Pierce County Resource Guide to Services and Supports for Individuals
Who Experience Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
(section links below).
Please call our office at 253.564.0707 to make arrangements to pick up your copy!
Dear Reader:
This Pierce County Resource Guide is dedicated to the hard work and commitment of those who have endeavored
timelessly over the years to “keep the promise.”
We want to acknowledge the generous support of Pierce County Human Services, Developmental Disabilities
Program, in providing the funds to update and print this important comprehensive guide to services and supports
for individuals who experience intellectual/ developmental disabilities. This important tool will assist you in
navigating the public and private programs and services available throughout Pierce County and beyond.
The Pierce County Coalition for Developmental Disabilities (PC2) welcomes the opportunity to assist individuals
and families in finding the services and programs that best meet your needs. We are here to answer your calls
if you need further assistance. Whether you are an individual who experiences an intellectual/developmental
disability, have a family member who experiences an intellectual/developmental disability, work within the disability
field, or are in the general community, we welcome your questions and concerns.
We acknowledge that, when compiling this complex list of resources, there are changes that can occur during the
production process. Please know that every effort was made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of agency
information.
Aacres was founded in 1974 on the philosophy of providing individualized community supports for people with developmental disabilities. We believe that people can live in and contribute to their community when provided with appropriate supports. The ability to identify needs and build programs to meet those needs is what sets Aacres apart from other providers. We have pioneered several programs to fill the needs of previously un-served or underserved populations. We understand the need to develop new innovative programs that meet the unique and ever changing demands of people in the community. Our supported living programs/services: 24 hour supported living residential, dialectical behavior therapy residential, licensed staffed residential, and specialized community residential.
The Adult Family Home Council is a mission driven member organization formed in 1995 providing adult family home providers with resources and training covering all aspects of their business. The Adult Family Home Council supports 11 regional chapters that conduct regular meetings, continuing education, and networking opportunities. The Adult Family Home Council also advocates on behalf of AFH providers with the state legislature, the Department of Social and Health Services, as a member of the Washington State Senior Citizen’s Lobby, and is the exclusively recognized representative of adult family homes for purposes of collective bargaining.
Ambitions provides a variety of support services based on individual need and designed to preserve human dignity, protect civil and human rights and encourage the involvement and responsibility of the individual’s family and community. Individuals can expect to experience the following positive outcomes: competence to manage daily activities and pursue personal goals; health and safety; integration and participation in the social life of their communities; relationships with friends, relatives, neighbors, community members, and peers; personal power and choice; status and positive recognition by self and others.
Ambitions provides a variety of support services based on individual need and designed to preserve human dignity, protect civil and human rights and encourage the involvement and responsibility of the individual’s family and community. Individuals can expect to experience the following positive outcomes: competence to manage daily activities and pursue personal goals; health and safety; integration and participation in the social life of their communities; relationships with friends, relatives, neighbors, community members, and peers; personal power and choice; status and positive recognition by self and others.
Ashley House is home to children and their families who are coping with the challenges of a catastrophic injury, serious illness, or a congenital birth defect. Ashley House is an innovative alternative for children who would otherwise have to stay in a hospital or nursing home because of serious medical problems. Ashley House provides comprehensive cost effective quality care to medically fragile children, teens and young adults in home-like settings. We are dedicated to providing education to families and care givers, building support systems, coordinating services and nurturing the development of each individual. Please visit our webiste for more information regarding our services.
CSTC is the only state-operated and funded psychiatric hospital for children and youth who have psychological and safety needs that cannot be met in their community. The Children’s Long-Term Inpatient Program Administration manages referrals to CSTC in coordination with the family/guardian and local Behavioral Health Organizations/Managed Care Organizations. Accredited by the Joint Commission, CSTC provides culturally competent care to children and youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders that are typically complicated by medical, social, legal and developmental issues. The psychiatric treatment/therapy program is based on the most current evidence-based practices including, but not limited to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT. Clinical services include psychiatric/medical oversight, medication management and 24-hour nursing services.
Founded in 1997, Children’s Country Home is a loving eight-bed, non-profit home that provides 24-hour skilled nursing care to medically fragile and technology-dependent children. We are licensed as a home health agency and pediatric group home. Children’s Country Home supports the quality of life every child deserves and helps all to reach their full potential. Every child’s learning ability is identified and their educational needs are met through effective collaboration with the local school system. Social interaction is an integral component of the home environment. All children have the opportunity to participate in activities on site or off.
