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Provides information and referral to people of all ages with disabilities. Can assist in many areas such as abuse and neglect, access to community services, discrimination, ADA compliance issues, education, etc. The help can include information, referral to other organizations, advocacy and legal action. Provides assistance on legal issues to attorneys and others and provides education and training on a variety of issues to consumers, families, advocates, and professionals.

Community based program designed to assist individuals to gain, maintain, and improve skills in the areas of self-care, daily living activities, social skills, and to enable the person to increase involvement in community activities. These services help individuals live in their home, participate in local community activities, use community resources such as parks, pools, and movies, and access informal supports such as service clubs, senior programs, and other community opportunities. lso have the availability to seek volunteer positions as part of this program.

Provides social workers and educators to coach members anywhere in the Philadelphia metropolitan area to live, work and socialize independently. Supported services: transitioning from living with family to living independently (including roommate matching); career success; community engagement and social connections; budgeting; volunteering, most ADLs; and a customized plan to achieve independence.

Offers hearing evaluations, hearing aids, hearing aid counseling, and the Hear Now Program for low income individuals, as well as outpatient speech evaluations and speech therapy.

PossAbilities, Adult Day Activities, embodies the mission of Avenues by providing year round day support designed specifically for adults of 18 years of age and older with moderate to profound developmental and/or physical disabilities. PossAbilities provides a variety of services based on an individual's specific needs and abilities. Functional Skills Training Each program participant who attends the adult training facility (ATF) has goals to target specific areas of training, which are developed by the interdisciplinary team. These goals aid individuals in achieving their highest level of independence and environmental control. Training focuses on the following areas, based on an individual's needs and preferences. Some areas of training may overlap to increase independence in all aspects of their lives. Pet therapy Sensory Stimulation Fine motor skills Money management Household skills Community awareness and integration Socialization Recreation/leisure Activities of d

Provides community advocacy for the rights and interests of those with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities. Increases public awareness by sharing the needs and potential of our special needs population.

Regularly scheduled leisure choices are offered each week throughout the year. Programs are varied and include dinners, dances, swimming, bingo, arts/crafts, special events and much more. Also provides a Fun and Friendship Bowling League, which meets regularly. For children, the Arc offers a five-week summer camp program. In addition "Arc Tracks" presents travel prospects for those who enjoy excursions to destinations such as New York City, Philadelphia, and Lancaster for shows and shopping. We also experience amusement parks, and sporting events.

Provides licensed homes in the community with 24/7 staff member support. Assistance is provided withmedications, meals, housekeeping, finances, decision-making, health and wellness, and emotional well-being. The Residential Program is offered on a long-term or a short-term basis. Supported Living program enables the individual to remain at home with support from staff to manage personal resources, health, mobility, transportation, and use of community resources to promote independence.

Offers family-style residential homes, planned short term respite, home and community supports, companion services, life sharing, supported living, advocacy, volunteer opportunities, support for families and caregivers, shared lives, and spirituality.

Assists individuals in acquiring, maintaining, and improving self-help, domestic, socialization, and adaptive skills. Services consist of support in the general areas of self-care, communication, fine and gross motor skills, mobility, therapeutic activities, personal adjustment, relationship development, socialization, and use of community resources. When services are provided by agency-based providers, this service also includes transportation services necessary to enable the individual to participate in the home and community habilitation service, in accordance with the individual's ISP.

Provides the following support services for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. - Assistive Technology - Behavioral Support Services - Companion Services - Community Participation Supports - Direct Support Professionals - In-Home and Community Supports - Shift Nursing LPN/RN Services - Transportation Vendor Services

Coordinates and carries out services designed to allow individuals with disabilties to live as independently as possible in the community. Services include Lifesharing, OBRA, Supervised Community Homes, and Home and Community Based Services.

Offers an Adult Training Facility that focuses on assisting individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities to become active members of their community. Individuals participate in individual and group community based vocational, recreational, and social activities in a community-integrated setting that reflects their individual goals. Pre-vocational skills, educational activities, and activities of daily living are provided at the Center in a variety of group and individual activities allowing for individualized instruction/assistance in the development of competency in specific skill areas and the enhancement of a positive self-image.

Provides employment training that includes a vocational assessment; supportive, competency-based pre-vocational, vocational, and psychosocial skills development; supervised workshop employment; and community-based supported employment. Based on the individual's needs, services may also include job development, job skill training, workshop or community job placement, and extensive work adjustment coaching.

Enables adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to enrich their lives, enjoy a full range of activities in the community, and explore and engage in meaningful and purposeful activities based on personal preferences and needs. Each person receives individual assistance from a direct support professional to engage in a variety of activities, from performing the functions of daily living to volunteering and pursuing employment, educational, social, and recreation opportunities. They offer an activity fund so that financial barriers will not prohibit you from achieving your aspirations or goals. Participants have used the fund to take classes, join the YMCA, attend a baseball game, visit a museum and more. Let us open doors to new opportunities for you.

Provides day program for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. MOVE provides opportunities to get involved in the community, enjoy art in various forms, learn skills, and more.

Provides home and community habilitation services, companion services and custom designed activities for adults and youth with autism and intellectual disabilities.

Provides IEP assistance, and overall guidance through the education process. Offers transition support through the complexities of the IDD/A system.

Provides after-school care. Offers opportunities in swimming, exercising, and lifting weights at the YMCA.

Provides a variety of supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to enhance their abilities and interests. Services include supported living, in-home supports, day programs, group living, intermediate care facilities, supports coordination, and respite care.

Provides adaptive skills necessary to promote independence while allowing each person to accomplish everyday tasks in order that they may live a quality life. While residing in a Lifesharing home, individuals attend some type of day programming.

Provides behavioral health services to children who have experienced trauma, and their families. Services are delivered in the home, school, and community settings. Therapy and treatment plans aim to prevent psychiatric hospitalization or out-of-home placement of a child or adolescent.

IHCS staff assists people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in acquiring, maintaining, and improving the skills necessary to live more independently.