Causes: Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations, Human Services
Mission: Creative Living enhances the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities through unique respite, life skills, social, educational, and recreational programs.
Results:
•Creative Living has 30 years of experience enhancing the lives of young adults and adults with developmental disabilities.
•All Creative Living programs provide social engagement, life skills enhancement, and recreation while providing full or light respite for families and caregivers.
•Creative Living is the only planned, site-based respite home for the developmentally disabled in the area.
•We focus on maximizing the independent living skills and potential of individuals with mild to moderate developmental disabilities, such as Down syndrome and autism.
•Direct care staff is CPR, first aid and Medical Administration certified.
•Our home is QUEST certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
•Creative Living Programs include: GetAway Weekends (respite), Summer Camp (new program featuring overnight and day camp options), After School Program, Friday Night Out (for young adults), Social Club (for older clients), and Overnight Assessments.
•All staff is part time, and we own our property, keeping our overhead costs low and ensuring that more of the funds we raise go directly to serve our clients.
•We collaborate with the Andover and North Andover Public Schools for Creative Living’s After School Program and overnight assessments for the Transition Opportunities Program (TOP) and with the Wakefield and Reading Public Schools’ POST Academy.
•Creative Living provides more than 12,000 respite hours to area families each year.
Target demographics: young adults and adults with developmental disabilities
Direct beneficiaries per year: 300 participants and provided 12,000 hours of respite
Geographic areas served: Massachusetts
Programs: respite, life skills, social, educational and recreational programs
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Mission: Creative Living enhances the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities through unique respite, life skills, social, educational, and recreational programs.
Results:
•Creative Living has 30 years of experience enhancing the lives of young adults and adults with developmental disabilities.
•All Creative Living programs provide social engagement, life skills enhancement, and recreation while providing full or light respite for families and caregivers.
•Creative Living is the only planned, site-based respite home for the developmentally disabled in the area.
•We focus on maximizing the independent living skills and potential of individuals with mild to moderate developmental disabilities, such as Down syndrome and autism.
•Direct care staff is CPR, first aid and Medical Administration certified.
•Our home is QUEST certified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
•Creative Living Programs include: GetAway Weekends (respite), Summer Camp (new program featuring overnight and day camp options), After School Program, Friday Night Out (for young adults), Social Club (for older clients), and Overnight Assessments.
•All staff is part time, and we own our property, keeping our overhead costs low and ensuring that more of the funds we raise go directly to serve our clients.
•We collaborate with the Andover and North Andover Public Schools for Creative Living’s After School Program and overnight assessments for the Transition Opportunities Program (TOP) and with the Wakefield and Reading Public Schools’ POST Academy.
•Creative Living provides more than 12,000 respite hours to area families each year.
Target demographics: young adults and adults with developmental disabilities
Direct beneficiaries per year: 300 participants and provided 12,000 hours of respite
Geographic areas served: Massachusetts
Programs: respite, life skills, social, educational and recreational programs
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This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
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