Communitas is a non-profit organization that primarily provides residential services for people with developmental and cognitive disabilities. We take an individualized approach that encourages each person to be an active part of their community. It is our mission to build community through systems of individualized development, investment, service and collaboration. All services are based on Person Centered Planning, which focus on assets, skills, abilities and desires, rather than perceived deficits. We provide these services in affordable housing units that we own as well as in homes owned or rented by the individuals we support.
The Community Protection Program offers an array of specialized supports within a supported living model which are designed to assist those individuals that have been identified as a potential risk to the safety of the community. Eligibility for the program is determined by: regional committees and is based on a client's history; a formal risk assessment which is completed by a qualified professional contracted with DDA; the client's voluntary agreement to participate.
Comprehensive Life Resources (formerly Comprehensive Mental Health) is a private, not-for-profit community mental health agency providing a continuum of behavioral health and community support services. Services include: children’s counseling, foster care support, family advocacy, homeless outreach, supported employment, on-site genoa pharmacy, gang prevention, adult counseling/peer support, and substance use services. We are committed to a recovery-focused, whole health approach and philosophy that considers and embraces the whole person. We are social workers, therapists, case managers, peer support counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health specialists.
Comprehensive Life Resources (formerly Comprehensive Mental Health) is a private, not-for-profit community mental health agency providing a continuum of behavioral health and community support services. Services include: children’s counseling, foster care support, family advocacy, homeless outreach, supported employment, on-site genoa pharmacy, gang prevention, adult counseling/peer support, and substance use services. We are committed to a recovery-focused, whole health approach and philosophy that considers and embraces the whole person. We are social workers, therapists, case managers, peer support counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health specialists.
Comprehensive Life Resources (formerly Comprehensive Mental Health) is a private, not-for-profit community mental health agency providing a continuum of behavioral health and community support services. Services include: children’s counseling, foster care support, family advocacy, homeless outreach, supported employment, on-site genoa pharmacy, gang prevention, adult counseling/peer support, and substance use services. We are committed to a recovery-focused, whole health approach and philosophy that considers and embraces the whole person. We are social workers, therapists, case managers, peer support counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health specialists.
Comprehensive Life Resources (formerly Comprehensive Mental Health) is a private, not-for-profit community mental health agency providing a continuum of behavioral health and community support services. Services include: children’s counseling, foster care support, family advocacy, homeless outreach, supported employment, on-site genoa pharmacy, gang prevention, adult counseling/peer support, and substance use services. We are committed to a recovery-focused, whole health approach and philosophy that considers and embraces the whole person. We are social workers, therapists, case managers, peer support counselors, psychiatrists, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other health specialists.
Educational Programs in Home Living is committed to both clients and staff and believe that forming lasting and caring relationships with everyone involved is the key to providing quality services. This relationship not only involves clients and staff but also the many other people who care about those we are given the opportunity to serve. Please visit our website for more information on qualifications and services.
The Family Mentor Project (FMP) is a resource to support families and guardians through the process of moving a family member to the community from a Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) operated by the Developmental Disabilities Administration of Washington (DDA) or from a skilled nursing facility. Family Mentors provide emotional support, based on their own personal experiences of transitioning their loved ones into community residential services and supports. An individual's choice to transition, or not transition, to the community should be an informed one, and that choice will impact the level of transition planning provided. Family mentor services are offered to all eligible individuals. Please visit our website for more information about our services.
The vision of GAPP is to assure community members with developmental disabilities are able to live productive lives within their community. This will be accomplished with the support and in the interest of the community. One of GAPP's objectives is to facilitate person-centered planning activities and support individuals and their families on an on-going basis.
Guardian Care Management has earned the respect of attorneys, accountants, investment advisors, and our clients because of our reliability and professionalism. Our years of experience include working with people who have diagnoses like cancer, dementia, developmental disability, mental illness, and others. We have worked with trusts, rental properties, and veteran’s benefits. Guardian Care Management is always on your side, working to uphold our commitment to you and be an advocate for your wishes and preferences. Services include: nurse advocate, medication review, memory wellness, palliative/end of life guide, DPOA (attorney in fact) for healthcare, home safety evaluation, relocation assistance, independence at home, bill pay services, insurance review, benefits research, DPOA for finances, trustee, standby guardian, will executor, and safe driving referrals. Please visit our website for more information.
Hope Human Services currently provides supported living and crisis diversion options for adults and youth with a range of mental capabilities in Washington state. We greatly value the people we support and through our services such as adult supported living, youth residential homes, and crisis diversion, we provide meaningful community experiences.
