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- EIN 36-2652532
- (630) 593-5500
- 1s450 Wyatt Drive Geneva IL 60134 USA
- www.marklund.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Group Homes, Human Services
Mission: The mission of marklund is to make, everyday life possible for individuals with profound disabilities. Over the years, marklund has gained the trust of more than 1800 families for meeting the residential, therapeutic, vocational and educational needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities and those on the autism spectrum. It continues to be a premier provider of these services in the chicagoland area.
Programs: Marklund's residential program currently serves the most medically and developmentally frail children and adults. Residents include 96 at the geneva campus, 57 at the wasmond center in elgin and 21 at the marklund philip center in bloomingdale. The 174 residents enjoy appropriately designed programming, outings, pre-vocational and therapeutic activities tailored to their individual needs and provided by qualified professional.
marklund offers both full and part-time day programming for community clients of all ages. Marklund is committed to providing individualized educational and pre-vocational programming for both marklund residents and community students ages 3 and older. The marklund day school is a non-public, special education facility serves students on the autism spectrum, pdd-nos and those with profound developmental disabilities. Staffing ratios are designed with the need of the student in mind. The marklund developmental training program provides pre-vocational services to adult clients and offers age appropriate therapies, outings and volunteer activities.