Stories
Holiday Cheer Brings Smiles to Resident Faces
On Tuesday, December 14, a handful of Scioto employees traveled to Westerville, Ohio, to share a little holiday cheer. They visited a home where NeuroRestorative Ohio, a partner of The MENTOR Network, supports the needs of people with acquired brain injuries. The house, which officially opened in early September, currently houses one individual, but plans are underway to add as many as four more people in the near future. The Scioto Santas arrived with holiday wreaths and poinsettias to decorate the house for…
Click here to read moreThe Start of Somthing New…Sunbury, Ohio
By trade Genny Beck is not a juggler but she does a great impersonation of one each time she searches for quality homes for her customers. Genny, Program Director for a national provider, works hard, relying on knowledge gleaned from nearly two decades in the field to fulfill the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities.
“I work with people who have sustained brain injuries, and/or developmental disabilities who are looking for a nice group home to call home,” said Genny. “ This task is…
Building One Home For Four In Eight Short Weeks…Green Bay, Wisconsin
If you build it they will come … or sometimes you have four people with disabilities waiting for a home and need to have a house built to certain specifications in eight weeks. That’s when Scioto goes into action and makes sure the house gets built so folks have a house to call home.
That’s the situation in which Innovative Services of Green Bay, Wisconsin, found itself. They had eight weeks to find community-based housing for four developmentally disabled individuals with physical disabilities.
Allen Ray,…
Click here to read moreFrom Turmoil To Contentment…Nashville, Tennessee
When forty-three-year-old Robert moved into his own house in Nashville, Tennessee, he was so happy that he walked up to total strangers to tell them about his new home.
Admittedly, not every man his age would feel the need to proclaim a new home to the world. But then Robert is not every 43-year-old man.
Robert was born with a defective heart and at just three months of age underwent surgery for congenital heart failure. According to his sister, Rebecca, Robert was later diagnosed with…
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