HomeLife 21 exists to ensure that adults with profound autism and intellectual disabilities have access to a loving, supportive, choice-based home that preserves dignity, joy, and community connection throughout adulthood, and to gain life skills through meaningful participation in daily life and shared interests.
We believe that everyone deserves a place where:
They are known and valued
They are supported, not institutionalized
They build life with choice, belonging, and relational stability
Our work is purposeful, disciplined, and rooted in lived experience.
Where We Are Now: A Threshold Moment
We are in a moment of capital readiness formation: preparing the infrastructure, relationships, and resources needed to make this mission fully operational in a choice-based residential setting.
The first 100 people who supported HomeLife 21 became our Legacy Seed Supporters.
They believed early, when this vision was still taking root.
Now, we're entering a new phase.
A real property opportunity is emerging.
Our Advisory Board is taking shape.
Our partnership with Top Care Support is underway. And we're preparing to take the next steps toward making our first home a reality.
This quiet phase matters because it sets the tone for the sustainability, credibility, and long-term success of this home that will touch so many lives.
How YOU can help us advance this mission now
Focus areas where your generosity and engagement make a difference at this stage. Your contribution could be a connection you can make, resources you know of, or financial support.
ALL of these matter and help us get closer to opening the doors.
Connect Us to Land, Municipal Leaders, or other potential Community Partners
If you know property opportunities or public officials in Monmouth or Ocean County who can help guide due diligence, introductions make all the difference.
→ Send leads (5-10 acres in semi-rural areas) or introductions to info@homelife21.org
→ Share this ask with local landowners and community leaders.
Help Us Build Alliances
We are thoughtful community partners, building strategic networks with organizations, business leaders, and advocates aligned with this work.
→ Know someone who cares about disability housing, community care, or autism services?
→ Help us make the introduction or invite them to meet with us.
Help Us Build Our Reach
Could you help more people learn about HomeLife 21 and the need we're working to address?
→ Share our mission, information, and posts, with your network
→ Host a get together with like minded friends or invite us to speak to your group
Make a Financial Contribution
Of course, financial support is needed. Your early gift or recurring donation helps us do the things only money can. Buy property, furnishings, make safety improvements, etc.
→ Give a founding gift - of any amount - and join our email list right now.
At HomeLife 21, our mission is to establish a model of residential life in New Jersey that sets a new standard for dignity, stability, and deeply supported independence for adults with profound autism.
Our adult children deserve more than placement. They deserve a peaceful, loving home where meaningful independence is nurtured with the right level of professional support, and where belonging is not an afterthought but a firm foundation.
