Imagine Possibilities

Imagine Possibilities Inc. Operates community based activity programs to benefit children and adults experiencing developmental disabilities. These programs are operated out of the Imagine Possibilities center. These programs provide life skills training, recreation, cognitive enhancement and stimulation. Flexible therapeutic respite care is provided for adults experiencing very significant disabilities. Development and funding support is provided by a volunteer board with support from the organization's staff. Medicaid funding provides for basic care needs and staff coverage. Grants and fundraising allows for specialized therapeutic programs and services including, yoga therapy, sensory room activities, music therapy, horticulture therapy and special community outings. All programs are integrated across programs and departments allowing program and clinical staff to allocate staff resources in a flexible manner for best outcomes. This allows individuals experiencing significant challenges with medical, mobility, behavioral or communication issues to participate in community activities. Services are provided m-f from 8am to 6pm to approximately 63 individuals. Individuals attend on a schedule they select and participate in community or facility-based activities of their choice. Skills training with a focus on increasing social skills to provide increased community inclusion opportunities are offered in all program activities along with a variety of activities to encourage participants to explore their interests and promote community inclusion. Specialized medical and behavioral supports are provided to a significant percentage of our participants across all the programs. Services include significant medical and behavioral supports such as seizure care, administering catheters and providing 1x1 supports for behavioral challenges. Some participants also require special diets, support with feeding tubes and seizure care. The program provides support when schools are not open for a few individuals under 21 who still attend special education classes. The program is currently organized into small cohorts of 2-5 staff and 5-10 participants. We also provide our participants with community volunteer activities. The main volunteer site is a local housing support non-profit. Work activities included sorting, packing and cleaning a retail space. A rotating group of up to five individuals participated in this program during the fiscal year. For other participants recreational opportunities included trips to the Oregon coast, the tulip festival, the columbia gorge and the Oregon museum of science and industry. Individuals received support to experience community integration and recreation. Social work program: the Imagine Possibilities center has an innovative social work program that provides counseling and mental health supports to our participants through internship arrangements with social work graduate programs at various university programs including pacific university school of social work and fordham university school of social work. This program is funded out of fundraising funds with modest overhead in the form of a part time social work supervisor and extensive planning and support by the executive director. Impact of covid-19 on program services: during this fiscal year the agency moved past most lingering effects of the covid-19 pandemic as government restrictions on the numbers of participants who could attend the program were gradually lifted.