St. Edmond’s Home cares for medically fragile children aged 1 to 21 years old with severe intellectual and physical disabilities. Staff provide medical support, therapy, and enriching activities at a 40-bed campus and two community homes for young adults. Focused on maximizing each child’s potential, the home ensures their needs are met in a loving environment. A multidisciplinary team delivers comprehensive care, and children attend school in the community.

Life Sharing Through Family Living is Catholic Charities’ most flexible residential program, where over 70 individuals with intellectual disabilities live in a family setting that provides long-term care. Supported by interdisciplinary teams, provider families help individuals with behavioral and medical needs while also assisting them in accessing community resources and participating in recreational, social, volunteer, work, and worship activities.

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Our Respite program offers caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities short-term relief, ranging from one day to extended stays. Through our Life Sharing Through Family Living homes, caregivers can rest knowing their loved ones are receiving compassionate care in a supportive, structured environment, giving them a well-earned break.

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Inspired by compassion and love DPV is a comprehensive residential program for seventy-two adult women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The 22-acre campus boasts six cottages, an outdoor pool, picnic pavilion, gazebo, greenhouse, exercise room, music room, on-site doctor’s office, and an inclusive, welcoming chapel. Each resident’s plan is tailored to promote independence, choice, community integration, spiritual enrichment, and personalized preferences. DPV offers extensive social and emotional support, 24/7 on-site nursing, and a multidisciplinary approach that includes consultation with PT, OT, and speech services. DPV provides specialized attention to cognitive changes related to aging and holistic therapies through art and music, supports individuals’ complex medical needs, and provides skilled rehabilitative services and end-of-life care.

Divine Providence Village – 686 Old Marple Rd. Springfield, PA 19064

610-328-7730

Sister Susan Lindinger • [email protected] • 215-692-7991

Please contact if interested:

• Companion to one of our ladies:  play cards, puzzles, take a walk
• Assist our ladies to 10:30 Mass on Sunday
• Groups to come and sing, dance, play music with our ladies

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Don Guanella Village is a comprehensive residential setting for adult men with IDD. The campus comprises three 10-bed ranch homes and a large outdoor space with a garden and gazebo. The program serves medically fragile men and provides 24/7 on-site nursing and a multidisciplinary approach that includes consultation with PT, OT, and speech services. Intensive staffing supports social and emotional needs with specialized attention to cognitive changes related to aging and holistic therapies through art and music. Interdisciplinary, personcentered programming includes a variety of experiences like social, vocational, and religious activities in the community.

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610-543-3380

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Don Guanella Homes provides personalized care and attention to sixty men with IDD in ten community-based group homes in Delaware and Philadelphia Counties. Four to eight persons reside in each house and receive comprehensive medical care, physical, speech, behavioral, and life skills therapies, spiritual enrichment, and end-of-life care, including hospice. All services are tailored to meet each resident’s unique needs and are designed by interdisciplinary teams dedicated to promoting independence for all residents. Programming emphasizes social, vocational, and religious opportunities in the community. Residents can participate in day programs offered by The Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence and other community providers.

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610-543-3380

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Day Programs at Our Lady of Fatima Parish provide personal growth and enrichment opportunities. Offerings, including an Adult Training Facility, an Aging Program, Community Participation Support, Community Employment, cater to each individual’s diverse needs and interests. Programming includes life skills training, sensory stimulation, socialization, and communication, recreational and leisure activities, prevocational training, volunteer activities, job coaching, job placement, and supported employment. Day Program services maximize potential and provide a nurturing setting to interact with peers, improve life skills, and connect with the community and job opportunities.

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484-472-5000

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CPS provides individuals with an intellectual disability various supports to engage in lifelong learning by trying new things, building their skills, developing networking supports, and being an active member of the communities in which they live.

Our CPS program coordinates activities in the community on an individual basis that allows them to strengthen their independence using their personal goals and outcomes as a guide.

Some activities include:

• Participation in community yoga classes
• Community hiking
• Visiting the local farmers market
• Volunteer opportunities
• Visiting the local library
• Attending pottery classes
• Visits to the zoo
  And many more!

Community Participation offers individuals with intellectual disabilities opportunities to integrate into the community and develop community connections. One-to-one staffing assists in the exploration of the community by engaging in educational and fun activities. Individuals in the Community Participation program receive assistance building peer relationships, navigating the community, accessing resources, and developing needed life skills.

This CPS functions 100% in the community. Individuals are picked and dropped off at their homes. These outings offer individuals with intellectual disabilities opportunities to integrate into the community and develop a community connection. One-to-one staffing assists in the exploration of the community by engaging in educational and fun activities. Individuals in this CPS Community Participation program receive assistance building peer relationships, navigating the community, accessing resources, and developing needed life skills. All outings are developed by using the individuals input and interests and are also guided by their personal goals and outcomes.

484-472-5000

An Employment Specialist provides job-readiness and career interest assessments, volunteer and job placement support and guidance while learning new skills. This person-centered approach allows each individual to have an active part in obtaining a volunteer or competitive employment position within his/her community.

The Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence Village Day Program is a contracted provider for the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR). Supported employment services includes: Community Based Work Assessments (CBWA), job development, job coaching and extended services to OVR and waiver funded consumers 21 years of age and over with intellectual disabilities, individuals ages 18-21 who have graduated from a special education program or those who may have challenges with employment due to other disabilities outside of IDD .

Supported employment ensures that employers are:
Consulted about accommodations, incentives and disability job awareness.
Matched with qualified, dependable, enthusiastic employees eager to work.
Provided assistance with job coaching.
Contacted regularly for employee job performance updates.

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484-472-5000

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Each month, participants can choose from a variety of enriching outings, including spa days, creative workshops (art, pottery, cooking), museum visits, theater shows, and sporting events. Personalized support ensures a safe and enjoyable experience, allowing individuals to explore new activities and engage in the community while having fun and building new skills.

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