclusion of New Construction: BOE-63, OWN-108
Any new construction done because of access requirements are not assessed as added value.
Disabled Person’s Claim for Transfer of Base Year Value to Replacement Dwelling (Proposition 110): BOE-62, OWN-112. Basically; when a home is sold because of non-accessibility issues and another home is bought for accessibility; you may be entitled to having the newer home’s tax assessed at the older homes tax rate—the lessor tax rate.
Congregate Living Health Facilities (CLHFs) are defined as a residential home with a capacity of no more than six beds, which provides inpatient care, including the following basic services: medical supervision, 24-hour skilled nursing and supportive care, pharmacy, dietary needs, social and recreational activities. The primary need of CLHF residents shall be for the availability of skilled nursing care on a recurring, intermittent, extended, or continuous basis. The care is generally less intense than that provided in general acute care hospitals but more intense than that provided in skilled nursing facilities. Our Congregate living health facilities provide one of the following services:
Services to persons who are mentally alert, physically disabled, who may be ventilator dependent
Services for persons who are catastrophically and severely disabled. A catastrophically and severely disabled person means a person whose origin of disability was acquired through trauma or non-degenerative neurologic illness, for whom it has been determined that active rehabilitation would be beneficial and for whom these services would be provided.
Services offered by a CLHF to a catastrophically disabled person shall include, but not be limited to, speech, physical, and occupational therapy
Their Congregate Living Health Facilities (CLHFs) are located in residential areas. Each CLHF home capacity is no more than six beds. This helps them provide inpatient care and basic services. Their basic services include the following: 24-hour skilled nursing and supportive care, medical supervision, social and recreational activities, pharmacy, and dietary needs. The primary goal of CLHF residential homes is providing availability of skilled nursing care on a recurring, intermittent, extended, or continuous basis. Client care is generally less intense than general acute hospital care but more intense than in skilled nursing facilities. Their Services are for persons who are mentally alert, physically disabled, and who may be ventilator dependent.
New Start CLHFs is committed to opening the doors of community to people with disabilities who might otherwise live their lives confined to institutions. New Start CLHFs provides a continuum of care from hospital to home for the cognitively intact spinal cord injured (SCI) or otherwise neurologically impaired person.
