Noble, Inc

Mission

To expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families through individualized services. Noble envisions a world in which children and adults of all abilities live out their dreams in a community that embraces their contributions and recognizes them as fully participating members of our society.

Services Provided

• Educational Forums
• Respite
• Participant Assistance & Care
• Resources
• High School Transition to Adult Life

Youth Services

• First Step Intervention
• Day Camps

Adult Life Services

• Community Living
• Day Services
• Community Exploration

Employment

• Community Employment
• Pre-Vocational Services
• Entrepreneurial Series
• Noble Employment and Workforce Services
• Diversify Your Team
• Ticket to Work

Therapies

• Behavioral Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Recreational Therapy
• Therapeutic Art

Advocacy

• The Arc of Greater Indianapolis

How Many People Reached?

Noble directly serves over 3,300 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities like Down syndrome and autism each year. Approximately 93% of Noble’s services are provided in the community where the individuals served, live, work, learn and enjoy life. Noble likewise supports families, helping them through educational forums and the provision of resources that benefit everyone in the family unit. By extension, in helping each individual live their best life possible, Noble’s reach extends to the hundreds of employers for whom they work, the educators in whose classrooms they learn and the community organizations for whom they volunteer and in which they actively participate.

How Donations Are Used

Despite efforts to stretch every dollar and maximize the impact of the services provided, government reimbursement for these services simply does not cover the cost of providing the quality services each individual needs and deserves. Therefore, donations that are not restricted are used to “fill in the gap” between the cost and the reimbursement received. Donations are gratefully accepted and used wherever the need is greatest in covering the cost of serving as a safety net for the community.

Project Spotlight

Currently, Noble’s focus is on meeting the heightened needs of individuals and families that depend on the organization during the global COVID-19 pandemic. In some cases, this has meant pivoting in service delivery to ensure that families are able to meet their basic food and housing needs, which is not an area that has typically been within Noble’s service realm.

While COVID-19 has certainly impacted the entire community, it has provided opportunities as well to rethink how services are provided. For example, while Noble’s early intervention therapists may not be able to provide in-home therapies to the babies and toddlers they see each week (as part of a greater effort to minimize exposure), they have begun harnessing the power of technology by providing remote telehealth therapies. Of course, children think it is cool that their therapist is now “on television” but these virtual services ensure that developmental progress continues.

The same is true of many Noble therapies, and even our day services have been using Zoom and other platforms to help individuals stay connected and minimize feelings of social isolation.

Awards Received

In Noble’s 67 years of existence, it has received numerous awards and accolades, including recognition for its school-to-work transition services.

It continues to achieve the highest level of accreditation by CARF and is a proud chapter of The Arc US and The Arc of Indiana, serving as The Arc of Greater Indianapolis. For many years, Noble has been affiliated with United Way of Central Indiana as one of its long-term community-based organizations. It is also a member of INARF (Indiana Association of Rehabilitation Facilities), the Indy Chamber of Commerce, SIPN (Strategic Indiana Provider Network), APSE (Association of Persons in Supported Employment), IABC (Indiana Association of Behavior Consultants) and many others.

For its level of governance and commitment to transparency, Noble holds GuideStar’s Platinum Level Seal of Transparency.

Finally, Noble is a proud member of Open for Service, which means we celebrate diversity and foster inclusiveness in everything we do. We do not turn anyone away based on race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Interesting Facts

Noble was founded by parents and families in 1953 because they rejected the advice of doctors to institutionalize their children. They knew that their sons and daughters with disabilities could contribute to the community so they banded together to provide for their children what society would not. an education. Noble School opened that September, and over the years of advocating for the individuals and families they served, Noble continued to evolve, often launching the first of a service in the state that was quickly replicated elsewhere (like launching the state’s first supported employment service in 1986).

Throughout the years of evolving to meet the changing needs of the community, Noble has stayed true to its mission: to expand opportunities and enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.