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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.

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

Provides a range of services to children with Autism and to children who are having behavioral difficulties in Delaware County and parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, including: A) Behavior Specialist Consultants B) Case Management C) Mobile Therapists D) Psychological Evaluations

Provides opportunities for consumers to socialize, participate in activities, and attend community events.

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 day program services including help with self-care, communications, socialization, and community participation as well as mobility and use of community resources.

Provides mandatory medical assistance for behavioral health services in Allegheny County. Community Care helps users get care for a mental health condition, an alcohol problem, or a drug problem. As a behavioral health managed care organization, Community Care pays for medically necessary mental health and substance use treatment services for HealthChoices/Medical Assistance members, including recovery-oriented services for people with mental illness and substance use disorders. Community Care contracts with a variety of mental health and substance use disorder providers in and around Allegheny County.

Assists consumers in finding jobs that fit their interests and needs. Provides on-the-job training while helping make necessary accommodations for each individual. Partners with local school districts to teach job skills and employment-related social skills to help students transition from school to work.

Provides home based therapy and parenting education for parents of children 0-3 with hearing loss and speech/language issues.

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.

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.

Assists those with intellectual disabilities and their families to address current needs, develop individual support plans and obtaining needed support services.

Offers physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, developmental teaching by special instructors, and infant massage.

Provides non-skilled In-Home Caregivers to help clients gain and maintain new independence in essential activities of daily life. Services includes bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility assistance, food prep, shopping and errands, light housekeeping, socializing, encouraging engagement, and respite for family caregivers.

Offers in group therapy. Adresses individualized goals, focusing on coping skills and problem solving related to those goals.

Offers 24/7 care and comprehensive services in a community living arrangement for individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Provides the following day programs for adults with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD): - Adult developmental services to increase independence in activities of daily living and community integration - Employment placement services for persons with developmental disabilities into competitive employment. Long-term support provided to employers as well as the employees.

Offers life skills (Community Participation Supports), job coaching, habilitation assistance (Companion), residential Sservices (Life Sharing through Family Living and Community Residential Habilitation), and behavior support services.

Habilitation is designed to assist individuals with the development and maintenance of skills in the areas of self-care, daily-living activities, and social skills through the use of their community resources while living at home with family. Community resources can include service clubs, senior programs, and a myriad of other opportunities. Through the use of community providers, families and individuals can choose their own qualified and willing staff to provide assistance.

Provides intensive individualized services to children in their homes, school, and community through YAP Behavioral Health Services. Though each youth’s plan is different, YAP works to build upon the existing strengths of the child and family; develop the young person and family’s skills in self-managing areas of need; and connect the family to professional and informal resources in their community that provide support beyond program involvement as needed and desired by the family.

Serving individuals with mental health and intellectual and/or developmental disabilities in community, residential and adult training facility settings. Offering Home and Community Habilitation, Community Living Arrangement, Life Sharing, Adult Training Facility and Mental Health support. Behavioral Health Support services offered by full-time, Master level clinicians and led by on-site Psychologist. Health Services Department led by a Medical Director and offering services by Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and nurses specializing in Psychiatric care.

Champions a life of inclusion, opportunity, and equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through advocacy, education, and support.

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.

Assists individuals with intellectual disability with developing functional living skills. - Home and community habilitation: Support in daily living skills in the home and in the community

Provides services to individuals and families who have been identified as having developmental disabilities. Services could include: Family Driven Family Support Services, Supports Coordinator, Residential Services Intermediate Care Facility / ID, Lifesharing, Community Living Arrangements (CLA), Personal Care Boarding Homes, Domicilary Care Homes, Home and Community Habilitation, Pre-Vocational Services, Supported Employment, Transitional Employment, Adult Training Facility, Behavior Therapy, Outpatient Partial Hospitalization, EPSDT Wrap-Around Services, Generic Community Resources, Health Care Quality Unit, Respite and Behavioral Health Services.