We create a supportive environment where individuals feel safe, valued, and empowered to grow with dignity, confidence, and a true sense of belonging. A place where parents can be reimbursed for caring for their adult with disabilities in their own home.
At Happy Home, we know that caring for your adult child is not just a responsibility—it is a lifelong act of love. We understand the quiet strength it takes to advocate, to comfort, to protect, and to dream bigger dreams for someone who depends on you. Founded by parents who have walked this journey themselves, Happy Home was created to stand beside families—not replace them. We believe that home is more than four walls; it is safety, dignity, belonging, and unconditional love. Our mission is to lift the weight of worry, to provide steady support in uncertain moments, and to ensure that every individual is seen, valued, and celebrated for who they are. At Happy Home, families are not alone—we grow together, we protect what matters most, and we build futures rooted in compassion and hope.
Our Offer
At Happy Home, we offer compassionate, professionally licensed oversight that allows families to keep their loved ones safely supported in the comfort of home. With personalized guidance, regulatory expertise, and ongoing support for sponsors, we make the process smooth, secure, and centered on what matters most — your family.
Our Heart
The heart of Happy Home is rooted in family — we were built by parents with a child with significant needs who understand the deep love, responsibility, and trust involved in caring for a loved one with disabilities. Everything we do is guided by compassion, integrity, and a commitment to helping families feel supported, secure, and never alone on their journey. 💛
Our Promise
At Happy Home, our promise is to walk beside you with transparency, integrity, and unwavering support every step of the way. We proudly return 85 to 90% (most agencies average 70 – 75%) of the reimbursement to our sponsors, reinforcing our commitment to partnership, fairness, and helping families thrive at home.
Our Foundation
We believe strong support begins with strong relationships. Trust, transparency, and collaboration form the base of everything we do, ensuring that care is not only compliant, but deeply meaningful. Our foundation is love in action — steady, reliable, and committed to helping each person live a life filled with purpose, respect, and opportunity.
This is not just our profession—it is our story. And it is our privilege to walk alongside other families on this journey.
We are a passionate provider agency built by parents of a child with extraordinary needs
Happy Home was born from our own journey as parents. Like so many families, we faced the questions, the fears, and the overwhelming responsibility of wanting to provide the very best life possible for our adult child with disabilities. We knew the love was there—but love alone does not answer the complex needs of adulthood, independence, safety, financial strains, and long-term stability.
We searched for something that felt right—something that honored dignity, protected choice, and kept families at the center. When we looked into agencies to help us become sponsors we were surprised to find all the area’s agencies take 25 to 35% of the reimbursement each and every month. Such a high percentage didn’t seem reasonable. So, when we couldn’t find exactly what we were looking for, we felt called to create it. Happy Home decided to open their agency to assist other families become sponsors. On average, we ask 10% of reimbursement.
Happy Home exists because we believe families should not have to choose between quality support and the comfort of home. We believe parents deserve partnership, not paperwork burdens. We believe individuals deserve to grow, thrive, and live with purpose in an environment where they are deeply known and truly valued.
What is Sponsored Residential Services?
Sponsored Residential services are a Medicaid-funded support option that allows adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live in a private home environment instead of a group home or institutional setting. The individual receives personalized care, daily living support, and supervision in a family-style home while remaining connected to their community.
At Happy Home, our model is built specifically for parents who want to continue caring for their adult child in their own home — with support. Instead of placing your loved one outside the family home, we empower parents to become the approved sponsor. Through Medicaid reimbursement, training, oversight, and professional support, we help reduce financial stress while preserving what matters most: your child’s stability, dignity, and lifelong connection to home.
Sponsored Residential is funded through Virginia Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers and is regulated by Department of Behavior Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS). Licensed Providers are tasked with ensuring sponsored residential homes follow regulations 12VAC30-122-530. Sponsored residential service.
Happy Home became a DBHDS licensed provider since 2023. Our role is to ensure that services are delivered safely, ethically, and in full compliance with state and federal regulations. Happy Home is responsible for overseeing quality of care, supporting and training sponsors, ensuring individualized person-centered plans are implemented, and monitoring health, safety, and human rights protections. We coordinate with case managers, medical professionals, and families, maintain required documentation, report incidents as mandated, and provide ongoing supervision and quality improvement. Ultimately, Happy Home serves as the accountable entity that ensures each individual receives dignified, community-based support in alignment with HCBS standards and Virginia regulations.
We work as the “go between” for the Sponsor and federal and state agencies (DBHDS) including Office of Human Rights, HCBS, Office of Licensing, and local Community Service Boards (like Region 10). The steps to become fully certified for families already caring for their children may seem redundant. These regulations were created to encompass sponsors who take in other people’s children and are there to protect the vulnerable.
Happy Home understands what it means to care deeply — not just provide services. As a licensed provider rooted in compassion and experience, we support parents and sponsors with professional oversight, guidance, and heart so their loved ones can thrive safely at home.
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