Many adult services options and supports are available for adults who have been determined eligible for adult services. There are several agencies, funded by the Defiance County Board of DD, which provide these services giving individuals the freedom to choose the services that best meet their needs.
DAY SERVICES
Day services include a wide ranging spectrum of vocational and habilitation training. Vocational training may include a factory type setting where individuals perform paid work such as working on machines or general assembly to working at a job site to hands on experience interacting with animals.
Habilitation training is geared to help the individual become more independent within his/her residential and work setting. Examples would include daily living skills such as cooking and housekeeping activities, community orientation, job readiness activities, and self advocacy.
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
Once an individual expresses an interest in community employment, he/she will be referred to the Rehabilitation Services Commission. Steps toward successful community employment include:
- Job compatibility
- Finding a job in the community through a job developer.
- Providing the individual with a job coach to train the individual on the job and gradually fading out as the individual becomes proficient at performing the job.
- Providing the individual with follow-along services to monitor the individual’s job performance and provide any necessary intervention.
SENIOR RETIREMENT PROGRAM
The Senior Retirement Program, operated directly by the county board of DD offers day support for individuals with developmental disabilities, normally 50 years of age or older, who have a desire to decrease work activity or retire. Activities, which include everything from volunteering to health improvement activities, promote socialization, wellness, self-advocacy, and leisure activities. Transportation is provided to and from the program. Program hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 A.M.-1:30 P.M. For more information specific to the seniors program please contact Chris Palmer at (419)782-6621.
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is provided, free of charge, for those individuals who attend one of the day services and senior retirement program sites.
For those individuals who work in the community, the Defiance County Board of DD will assist in providing transportation if the individual has no other means of
transportation and if the work schedule is compatible with the transportation schedule.
There is a fee for this transportation service.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information regarding adult services, please call (419) 782-4002 or stop by the Service and Support Administrative office at 1840 East Second Street in the Kroger Plaza.
