Live
Garden Center Services has developed an array of residential alternatives, giving clients several options for choosing their living arrangements. The types of settings in which Garden Center offers residential support ranges from single-family homes to 16-bedroom facilities, allowing clients to receive varying amounts of assistance.
Community Integrated Living Arrangements (CILA)The majority of Garden Center clients receiving residential support reside in CILA homes. These single-family homes are located in residential neighborhoods within the communities of Burbank, Chicago Ridge, Cicero, Westmont and LaGrange Park. Living in a CILA home provides clients the opportunity to experience a shared living situation while individually taking responsibility for their own space and day to day activities. Clients receive only the support they need to run their own lives.
For additional information on CILA homes please email us at: info@gardencenterservices.org
Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF)
Intermediate Care Facilities have been designed to offer 24 hour residential support to individuals requiring fairly intense services due to the greater impact of their disabilities. The ICF programs are located in Burbank and Berwyn, and offer those clients with advanced physical and mental disabilities access to round the clock care and medical services.
For additional information on ICF homes please email us at: info@gardencenterservices.org
Engage
Our staff works hard to enhance the life of each client. Programs are designed to engage the mind, body and soul of every person that walks through our doors. Each client receives individual attention and has access to a wide array of educational, vocational, and social experiences through our day program services.
Developmental Training: With staff support and guidance, Clients are assisted in enhancing their functional daily living skills that will help them to live more independent and fulfilling lives.
Internal Employment: Local businesses have chosen to outsource certain tasks such as packaging, light assembly and sorting to agencies such as Garden Center. This creates a win-win situation where the company saves on the costs of performing this work in house, and our clients are giving the chance to enhance their vocational skills and to earn some income.
To receive information about employing our clients to perform work for your company, please email us: info@gardencenterservices.orgExternal Employment: Clients that have performed well within our Internal Employment programs are assigned a career coach and placed into jobs outside of the facility within the local community. The positives that surround external employment are limitless. External employment establishes high-levels of self-worth, develops individual skills and gives our clients a chance to interact with their community.
To gather more information about employing an individual from Garden Center Services please email us at: info@gardencenterservices.org