Little City Foundation

Adult residential - little city foundation provides a variety of living options that give adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to make choices and live a full and satisfying life. The program offers participants assistance in daily living, budgeting and community integration. The goal of the program is to provide opportunities for individuals to become as independent, healthy and as happy as possible.

Foster care and adoption services - places children from birth to the age of 21 who are unable to live with their birth families due to abuse or neglect into quality homes with specially trained families. The program is dedicated to finding loving foster to permanent homes for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental and emotional disorders, and/or medical needs. The program provides intensive case management and child-specific treatment to assist children in achieving their individual goals.

Vocational, employment and training services - assists adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to become productive, tax-paying members of society by earning money for meaningful work. Employment and training opportunities based on individual needs and capabilities are provided to little city residents as well as individuals from the local community. The life enrichment program provides opportunities for adults with significant developmental disabilities to achieve their highest level of independence by helping them learn valuable life skills including personal hygiene, social skills, pre-employment skills and cooking.

Therapeutic day school - provides progressive educational services for individuals with intellectual disabilities, as well as students with severe and profound needs on the autism spectrum. The program provides integrated life skills, academic, clinical and transitional services to help children reach their full potential. Classes are self-contained, small in size with a teacher and instructional support staff for elementary, middle and high school. Students are grouped in age appropriate classes with no more than a four-year span in any one group. The program takes advantage of available community resources in addition to making full use of the recreational, therapeutic and support service options stationed across the campus.

Behavioral therapy treatment - charged with providing clinical services for both the children and adult programs. The program serves individuals with varying skills deficits related to autism and related disorders and developmental disabilities. Services and supports are aimed at enhancing adaptive skills and developing replacement behaviors which maximize the individuals' level of independent functioning, choice and quality of life. The department provides the skills and knowledge to provide on-going assessment, quality assurance, monitoring and staff training.

Home-based support - a unique program that provides respite and individualized home-based support to families who have a child or family member with intellectual and dvelopmental disabilities. The goal of the program is to increase the individual's adaptive and social skills, allowing them to remain in the least restrictive environment possible, for as long as possible.