Amazon Prime Day 2019
5K Run Results Posted on Pretzel City Sports
ICF & Integrate for Good Are Helping the Homeless
For the last few months, ICF has been working in partnership with Integrate for Good, a satellite program of Access Services, Inc.. Several individuals from our Day Services program are making sleeping mats for homeless people and recently took part in an activity at Lower Providence Community Library. The mats, when completed, will be given to organizations who will distribute them.
Supported Employment in Action!
Tom is active in our Day Services Program and has always been interested in automobiles. Our employment specialists were able to find a job placement that fits him perfectly.
He works three days a week at Lakeside Garage in Souderton and has moved on from basic tasks around the shop to assisting with larger projects, including this exhaust system job.
Supported Employment is designed to guide individuals to full or part-time employment in the community. Tom is one of many participants who are experiencing success in the working world.
ICF is now on Instagram!
Indian Creek Foundation is now in Instagram. We’ll start posting soon. Be sure to start following us so you don’t miss out.
ICF on Comcast Newsmakers
Amanda Pfister, Director of Behavioral Health Services, talks about programming for school age and older youth with Autism. The TASP and TAY programs are highlighted.
ICF Launches New Personalized Employment Program
The Day Services Program of Indian Creek Foundation recently kicked off the new Personalized Employment Program to assist with placing their clients in job settings that meet their interests.
Indian Creek’s employment professionals perform a comprehensive assessment of a client’s interests and skills. This process identifies the strengths that the client already possesses; and our employment professionals assist the client in negotiating a work relationship that match the employers need to those strengths, skills, interest.
Consumers have begun taking part in the Personalized Employment Program and Indian Creek is ready to begin finding employment opportunities. ICF is currently seeking employment partners in the following areas, but not limited to:
Music (recording/sales), Transportation, Sports, Automotive, Fitness, Brewing, and Pet Care.
The program seeks to provide a win-win outcome for the employer and the client. Employment can range from a few hours to a full day’s work.
For more information, or to schedule an appointment with the Employment staff, please contact:
Roxanne Boryschuk at 267.203.1500 x 224 or rboryschuk@indcreek.org.
Candace Diamanti at 267.203.1500 x 204 or cdiamanti@indcreek.org
Our Director of Development recently spoke with Comcast Newsmakers host Jill Horner about the new Personalized Employment Program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Click HERE to watch the full interview.
Did You Know?
Indian Creek Foundation’s Behavioral Health Services Department has been providing services for youth and adults with autism for over 20 years. We are the only service provider in Montgomery County to offer a full continuum of services from early childhood through adulthood. For more information, contact Amanda Pfister, Director of Behavioral Health services at 267-203-1500 x 301.