Provides tenant support in daily living activities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and provides support in community activities and transportation. Must be DDSA clients.
KTSS strongly believes that all services to individuals with disabilities should be based on individual need, designed to preserve human dignity, protect individual civil and human rights and encourage the involvement and responsibilities of the individual’s family and community.
We at L’Arche Tahoma Hope are people, with and without developmental disabilities, sharing life in communities belonging to an international federation. Mutual relationships and trust in God are at the heart of our journey together. We celebrate the unique value of every person and recognize our need for one another. The mission of L’Arche is: To make known the gifts of people with developmental disabilities, revealed through mutually transforming relationships; to foster an environment in community that responds to the changing needs of our members, while being faithful to the core values of our founding story; to engage in our diverse cultures, working together toward a more human society.
Life Force Services is dedicated to the creation and maintenance of community based residential living arrangements for persons with developmental disabilities. Life Force Services believes that every person has the right to an equal opportunity to share in the benefits and difficulties of life in the human community.
Provides tenant support for individuals with developmental disabilities living in their own home or apartment. Helps people live independently. Provides support in shopping, cooking, finances, personal hygiene, sexuality, self-esteem, physical fitness, transportation, friends/relations, home management, and more. Must be clients of DDA.
We provide care in home and community settings to children, teens and adults with moderate to severe disabilities. We support each client in assisting with vocational training, independent living, and individual education plans. We offer continued educational and social experiences, encouraging our clients to grow and build meaningful relationships with peers and staff as well as effectively integrate into their community. We help families in accessing the resources and services that their child/young adult family member needs to ensure that we are advocating effectively for our communities most vulnerable.
Options Unlimited is a Washington residential service provider dedicated to creating and maintaining community-based residential living arrangements for persons with developmental disabilities. Options Unlimited believes that every person has the equal opportunity and right to share in the benefits and difficulties of life in the community. To support persons with developmental disabilities to gain access to such opportunities, Options Unlimited focuses on creating individual, roommate, and small group living arrangements using apartments, duplexes, and rental houses. Each living arrangement is designed to meet the needs of the individual or individuals involved. It is the purpose of Options Unlimited to assist developmentally disabled adults in acquiring and maintaining living situations in their own residences. This will enhance their opportunity to become valued, integrated members of the community. Options Unlimited provides opportunities and options to each individual participating in its supported living program to have a personalized home; to see themselves and be seen by others as an adult; to maintain optimal health; to maintain a reasonable degree of personal security and safety; to develop a self-directed, positive quality of life; to establish and maintain close relationships with family, friends, and non-disabled members of the community; to experience community participation and integration; and to realize increased personal growth and competence. In providing residential support services, Options Unlimited will carry out all program activities and interactions with program participants with consideration for their personal well being and legal rights by attempting to maintain a balance of protection and autonomy.
Provides care and rehabilitation for those with severe to profound developmental disabilities in a group home setting. Call for more detailed information.
Partners4Housing has developed an innovative housing model for people with disabilities that involves families collaborating with other families to create a shared living solution. Shared living is when people with disabilities live together to share housing and support services that may include caregiving, supervision, shopping, cooking, cleaning, medication management, money management, planning social and recreational activities, transportation, representative payee services, benefits coordination, and more. The essence of our model is that compatible families commit to working together to identify and secure appropriate housing and services, and they collaborate to make the shared solution successful.
PROVAIL is one of Washington State’s largest, multi-service agencies dedicated to meeting the needs of children, youth, and adults with disabilities who need an integrated, complex set of services to live life according to their own choices. PROVAIL offers a comprehensive range of services to support people, with even the most severe disabilities, in all major areas of life so they can live, work, play, and fully participate in the community of their choice. Please visit our website for more information about our services.
Puget Sound Assisted Living provides 24-hour care for people who have developmental disabilities. We have licensed nurses on staff 24 hours per day to help clients with their medications and treatments. Because of our nursing staff, we are able to take care of people who are fairly medically complex (trach care, tube feeding, seizure management, etc.). Please visit our website for more information.
