Mission: Opengate is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, including those who are behaviorally challenged, to develop and express their unique potential. Opengate, through its residential and day services, assists individuals in making informed choices that enhance their lives through person centered planning, therapeutic and specialized clinical services, and individualized programming.
Programs: Intermediate care facility (icf): provides housing and day services to 34 individuals , with a focus on assisting those that are dually diagnosed. Opengate employes a person centered approach utilizing personal outcome measures for all individuals in our residential care. Opengate provides active treatment programming and clinical services to individuals in this program and works to ameliorate behavioral challenges.
individualized residential alternatives (ira): ira programs provide residential services to 66 adults with idd. These homes provide enriching opportunities for growth through the person centered planning process. Valued outcomes are developed for each individual and residential habilitation outcomes assist individuals with meeting their goals.
day habilitation (day hab): opengate operates a large day habilitation program that offers both site-based services and services in the community referred to as our day hab "wow" program (without walls). Individuals enrolled in this program focus on their valued outcomes and enjoy many enriching activities within the community. Activities include volunteer opportunities focused on acquiring job skills, recreational activities such as bowling, movies, miracle league baseball, visits to the microsoft store for x-box games as well as site-based recreational and learning activities.
I've had the pleasure of getting to know Opengate through working with the organization and as a member of its local community. I am impressed with how much everyone who works at Opengate, from direct service professionals to the CEO, truly cares about the individuals served. They do fantastic work fulfilling their mission.