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Facts about Angels' Place
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Angels' Place, a private, not-for profit, faith-based organization
providing homes and services to adults with developmental disabilities.
Thirteen 24-hour state-licensed homes provide specialized residential care, supported independent living and transitional services to 65 adults with developmental disabilities ranging from mild to severe. Also, Angels' Place Abundant Life Services offers educational workshops, community supports for those living on their own, respite programs for caregivers and many other types of outreach. Christian and nondenominational, Angels' Place welcomes all faiths. Angels' Place was founded in 1992 and its first home, Saddlewood, opened in 1994. Transitional Services got underway in 1998 with the opening of Holy Family Home to prepare higher-functioning residents to live more fully on their own. Outreach programs through Abundant Life Services launched in 2003. These Oakland, Wayne and Macomb communities have at least one Angels' Place residence: | |
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| More than 70,000 persons with developmental disabilities - about 1.8% of the population - reside in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. By contrast, only 800 state-licensed group homes serve the same region. Angels' Place provides nurturing, respectful and loving homes for persons with developmental disabilities, many of whom had been living with aging parents or in foster care. Currently, 250 names are on the Angels' Place waiting list. In the face of looming state deficits and severe funding cutbacks for dental, podiatry, hearing aids, adult home help and other basic care, Angels' Place must look increasingly to private contributions to sustain and grow its mission. | ||