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We invite you to look over our menu of services and support, and sincerely hope that you will find several programs of interest to you. We want to introduce you to new possibilities in life, and help you get there through our classes and practical experiences. We want you to be able to confidently participate in your chosen activities at home, at work, and in the community. |
Some Services We Provide:
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Employment Services
Bridges offers a unique career
service program for individuals with disabilities. Unlike traditional job
placement agencies, we take the time to explore your personal career goals and
then arrange opportunities for you to sample different work settings before you
decide on the career that best suits you. Bridges works extensively with
community business partners to make your dream a reality.
For more information, contact Nikki
at 321.690.3464 or nzeuli@mybridges.org
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COM/PASS invites you to join a small group and explore our wonderful community. You plan your weekly schedule of community activities (e.g. volunteering, job exploration, recreation) and it's supplemented with your selection of classes held both in the community and in our facility.
MOBILE CREW offers opportunities for you to work in the community, learn useful job skills, and get paid. Our
$2 million dollar state-of-the-art, nationally recognized, recycling facility at Patrick Air Force Base also offers you exciting paid work opportunities to prepare you for competitive employment.
EMPLOYMENT provides you with your own job coach to explore different career opportunities and to assist you in learning your new job and taking care of business!
JOB SKILLS enables you to learn new job skills (e.g. sorting, packaging, assembly) and to be paid based on your quantity and quality of work. You are able to supplement these activities with your selection of classes held both in the community and in our facility. We contract with local business to provide us with one-time and ongoing high-volume, labor intensive jobs so you always have a choice of what you would like to do.
ENRICH: This unique program offers you a combination of therapy and habilitation classes tailored to your individual needs, particularly if you require a little more assistance with range of motion, communication, or basic activities of daily living. We offer very small class sizes.
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION: Enter the exciting world of computers to facilitate your learning and build new skills. These small interactive classes explore academics, problem solving, and media programs, as well as acquiring valuable, lifelong computer skills.
Bridges
1694 Cedar Street Rockledge, FL 32955 Phone: 321.690.3464 FAX: 321.690.3467 Kate DiIulio, Senior Manager Community Supports
kdiiulio@mybridges.org
Material Recycling Facility
Located at Building 631, Rescue Road
Patrick Air Force Base, FL 32952
Phone: 321.494.6848 FAX: 321.494.3651 Doris Allen,
Senior Manager, Recycle
dallen@mybridges.org
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If you are a family member who provides a home to a relative with a developmental disability, you may wish to consider one or more of our in-home services to assist you. We contract with very qualified and motivated independent providers who can offer one or more of the following services to you. We provide a comprehensive training program, background checks, and monitoring to make sure that you are comfortable with your chosen provider.
Our Support Service Providers must meet all requirements set by Agency for Persons with Disabilities. They must complete drug screen testing, pass local and FBI background screening, be at least 18 years of age with a 2-year degree or at least one year of paid experience. Required training includes: CPR, mandatory reporting, seizures, blood borne pathogens / universal precautions, introduction to developmental disabilities, proper lifting, use of fire extinguishers, and medication administration. |
Companion Services: We offer one on one non-medical care, supervision, and socialization activities in your own home or in a variety of community locations.
In-Home Support Services: Provides for someone to live in the individual's home, sharing expenses and providing the support services needed. Services range from assisting with bathing and eating to provision of opportunities for participation in community life activities.
Personal Care Assistance Service: Assistance with eating, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, and daily living activities essential to the health and welfare of the individual.
Respite Services: This program provides relief from the day-to-day challenges of caring for an individual with a disability. Companion level care is offered in the home.
Respite Services (Group Home): This program allows individuals to receive 24-hour care and supervision in a group home setting in order to provide relief to full-time caregivers and to provide socialization and increased independence to individuals. This is particularly helpful to families who want to get away for a long weekend or a short vacation.
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Group Home: If you are currently living in your family's home, there may come a time when you wish to live away from home. We offer
two homes in Rockledge, and one in Titusville. You will have a room to decorate as you please, and the opportunity to participate in all the activities and chores of the home. These homes are staffed around the clock so you are never far from assistance.
Supported Living: Perhaps group home living is not for you. You may prefer to be more independent and live in an apartment, with possibly one or two chosen roommates. In this case we provide a supported living coach for you who will visit your home on a regular basis to make sure you are doing well.
Group Homes
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Joanmarie Franco
Senior Manager, Residential Services
jfranco@mybridges.org
Springwood Estates
951 Eyster Boulevard
Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321.690.3471
Fax: 321.690.3474
Phillip Lee
Residential Manager
plee@mybridges.org
Woodsmere Estates
980 Bridle Lane
Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321.690.3469
Fax: 321.504.0940
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Ali Holcomb
Residential Manager
aholcomb@mybridges.org
Melrose Place
3595 Melrose Avenue
Titusville, FL 32780
Phone: 321.383.5598
Fax: 321.383.5599 |
For further information on social services please
contact us:
Bridges
1694 Cedar Street
Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321.690.3464
Fax: 321.690.3467
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