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- EIN 23-7286813
- (415) 503-4460
- 1242 Market Street 1st Floor San Francisco CA 94102-4810 USA
- www.cesworks.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Sdc, inc. Is committed to providing personalized services, which promote the interest and respect the choices of each individual. Resources and other supports will be identified and utilized to effectively impact on developing, expanding and enhancing real and typical work, community and living opportunities that result in a valued and satisfied community member and neighbor. Sdc, inc. Will work with and on behalf of each individual. Our goal is to assist each person to develop and implement a personal plan that enables each person to enjoy life in his/her community with dignity and respect and to actualize his/her dreams and vision of what s/he desires access his/her community communicate his/her wants and needs promote empowerment and self-advocacy develop personal competence strive for financial independence develop meaningful, reciprocal and long lasting relationships and friendshipseach individual will be active in all decision-making, supported to fully participate and experience
Programs: Social development centers, inc. Dba community employment services provided services and supports to 25 individuals with significant developmental disable and their families during the fy: 2016-2017. This included 25 individual program planning meetings with the persons "ipp" team including family, social worker and other significant persons in their lives. The outcomes for each person supported vary according to what is important to the person and what's important for the person. A sample of the types of individualized outcomes include:- job placement and on the job training and support- banking and pay reporting to ssi- travel training to various places in san francisco and san mateo co. - shopping for personal and household items- making purchases such as coffee, lunch in their home communities- recreational activities, bowling, golf, basketball, tennis, frisbee golf, soccer, etc. - advocacy training: voting class, assistance to vote, writing letters, phone calls to legislators, attendance at gg self advocacy conference- college classes, city college art and computercommunity employment services continues to be a leader on person centered thinking in the san francisco, marin and san mateo areas. Ces administration services on the pct leadership committee of golden gate regional center and ces administration and two direct support staff serve on the pct coaches committee of ggrc. Community employment services "program coordinator" is the co-chair of the golden gate self advocacy planning committee, which puts on a yearly conference for over 200 self advocates each year. Community employment services "executive director" services on the board of directors of tash and cal-tash, she also was the chair of the chapter leadership committee. Community employment services has 26 staff meeting which provided training's on a variety of topics which included: advocacy, positive behavior support, emergency preparedness, aging, person centered thinking tools, etc.