Opportunity Matters Inc

Opportunity matters "pathway to opportunities" consists of day services and supportive services. The day services provides individuals a place to be with others to socialize, cultivate their personal interests, engage in activities both cognitive and physical, exercise, and participate in community events. The program also provides caregivers assistance by giving them respite breaks from the care they provide. Currently we serve 10 individuals in our day program. The supportive services provide assistance to individuals in their own living environment or in the community. Services may include supervision for their daily living routines, assistance with accessing community education resources, managing finances, grocery shopping, community education classes, assisting with seeking employment, social events and becoming an active member of the community. Currently we serve 0 individuals in the supportive service program. Both services continue to be important resources in the community for those with cognitive/ physical disabilities and memory loss.

Opportunity matters "behavior consulting" is a service that assistsindividuals with disabilities who have behavior challenges in theirlives. The objective of the service is to help the person and those whosupport the person, reduce or eliminate negative behavior. This is donethrough the completion of a behavioral functional assessment and thedevelopment of a behavior modification program. The amount of time aconsultant is involved in a case depends on how well a person respondsto a behavior modification program. Over the past year, opportunitymatters provided behavior consulting to about 11 active cases. The needfor behavior consulting service is increasing as the profession changesthe ways supports are provided to individuals with disabilities.

Opportunity matters "crisis respite service" provides short term residential services for people experiencing an emergency due to medical or behavioral issues. This service is provided for 90-120 days, but at times goes beyond that point due to various circumstances that the person is facing with finding long term housing and services. Currently the occupancy level for the crisis units has been 100% full in the one site and because of staffing issues, the second site was not used in 2023. There continues to be a large demand for this service. Omi utilizes this term crisis respite mainly for how it serves and then bills for a specific clients need.