Hello, reader!
Creative Community Services, Inc. (CCS) is very excited to present our new blog. This will be a space for you to learn more about CCS, our programs, our staff, our events, and the issues close to our heart. Whether you are an individual in our program, an employee of CCS, someone interested in ways to help foster children and adults with disabilities, someone looking for assistance, or simply someone curious about CCS, this blog is the place for you! Please ask questions and leave feedback in the comment section to help us ensure that this blog is meeting your needs.
For those who are learning about CCS for the first time, let us provide you with an overview of who we are and what we do.
Executive Director Sally Buchanan founded Creative Community Services, Inc in 1982 as a private, non-profit organization focused on providing home-based support for adults with developmental disabilities. After seeing her success with adults, a House Representative approached Sally about expanding our services to children who were severely abused and neglected so, in 1988, CCS began offering therapeutic foster care services for children. Over thirty years later our mission continues to be the improvement of the quality of life for children, teens, and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health needs, and their families, by providing direct services and community-based support throughout the state of Georgia. We give both kids and adults hope by encouraging independent living that results in involved, engaged citizens and community members. We currently work with 45 foster children and 55 adults in several counties throughout the state of Georgia. We provide extensive support to those individuals which enable them to develop life skills for independent living. We offer a community approach to ensuring a safe and loving home for every child by bringing together a team of professionals including case managers, therapists, family consultants, therapeutic foster parents, and more. We also provide community support for families who have their own children coping with mental illness.
The programs we offer include therapeutic foster care, respite care, Successful Transitions Through Empowerment and Planning (STEP), SOAR (Supporting Families – Overcoming Obstacles – Achieving Independence – Reaching New Heights), adventure respite and many more. Respite and adventure respite provide families caring for our individuals with much-needed breaks from the daily routine through short-term therapeutic care. The STEP program works with youth who are approaching adulthood to prepare them to live independently in the community. The SOAR program provides comprehensive behavioral intervention services to children, adults, and their families or caregivers to bridge the gap between good parenting and therapeutic intervention. With all of our programs, our staff creates a plan and goals that are personalized to each individual’s needs. The programs we provide to our individuals would not be possible without our partnerships with such organizations as Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC), Teen Parent Connection (TPC), Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF), Community Based Alternatives for Youth (CBAY), and other invaluable agencies.
We aim to have a weekly fun event or activity planned for our individuals. For example, this past weekend our foster kids went tubing and this week our adults will go to the fair. We also host holiday parties, family game nights, movie nights and many more exciting opportunities for our individuals to hang out with each other and our staff.
If you are interested in volunteering or donating to CCS, you can find out by going on our website (http://www.ccsgeorgia.org/volunteer.html). An easy way you can start helping CCS right now is through Kroger’s Community Rewards program. All you have to do is add Creative Community Services (NPO number: 98257) under your Community Rewards program on your Kroger Rewards account and then every time you use your Kroger plus card, a percentage of the sale goes to CCS! Also, the fundraiser won’t take away from your gas points!
Thank you for your interest in CCS! We hope you continue to read our posts and learn more about Creative Community Services.
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