Hi Hope Service Center

Hi-Hope's residential program provides 24 hour/day, 7 days/week supervision, supports and habilitative services to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities. Hi-Hope provides services in 5 homes located in residential areas of gwinnett county. Through Hi-Hope staff, residents are supported in living healthy, safe, productive and meaningful lives in the communities of their choosing. Relationships with family and friends as well as the strengthening and developmental of social networks through volunteerism, artistic expression and meaningful community engagement is a focus of the program. During the last year, Hi-Hope supported 20 adults in this program.

Hi-Hope's community employment program prepares students and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to enter the workforce and successfully maintain their employment. Through our pre-employment transition services program, we prepare high school students with disabilities to enter the workforce upon graduation and expand employment education in areas that lack programs. Once adults are ready to actively seek employment, we use a "discovery" process to assist individuals with identifying interests and strengths. During the "job placement" phase we assist individuals with job applications, interview preparation and orientation training. When a person is ready to advance their career, seek a new career, or start their own business, Hi-Hope provides them with the training needed to re-enter the job market. We strengthen communities by increasing the diversity of the workforce, reducing unemployment and poverty, and helping people with disabilities live a rich and fulfilling life.

Community access services are provided for adults with developmental/intellectual disabilities, through a structured framework of daily activities. Individuals are supported to learn new skills, create and maintain relationships with both disabled and non-disabled peers and live safe and healthy lives. Operating 5 days each week for 6 hours each day, the focus of Hi-Hope's group and individual community access services is "e3- express, explore, engage." In this way, all participants are encouraged to express their individuality and emotions, provided opportunities to explore new places, people and things and engage with the world around them in a way that is meaningful to them. During the most recent fiscal year, Hi-Hope supported approximately 150 adults in this program, providing services needed for safety and connecting program participants to their communities in meaningful ways.