Shared Living Arrangements (SLAs)
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Shared Living Arrangement (SLA) also referred to as Structured Living Arrangements
A Shared Living Arrangement (SLA) is a separately contained living unit in which two or more appropriately matched clients live cooperatively together in a household of their choosing (in a jurisdiction that allows more than one registered sex offender to live at the same address) while in treatment for the purpose of increased public and community safety, increased accountability, intensive containment, and more consistent treatment interventions provided by treatment providers.
A client’s community supervision team will authorize and approve the residence location and room mate assignments, but clients are fully responsible for all financial obligations within and for the household.
Placements are reserved for higher risk individual's or individual's requiring removal from their current environment with the goal of facilitating and maximizing their opportunity to succeed under the terms of their community supervision. Length of placement in an SLA is determined based on an individual's risk factors, treatment needs, supervision level, compliance with supervision and treatment conditions, and treatment progress. Additional to a higher level of containment and accountability, clients in an SLA receive more intensive treatment services. SLAs are monitored on a regular basis by treatment professionals.
Colorado Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living Arrangements for Location of Sex Offenders in the Community (2004)
Shared Living Arrangement (SLA) also referred to as Structured Living Arrangements
A Shared Living Arrangement (SLA) is a separately contained living unit in which two or more appropriately matched clients live cooperatively together in a household of their choosing (in a jurisdiction that allows more than one registered sex offender to live at the same address) while in treatment for the purpose of increased public and community safety, increased accountability, intensive containment, and more consistent treatment interventions provided by treatment providers.
A client’s community supervision team will authorize and approve the residence location and room mate assignments, but clients are fully responsible for all financial obligations within and for the household.
Placements are reserved for higher risk individual's or individual's requiring removal from their current environment with the goal of facilitating and maximizing their opportunity to succeed under the terms of their community supervision. Length of placement in an SLA is determined based on an individual's risk factors, treatment needs, supervision level, compliance with supervision and treatment conditions, and treatment progress. Additional to a higher level of containment and accountability, clients in an SLA receive more intensive treatment services. SLAs are monitored on a regular basis by treatment professionals.
Colorado Report on Safety Issues Raised by Living Arrangements for Location of Sex Offenders in the Community (2004)