New Home for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Atlanta nonprofits Jewish Family & Career Services (JF&CS) and Camp Twin Lakes recently announced the opening and full licensure of a new group home for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The Eric M. Robbins Group Home at Camp Twin Lakes will provide support to individuals with the purpose of living as independently as possible and creating a year-round community where they can live, work, and play in an inclusive camp and community environment.This is the ideal partnership allowing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to have an affordable home of their own along with opportunities for employment and community involvement, said LaWanda Crawl, JF&CS Director of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Services.The organizations are actively looking for the following:Residents to live in the new home, located in Rutledge, Georgia, about 45 minutes east of Atlanta. The home is fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Home care workers and house managers to support the individuals in their home Employment opportunities within the local community for the individualsWith the support of the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, the JF&CS/Camp Twin Lakes partnership began in 2012 with collaborative discussions of building a house together for adults with developmental disabilities on land owned by Camp Twin Lakes. Together, they then collaborated to raise money for and build this unique group home. Finally, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities from JF&CS IndependenceWORKS program began traveling to the new Camp Twin Lakes group home to assist with cleaning the cabins, providing them an opportunity to develop housekeeping skills. In addition, Helping Hands Ministry, located in Rutledge, donated appliances for the home. In 2015, the house was completed, and the process to get full licensure began.For more information about the Eric M. Robbins Group Home at Camp Twin Lakes, please contact LaWanda Crawl at 770-677-9420.
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