Rainier School is a habilitation center for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities located within the city limits of Buckley, Washington about a mile-and-a-half from downtown. The campus is situated in a peaceful country setting with a unique and prominent view of Mount Rainier. Rainier School's population is about 310 adults with a wide variety of abilities and needs. 24-hour residential care and teaching is provided in the areas of work or vocational training, leisure activities, social relationships, and everyday life tasks. Programs and services are individualized and designed to enhance self-determination and maximize independence. Rainier School is an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) program certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Compliance with the ICF/IID regulations enables the state to obtain federal matching funds for this program. Facilities in this program are subject to regular, rigorous surveys to ensure quality care and treatment.
Our team has supported individuals and families of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to realize their full potential at school, home, work, and in the community. Our team has facilitated learning and growth of schools, hospitals, and a variety of public and private institutions. Specialized services include: adult supported living, children & family services, community & employment services and training & consultation services. Please visit our website for more information and to find the phone number and location nearest you.
Shared Housing Services offers low-income individuals and families innovative and affordable solutions to prevent homelessness and foster independence through home sharing and transitional housing programs that include case management services and connections to vital community resources. Shared Housing Services programs include adult homesharing and youth host home program. Please visit our website for more information.
Our mission is to support local citizens challenged by intellectual and other devleopmental disabilities, to live, work and play in, and contribute to our community. Through individualized training and supports, Tahoma programs offer a whole-person approach to planning and services, assisting people to achieve their own level of success and happiness. Services are funded by Pierce County and DSHS/DDA. Fees are determined by DDA and DVR. Other funding is negotiated. The goal is to support the person to aspire to the highest level of independence and community participants in realizing a life their whole person, bridging the gaps in human services that may exist for them.
Provides individualized vocational and life planning, career counseling, employment services, life skills training, and opportunities for participation in ones' community. The variety of services offered allows support to be tailored to meet the specific needs of each person receiving services. The Careers Program emphasizes personal choice and career building for adults with documented disabilities. We begin services with careful planning. Together we explore your interests, abilities, and needs. From this, we provide vocational counseling so that you can set your career goals. Our Individual Employment Program provides support to individuals from transition students to adults of all ages according to their vocational & life goals. The services are individualized & guided through a person-centered planning process. Vadis also works with employers both 1:1 and through workshops that teach positive supports, communication, learning styles, training techniques, and problems solving skills. Vadis’ Community Inclusion Program offers individualized support services for adults with developmental disabilities have opportunities and support to build relationships with people in the community and develop and apply skills that promote independence and inclusion. Vadis has successfully assisted individuals with disabilities in achieving their vocational goals for over 40 years.
Provides individualized vocational and life planning, career counseling, employment services, life skills training, and opportunities for participation in ones' community. The variety of services offered allows support to be tailored to meet the specific needs of each person receiving services. The Careers Program emphasizes personal choice and career building for adults with documented disabilities. We begin services with careful planning. Together we explore your interests, abilities, and needs. From this, we provide vocational counseling so that you can set your career goals. Our Individual Employment Program provides support to individuals from transition students to adults of all ages according to their vocational & life goals. The services are individualized & guided through a person-centered planning process. Vadis also works with employers both 1:1 and through workshops that teach positive supports, communication, learning styles, training techniques, and problems solving skills. Vadis’ Community Inclusion Program offers individualized support services for adults with developmental disabilities have opportunities and support to build relationships with people in the community and develop and apply skills that promote independence and inclusion. Vadis has successfully assisted individuals with disabilities in achieving their vocational goals for over 40 years.
Provides individualized vocational and life planning, career counseling, employment services, life skills training, and opportunities for participation in ones' community. The variety of services offered allows support to be tailored to meet the specific needs of each person receiving services. The Careers Program emphasizes personal choice and career building for adults with documented disabilities. We begin services with careful planning. Together we explore your interests, abilities, and needs. From this, we provide vocational counseling so that you can set your career goals. Our Individual Employment Program provides support to individuals from transition students to adults of all ages according to their vocational & life goals. The services are individualized & guided through a person-centered planning process. Vadis also works with employers both 1:1 and through workshops that teach positive supports, communication, learning styles, training techniques, and problems solving skills. Vadis’ Community Inclusion Program offers individualized support services for adults with developmental disabilities have opportunities and support to build relationships with people in the community and develop and apply skills that promote independence and inclusion. Vadis has successfully assisted individuals with disabilities in achieving their vocational goals for over 40 years.
Foundational Community Supports (FCS) is a program offering benefits for supportive housing and supported employment for Medicaid-eligible beneficiaries with complex needs. Amerigroup Washington Inc. will work with housing and employment providers to help clients find and maintain jobs; acquire stable, independent housing; and gain the necessary skills to be successful.
