This is particularly appealing for those individuals who wish the participation in and support of an extended family. The Association provides the support and assistance necessary for people to establish highly individualized residential arrangements. The Association offers residential supports to individuals who wish to remain living at home with family. Typically, this support is in the form of personal assistants who provide evening and weekend supports. Adult Respite Through the family care network, we also offer respite services to those people still residing with their parents.
Service is individualized to each family so that their needs are appropriately met.
This program offers support to people, who generally reside in rented apartments or self contained suites, who require only minimal supports a few times per week. The Association presently provides a wide variety of daytime supports through contracted programs such as the Greenhouse Program, Woodshop Program, Connections Program, Individualized Services and Partners in Employment Program. The primary focus of this program is to provide day time options to adults with developmental disabilities by offering work through the propagation and growth of saleable ground cover plants. We also encourage individuals to participate in community activities and access to other community resources such as volunteer work. In addition, we offer activities such as computer training, development of personal communication systems, advocacy support and leisure activities.