Support, Inc.

11/14/2024

A great resource on the Eastern Plains!!

Averys Light Mission is to bring awareness by providing resources and opportunities to the special needs community

11/14/2024

Sounds like a wonderful event!! 🎄

Join us for some fun on December 7th! Tickets for Tree for All are on sale now! 🎄❄️☃

Tree for All tickets do sell out, so make sure to grab yours soon! Come for lunch and an opportunity to bring home a tree you love.

Purchase tix here: https://www.foothillsserviceleague.org/tree-for-all

Foothills Service League
Taste of Loveland

11/13/2024

Some good news to share this week :)

In a first-of-its-kind move, a popular theme park will offer a discrete way for visitors to alert staff throughout the park that they may need extra help even if their disability isn't apparent.

11/05/2024

And last but not least, check out the Halloween fun in Pueblo!! From the trunk or treat event to the party hosted with the ARC and other agencies, we're so grateful for Pueblo Community Resources and how well they serve our people down South :)

11/05/2024

Check out the fun we had last Thursday for Halloween in Aurora!! And a big thanks to everyone that helped host this wonderful event!!

11/05/2024

Pueblo Community Resources is hosting a craft and bake sale soon! Check out these details for more information!!

10/24/2024

We had so much fun at the Loveland Halloween Party today!! Big thanks to the Loveland Team for planning all the fun and food and games and prizes!! 🎃

10/24/2024

We continue to highlight positive happenings around the agency this month. Read ahead to learn how Kole and his provider Billie worked together to seek employment opportunities!

My name is Victoria and I’m writing to share a story on behalf of a person I work with. This person I am writing about has achieved a goal; it was to find a job.

Kole found a job at the prestigious restaurant Cheyenne Mountain Resort. He has been at this job for a few months and has done such an excellent job that they keep trying to give him more hours than he is allowed to work. I have only had KB on my caseload since March 2024 and in that amount of time he has shown so much growth! All of this would not be possible without the assistance of his amazing host home provider Billie.

I have watched her talk with him about goals and steps needed to reach those goals, I have watched her praise him when KB advocates for himself. Kole is doing so well at his job they sometimes ask him to do things outside of what he was hired for.

As anyone who knows Kole, you want to step in and protect him from being taken advantage of, but he has advocated for himself that there are some things he doesn’t mind doing and others he will say no to. It was a big step for him to ask Billie to let him handle his job on his own as anyone else would and if he needed assistance, he would let her know. Billie has gone above and beyond with picking him up after 10pm and dropping him off early in the mornings. She really is an HHP who just wants to see her PRS’s grow! I am so proud to work with amazing people like Kole and Billie!

10/24/2024

Don't forget- we have our Halloween Parties coming up soon, including one event in Loveland today!! Feel free to join us if you're able to do so 🎃

10/24/2024

Please join us in congratulating Annita for Host Home Provider of this month!! This submission was written by Abeer on behalf of the Denver Metro 1 Team:

I nominate Annita for HHP of the month because of her person centered approaches and her dedication to providing the highest quality of services to the persons receiving services.

Annita supports the whole person and has an innate ability to personalize services and supports to meet the person where they are. Her calm and composed demeanor is contagious and does carry on to the PRS.

One of the PRS in my caseload moved to Annita’s home in Feb of 2024. For the purpose of this communication, we will call this PRS AB5. Prior to moving to Annita’s home, AB5 demonstrated little to no interest in communicating with people and seemed unaware of my presence in almost every home visit I made. I had to take the initiative and the effort to communicate with AB5. After moving in with Annita, AB5 started to come to me when I go there. AB5 looks at me when I attempt to communicate and sometimes, AB5 will come to me before I even try to reach out.

AB5 has gained many new skills since moving to Annita’s! AB5, for example, started to participate in putting clothes in the laundry basket. AB5 started to engage in simple table top activities and has shown interest in the other PRS living in the home.

AB5 doesn’t demonstrate the interest in choosing clothes or the ability to participate in choosing what to wear. Annita, however, does care and will invest every effort in ensuring that AB5 has opportunities to choose the best of clothes.

Thanks again Annita for everything you do to support AB5!!

10/23/2024

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10/23/2024

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10/23/2024

Please join us in welcoming Immanuel Perry to Support, Inc.!

Hello everyone,

My name is Immanuel Perry I am a new addition to the team as Associate Director of residential services. I am a Colorado native and have personal experience with the IDD world. I grew up with my little sister having down syndrome and my daughters we adopted have intellectual delays. My work experience over the past 20 years has been in the customer service industry working in call centers for many fortune 500 &100 companies. In my spare time I love gaming anything from board games to console gaming. I am a bronco fan and enjoy traveling when I am able to. I am happy to join the team and look forward to a successful and rewarding time here.

10/23/2024

Cat party pics anyone? 😸

Robert decided that his two cats Haley and Hillary would celebrate their birthdays together. He got decorations, a cake and treats for both of them, turning 2 and 7 years old respectively. He spent a couple months planning it and purchasing a new cat tree for them. They didn’t really go for the cake, but had some wet cat food instead.

Danyelle brought some toys and Jennifer (their coordinator) brought a catnip plant, which has since been replanted and chewed on happily by Haley (Hillary likes the dry stuff only Robert reports).

Robert had fun and his kitties did too!!

10/22/2024

Please join us in welcoming Amy Baum to Support, Inc. as our new Office Manager in Aurora!

I am a Colorado native and mom of two wild teenage boys. I come from a large roofing Company where I worked as the assistant production manager for both our residential and commercial projects. I am new to the health care industry but am very excited to learn the ins and outs. When not at work, I enjoy being outdoors camping, or fishing. I have been blessed to travel to Kauai for the last several years and look forward to that trip over and over again. I have a very spoiled English Bulldog, Chance, who also got to see Kauai our last trip there.

I am very excited to join the team and look forward to working with everyone!

10/22/2024

Halloween is right around the corner- check out these tips for people with Autism 🎃

We have put together a list of handy tips to help autistic children and their families have a ‘wickedly’ good time this Halloween.

10/21/2024

Sometimes we like to share positive stories, highlighting the relationships between the providers and the people they serve.

In early September, one of our individuals receiving services, Missy, told her HHP Genet that she would like to go on a trip to celebrate her birthday. They talked about where they should go, and Missy said she wanted to go visit some friends from church who had recently moved to Dallas and visit Genet’s daughter who also lives there.

Genet made all the arrangements, and they had a wonderful time visiting friends and family. They also made day trips to historical sights and local attractions. Happy Birthday to Missy! One of her most valuable gifts is her amazing HHP Genet who does everything she can to make Missy’s wishes come true!!

10/15/2024

We're grateful to all the case managers across the state working tirelessly to ensure that the people we serve get connected to services. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Happy National Case Management Week 2024! - https://mailchi.mp/alliancecolorado/cmweek2024