Mission Project Inc

Core programming is one of the larger budget areas where we apply our grants and donations. The mission project holds problem solvers and community strong groups on a weekly and bi-weekly basis. These groups use ot and mental health-based practices to help provide tools and support to the participants for independent living. In addition, one-on-one services are provided for participants who are struggling with certain things. This could be anything from managing their daily schedule to grocery shopping to hygiene. Ot based services look for tools or inventive ways to help the participants manage their daily lives.

Fitness and nutrition are also areas that we often use for grant seeking or donations. Due to the nature of intellectual and developmental disabilities, participants often have secondary diagnoses and develop issues as they age (much quicker than the regular population). They have higher rates of risk for heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, depression, anxiety, etc.) because of this, it is important that they learn about having a healthy lifestyle with fitness and nutrition, the mission project partners with move right quarterly to determine level of fitness and health for comparisons. The participants have all been very adamant about participating in this program and we have seen positive changes for each participant. Everyone has made a marked increase in functional movement that allows them to perform every day tasks and be healthier overall.