Morningside

Foundational community supports (fcs) program: morningside's foundational community supports is a program offering benefits for supported housing and supported employment for apple health-eligible beneficiaries with complex needs. Morningside works with housing and employment providers to help our clients find and maintain jobs, acquire stable, independent housing, and gain the necessary skills to be successful.

Pre-employment transition services (pre-ets) program: morningside seeks to develop and lead successful workforce development strategies for youth and young adults aged 14-22 with active iep or 504 plans. Through these efforts, youth and young adults will gain work readiness training, work experience, prepare for postsecondary education and/or connect with industry-focused education and training programs. Our pre-ets program provides workplace readiness training, work-based learning, self-advocacy, including paid internships.

Community protection program:morningside's community protection program enables individuals who require specialized support and supervision to work safely in their communities. The program serves offenders with developmental disabilities who are enrolled in washington's community protectionprogram through dshs. The community protection program is highly regarded nationally and was the first to be approved by the federal government to receive medicaid waiver funding. Morningside has been offering these services since 1993, longer than any employment provider in our state. In addition to the more traditional tasks of a job developer, community protection job developers provide outreach to community employers and assist individuals with disclosing information to ensure safety. Morningside staff participate in treatment team meetings for each individual where we discuss efforts to reduce supervision and restriction of rights, termed "reductions and advocate for client rights in every possible approach. They work collaboratively with the treatment team to identify employment settings that assist clients in reaching success and helping them to be as independent as possible. We are proud of the progress clients make in our creative program.