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Causes: Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Human Services
Mission: Upper valley services, inc. Provides opportunity, support, and assistance to people with developmental disabilities enabling them to safely live, work and socialize in their communities in ways which are based upon their individual needs, values, interests and choices.
Programs: Upper valley services offers community supports that enhance consumers' access to activities in the local community, promote independence, and enable participation in a broad range of experiences. Through this program, consumers develop independent living skills, establish and enhance friendships, volunteer in the community, pursue recreation and leisure activities, and get healthy through exercise and fitness programs.
upper valley services offers home and shared living supports ranging from strengthening family-based living options to offering a few scheduled hours per week in a consumer's home helping them develop life skills (such as cooking, housekeeping, and personal finance) to 24/7 contracted support in a shared living provider's home. This program focuses on ensuring the consumer's health and safety, maximizing independence, addressing individual preferences and needs, creating a supportive and inclusive home environment, and enhancing quality of life.
outpatient - provides critical psychotherapy and other clinical services to individuals with developmental disabilities in need of individual or group counseling.
other - various other services of critical importance to the developmentally disabled citizens of the connecticut valley