Jan Foderaro and her family had just moved to the area when they began attending Blooming Glen Mennonite Church. Jan was taking some time off from her nursing career to be home with her children, and she was thinking about how she might serve in her church or community. It just so happened that not […]
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Peer Support programs are a unique mental health service in that they connect individuals with someone who draws from their own experience with mental health recovery. A Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) is someone who has lived experience with mental health services and is willing to share their story in support of another individual. Our Certified
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Indian Creek Foundation was born out of the efforts of local Mennonite Conferences to care for and serve individuals with special needs. Mennonites were very early adopters of community care models, which is one reason that the Southeastern Pennsylvania region is home to many longstanding resources for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD). As
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Since the seeds Indian Creek Foundation were planted by families who had a child with special needs, we have always been a family-centered organization. As those families got together to support each other and talk about creating opportunities for their children, they developed ideas that would eventually launch Indian Creek Foundation. The Delp family was
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Indian Creek Foundation’s Therapeutic After School Program (TASP) has been a community resource for hundreds of families who have a child with Autism. An important program of our Behavioral Health Services department, TASP uses evidence-based tools to assist children and adolescents with their work toward individualized goals. As part of our programming, clinicians and therapeutic
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Indian Creek Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a large footprint. It takes a lot of space to serve everyone within our scope of care! We have been fortunate over the years to receive sizable gifts of actual real estate, or enough funds to purchase or renovate buildings. One recent gift to our Mission to
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Whether you love getting to know and enjoy a lot of people, or you prefer to keep a small circle of close friends, your social connections are important. For many people who live with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, maintaining a social life can be challenging. Indian Creek Foundation has always upheld the value of relationships
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Indian Creek Foundation recently welcomed a new Director of Day Services to our family. Leslie Fisher may be new to this role, but she is no stranger to Indian Creek. A Lansdale native and North Penn graduate, Leslie came to work here in Behavioral Health Services after earning a degree in Special Education at Slippery
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Registration and volunteer signups are underway for our 33rd Annual Roll Stroll & Run Event on June 15th! Something we apply to pretty much everything at Indian Creek Foundation is the understanding that we all have unique interests and abilities. Our services are incredibly diverse to ensure that we can meet many different needs in
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In early December, we completed our 15th annual holiday gift drive. Every year since 2008, Indian Creek has worked with staff and a dedicated group of donors to make sure our residents and program members have lovely gifts to open on Christmas morning. Indian Creek Foundation serves individuals and families of varying sizes and socioeconomic
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