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Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: To improve the quality of life for people with disabilities through the provision of services which enhance individuals' value, create respect, offer choices, and enable them to live & work independently.
Programs: Individualzied supported living arrangement services: this component provided support, personal care, and training services to an average of 153 people per month diagnosed as having a serious developmental disability. Isla provides all services in the community, in the persons home, and represents more intensive, comprehensive services. Services include training and support in home care, self-care, medical issues, social issues, cooking, shopping, and advocacy, etc. Services are individualized to the person and varied from several hours per week of support up to 24 hours per day of support and monitoring by trained staff.
family support services: this component provided support and assistance to families with children with disabilities residing in the family home. Services were in the form of respite care or individualized training and support for parents. Intervention varies with each family. An average of 149 families were provided services each month during the last year.
day supports: this component provides positive day activities for people with serious intellectual limitations. These activities are provided to people who do not have the capacity to work in competitive jobs and now work in structured sheltered work programs. Day supports provides positive work, social, and recreational experiences meant to provide structure, social interaction, and positive activity into the lives of participants. People participate anywhere from four to 40 hours per week in day supports programming. Services is provided throughout the community and at the cls on-site program. One hundred fifty seven people participated in this programming during the last fiscal year.
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