The Special Needs Trust Foundation is a Cooperative Project of:
ACCESS TO
INDEPENDENCE
Mission:
Access to Independence,
through advocacy, education, and opportunity, promotes full inclusion by
empowering and challenging people with disabilities to achieve their greatest
potential.
Services:
Services designed to
improve the lives of individual consumers include: information and referral;
individual and systems advocacy; housing options; independent living skills
training; client assistance program; assistive technology; Hispanic Outreach;
peer counseling; and transition services from skilled nursing facilities and
rehabilitation hospitals.
The Arc San Diego, working
with families and partnerships within the community, is committed to securing
for people with developmental disabilities, the opportunity to choose and
realize their dreams and goals of where and how they learn, live, work, and
play.
Services:
Employment, Arc
Enterprises (sub-contract work), community living, child family services,
respite services, day training, and recreation.
:
Community Catalysts California’s fundamental goal is to empower persons with
disabilities to live and work successfully in their communities and to reach
their highest level of self-sufficiency and independence.
Services
:
Supported living services, independent living services, vocational services,
habilitation services, recreational services, crisis services, transportation
services, and licensed residential services.
To provide stimulating and
normalized living arrangements for youth and adults who have histories of
chronic and severe emotional and behavioral challenges. To provide psychiatric,
psychological, behavioral and developmental support to assist individuals in
developing skills to recognize and successfully meet their emotional and social
needs, gain and maintain self control, enhance skills to facilitate living in
more independent environments.
Services:
Provides short-term and
long-term living environments for persons with developmental disabilities
ranging in age from 8 to 59 years. Other services include: Lynx-provides support
for persons with developmental disabilities who have not been successful in
existing services or programs; HireWorks-developed to meet the training needs of
staff who provide support for persons with developmental disabilities.
Contact:
Elaine Lewis
7944 Golden Ave.
Lemon Grove, CA 91945
619-460-7333
EMPLOYMENT & COMMUNITY OPTIONS
Mission: Employment and Community Options believes all
persons should have equal access to both employment and community environments.
Their mission is to develop opportunities with individuals in making choices
toward living, working and enjoying life with dignity and respect. Their primary
goal is to enhance the quality of life of each individual we support.
Services: Employment, senior community employment,
independent living, mobility training, housing, assisted technology services,
transition services, rehabilitation case services.
As a separate, not-for
profit corporation, Friends of Vista Hill raises funds to support Vista Hill's
prevention, intervention, and treatment services that help children and families
struggling with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and chemical
dependencies.
Services:
Community Service Programs
(addressing substance abuse for teens, family relationships, parenting, etc.),
Bridges Service Center, Vista Hill's Don Allen ParentCare Family Recovery
Center, Sam & Rose Stein Education Center (programs for children and adults with
autism and other developmental disabilities), Vista Hill Learning Assistance
Center, and more.
Mission: "Provide quality residential support and training to
people with developmental disabilities; encourage self-dependence through
responsible choices and options; (And) advocate for people with developmental
disabilities through community education and interaction with other agencies.
Services: 24/7 r
esidential
training and support offered through a network of 28 homes, community living
program, respite services, life planning project
NAMI SAN DIEGO
– Affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
NAMI SAN DIEGO
– Affiliate of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Mission: NAMI San Diego, a non-profit organization, provides
education, support services, and advocacy to improve the quality of life of
everyone affected by mental illnesses.
Services: Educational classes and support services to
families and clients, information and referral, meetings throughout the San
Diego area that address a wide range of topics, newsletters, legislation and
advocacy.
Sharp HealthCare provides
a full continuum of care to the residents of San Diego, from wellness, education
and outreach programs to rehabilitative treatment options, skilled nursing, home
health, hospice and innovative mental health and substance abuse treatment
programs for children, youth and adults. As San Diego’s health care leader, it
is Sharp’s mission to improve the health of those we serve with a commitment to
excellence in all that we do. Our goal is to offer high-quality care and
services that set community standards, exceed patient expectations, and are
provided in a caring, convenient, cost-effective and accessible manner.
Services:
Sharp Memorial Hospital,
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women, Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital, Sharp
Rehabilitation Services, Sharp Vista Pacifica, Sharp Vista Pacifica, Sharp Chula
Vista Medical Center, Sharp Cabrillo Hospital, Grossmont Hospital, Sharp
Coronado Hospital and HealthCare Center, and Sharp Medical Groups.
St. Madeleine Sophie's
Center is a non-profit organization that serves to enrich the lives of adults
with developmental disabilities by helping them gain self-sufficiency and inner
fulfillment through meaningful work and personal expression.
To advance the
independence, productivity and full citizenship of people affected by cerebral
palsy and other disabilities.
Services:
Public awareness,
professional education and advocacy; information, referral and follow-along;
aquatics programs; adult programs; Precision Assembly – bulk mail services;
Ready Stamps – ROP training class; family support newsletters and groups;
Adaptive Computer Empowerment Services; San Diego Assistive Technology Center /
Augmentative Communication Services; software and toy library.
Unyeway’s mission is to
enhance and enrich the lives of people with disabilities by employing and
empowering them in their communities.
Services:
Life skills training
programs, work training programs, mobility training, enrichment program for
seniors, Ramona Training Center Nursery and production center.
