CLO offers residential services in small Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR). These services are generally more specialized for individuals who have a greater need for ongoing nursing and medical care, and/or assistance with self-care and activities of daily living. Individuals served within the ICF/MR homes include individuals with medical needs such as diabetes, feeding tubes, severe seizure disorders, specialized diets, etc. Our ICF/MR program can also offer support to individuals with behavioral challenges.

CLO’s ICF/MR homes are four to eight person living arrangements.  Some of the four person living arrangements are Family Teaching Homes. The other living arrangements are homes staffed with caregivers in shifts 24 hours per day. These living arrangements generally offer a staff to individual served ratio of 1:2 or 1:3. A Quality of Life Plan is developed for each individual, along with an individualized schedule of preferred daily activities. Clinical supports are provided to each home by CLO’s nursing staff and behavior analysts.  

CLO expects the same Quality of Life outcomes within its ICF/MR homes as within its Family Teaching and Extended Family Teaching homes. Each ICF/MR is provided teaching and oversight by a home coach and behavior specialist to achieve the expected outcomes.

"CLO was a pioneer in serving people with developmental disabilities when we were looking for services when our son, Jimmy, was 22 and no longer qualified for special education. CLO was the better choice; it was better than any of the alternatives. Jimmy moved into Mastin House when it first opened in 1989. He's lived in Lawrence since CLO expanded in 1991, and we are happy with the lifestyle he now has in a Family Teaching home. CLO is the best thing going for people like our son.”
                                                                                   -Howard and Ellen Duncan