Programs
Programs We Provide
Serving Local Community
Vancouver, WA | Clark County | Portland Metro Area
We’re a grassroots organization that supports our (DD) Developmental Disability community of all ages to obtain the basic needs of life within the SWWA area- regardless of status.
Discrimination, language, access to services, and ableism are the biggest challenges that we see in our community. Many families also are unaware of the help that is available for them as well as facing fear and a lack of trust in the people and processes that can help them. We fight hard to ensure that no children fall through the cracks for any of the above reasons.
Our Approach
Bringing Down Barriers Together
Hispanic families with children with disabilities are substantially challenged in ways that others are not. Income limitations, health insurance exclusion and two-parent working households shorten the opportunities for children with disabilities and special health needs to receive help due to lack of time, money and insurance. Those are formidable factors that put up barriers to successful integration into the community.
What We Offer
We offer support to those who need help to navigate state and federal services, and advocacy at different levels. With the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been able to provide relief funds to our Hispanic/Latinx Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) community as well as support in collaboration with other nonprofit organizations locally and around the state of Washington to bring resources to our greatly impacted COVID community members.
What We Provide
We provide support for:
Language access
Therapies
Special education (IEP, 504)
Person Center Plan
Medical Services
DDA Services
SSI & Employment
Mental health & much more.
Free Hybrid Support Group
Join Us Every Tuesday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM During School Schedule Days
Our support group is for self-advocates and parents or legal guardians of children of all ages with developmental disabilities. Our group provides assistance to all; we don’t discriminate against anybody. If you have a child or family member with DD no matter their age, we’re here to help.
Location: 2400 East Fourth Plain Blvd. Vancouver WA 98661
Free 1:1 Support with Gabriela Ewing
Connect With Us For a 1:1 Appointment!
We’ll assess your (or your loved one’s) needs and help you get support.
Advocacy
Our Advocacy Goals Are Equity Across IDD Systems
Some of our advocacy goals are equity across IDD systems, closing state disability institutions and bringing the residents of those institutions to live in their communities, amplifying job opportunities for people with IDD, and advocacy for immigration status for our immigrant and refugee communities taking care of children with IDD.
School District - We help families to obtain services within the public school system to support the student in the ways they need. This includes attending IEP meetings and 504s.
Legislature - We advocate for services for people with developmental disabilities with our local and state legislature representatives. WA state is one of the few states that still has institutions for those with developmental disabilities, while we believe in community care.
Immigration - One fact that often is not understood by society in general is that undocumented families, many with American citizen children with ASD, face many hurdles that could be more easily overcome if they did not need to seek help from within the shadows of society.
It’s been over 30+ years since the last immigration reform. The time is now.