Program areas at Child and Family Support Services
Community habilitation is a program that provides one-to-one training to persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities to develop or enhance the skills needed to live more independently in their homes or in the community. Participants typically target skill building goals, including activities of daily living, travel training, money management, community involvement, personal safety, and socialization skills. This program is available to individuals across the lifespan, ages 3 and up. Since the beginning of the fiscal year, the agency has been able to provide such Services to at least 54 individuals.
Respite is an "indirect" service that provides relief to individuals who are responsible for the primary care and Support of an individual with a developmental disability. This was provided to at least 27 families this fiscal year.
Day habilitation is group-based program available to adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities who have graduated from high school, but who are not working. The goal of this person-centered service is to foster skills needed to live more independently in the community. Participants typically target skill building goals, such as travel training, money management, communication skills, safety in the community, community involvement, and some activities of daily living. This service was provided to over 13 individuals this fiscal year.
Our agency continued to offer the community prevocational program,which assists individuals in developing job skills and the semp program, which helps individuals obtain and retain paid jobs in the community. Speech Services were also provided to pre-school and school aged children.