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Causes: Employment Preparation & Procurement, Job Training
Mission: Timberline's mission is to assist and enrich the lives of individuals with cognitive or physical challenges, and to support their caregivers, through specialized adult day services, education, socialization and respite care. Our vision is that all families with adults in need of daily supervision are able to manage their work, household and personal lives with planned and emergency support from a qualified organization with professional staff who care for every participant involved.
Programs: Timberline provides respite care for adults nine (9) hours per day, four (4) days per week, fifty (50) weeks per year. Timberline's target population served are adults 18 years of age and older with the following special needs and conditions: cerebral palsy(cp), developmental disabilities (dd), autism, multiple sclerosis (ms), chronic mental illness, alzheimer's or related dementia, traumatic brain injury (tbi). We currently serve 95% summit county residents and 5% park county residents. Timberline also serves out of state, seasonal, and visiting participants (summit county homeowners/families), as well as outreach to grand and lake counties. We serve approximately 200 individuals per year, including family caregivers. Timberline has served 24 families in 2017.