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- EIN 47-0772447
- (402) 435-2800
- Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd Wilmington DE 19809-0000 USA
- www.dsnonline.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Group Homes, Human Services, Job Training, Mental Health, Residential Mental Health Treatment, Sheltered Employment
Mission: Dsn helps persons, both children and adults, with mental health issues and/or developmental disabilities gain skills, knowledge and experience to increasingly use and benefit from the resources and settings available to all citizens in our community.
Programs: Provided housing and training to developmentally impaired children and adults to gain skills and knowledge to function in their community.
many persons with intellectual disabilities have little understanding and few operational skills to successfully participate in the horticulture and agribusiness communities. While there is much information available regarding these professions little of it has been adapted for use in supporting persons with behavioral health needs and/or intellectual disabilities in community-based settings. Persons with intellectual disabilities that have the desire to participate fully in vocational occupations in the field of horticulture and agribusiness lack the practical knowledge, skills and experience necessary to successfully compete for competitive or supportive employment opportunities. Dsn's rokeby gardens horticulture therapy program delivers important therapeutic benefits while at the same time providing hands-on horticultural work training and experience from seeding through sales. Plants grown by rokeby gardens are offered for sale to local retailers and the general public not only to help offset the cost of operations but to generate improved social capital through mutually beneficial interactions.