Date Founded
1963
Industry
Services
Website
Type
Nonprofit
Mission
Creating a world of opportunity for all abilities.
Services Provided
Imagine! provides services designed to incorporate people with developmental, cognitive, and physical challenges into the fabric of their communities. Services include educational and therapeutic services, job training and placement, recreation and leisure activities, opportunities for community living, behavioral health services, technology solutions, and support for families.
How Many People Reached
In 2019, Imagine! served 4,290 individuals and their families.
How donations are used?
Donations have provided funding for Imagine! programs including residential sites and services, summer day camp and after-school programs, early intervention therapies, mental and behavioral health supports, adult day programs and job support, and emergency funds.
Project Spotlight
Imagine!’s SmartHomes incorporate a variety of cutting edge technologies designed to enhance the quality of life for residents, augment the effectiveness of staff as caregivers, and provide cost and energy savings for Imagine!.
In addition, the SmartHomes are serving as living laboratories to design and test technologies that may then be moved out to individual or family homes, so that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities may remain in more independent and natural settings versus more costly and segregated settings.
As the first such homes in the nation, Imagine!’s SmartHomes offer a model for the future of care for people with cognitive disabilities and other related conditions.
Interesting Fact
Imagine! was established in 1963 by a group of parents determined to see that their children with developmental disabilities have the opportunity to participate in their community.
Imagine! continues to use that original goal as the basis for its mission. Imagine! believes in the potential of all. It believes that people with developmental disabilities have much to offer, and providing the tools and supports that allow them to show what they have to offer benefits all.
