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Causes: Health, Health Support
Mission: To provide services for people with development disabilties.
Programs: Community habilitation: hourly community habilitation services are habilitation services that are provided to individuals who do not reside in a residence which is certified or operated by opwdd. Supports include adaptive skill development, assistance with activities of daily living (hands-on), community inclusion and relationship building, training and support for independence in travel, transportation, adult educational supports, development of social skills, leisure skills, self-advocacy and informed choice skills, and appropriate behavior development to help the individual access their community.
day habilitation: a daytime program that furthers consumers' individual goals of improving living skills, integrating into local communities and raising quality of life by providing all available resources necessary
respite: provides relief to families for children with developmental disabilities, take the children out for several hours, babysit at home, recreational activities, and full-day respite program for sundays, legal holidays, and school breaks.
other programs provided other services to the developmentally disabled population.