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Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Guided by self-advocacy, independence residences inc. Offers each person with intellectual disabilities individualized supports to live, work, participate in their community, and maintain healthy lives to turn dreams into reality.
Programs: Residential programs - provide individuals who are in need of residential placement into group homes. The group homes are designed to help individuals learn daily living skills, personal hygiene, food preparation, and household chores in a supervised warm homelike environment with the ultimate goal of independent living. Group homes offer 24 hour supervision based on the level of need, 7 days a week. 150 individuals were served.
day habilitation and community habilitation - provide services which enhances community integration, academic learning, and socialization skills as well as provides habilitation services and support for individuals, and assistance/relief for caregivers/parents. 261 individuals were served this year.
home and community-based services - provide habilitation at-home services to help individuals care for themselves while living in their own homes.