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Program Information

For a short description of each program at EHCA, click the program name in the list below.

Autism Waiver

EHCA fills a gap in the community by ovvering services to adults with autism.

Homemaker Services

This program launched in March 2011 and was designed to promote, educate, and assist individuals and families in understanding what makes a healthy and safe home environment.

Life Sharing Through Family Living

Family Living is provided through a careful match between a person with disabilities and a family or individual living in the local community. It offers increased independence, a safe and caring home, community participation and continued family involvement.

MOVE (Making Opportunities for Volunteerism and Exploration)

This day-support program provides opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to build relationships by volunteering in the community, as well as taking classes and attending leisure/social groups.

OASIS (Opportunities and Advancement for Students with Intellectual Disabilities for Self-Actualization)

EHCA and Mercyhurst North East have come together to offer this one-year certification program for students with intellectual disabilities interested in continuing their education to obtain entry-level positions in the restaurant or catering industry.

OBRA and Independence Waiver Programs

These waivers provide services to people in their homes with developmental and physical disabilities, whose primary diagnosis is not mental retardation, to allow them to live in the community and remain as independent as possible.

Options

This program provides resources for families who wish to care for a family member with developmental disabilities at home. It includes habilitation, respite care and community inclusion.

Project First Step

PFS is a multi-service program, geared towards mothers and infants to age three, uniquely designed to support families in Erie, Crawford and Venango counties and promote independence, family unity and overall family health.. The Family Engagement Services component links high-risk, Office of Children and Youth-involved parents with mental health concerns, mental retardation, physical impairment, and those with a medically fragile child to needed community services.

Residential

In addition to basic living activities, our 16 community homes provide supports to each individual, including medical/nursing services, physical therapy, nutrition, speech therapy, behavioral support and community experiences. Each individual and his/her family, along with the interdisciplinary team, plan and implement support programs that enhance a person's life.

School Age Program

This inclusive after-school and full summer program gives children with and without disabilities the opportunity to be involved in supervised community outings and center-based activities.

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