OPEN CIRCLE ADULT DAY CARE

OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, ENRICHING AND SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT FOR ADULTS LIVING WITH A SERIOUR AND PERSISTNENT MENTAL ILLNESS.

ABC PAYEES' MISSION IS TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CLIENT'S LIVES THROUGH RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING DISABLED AND VULNERABLE PERSONS WHO NEED ASSISTANCE WITH MANAGING THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT.

TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HOUSING WITH CARE FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES, SENIORS, AND VETERANS.

TO BE A SOURCE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION; INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND RESEARCH REGARDING PARENTS, FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND TO THOSE PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THEM; BY PROVIDING SERVICES WHICH FACILITATES PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.

ADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER'S (ACT) MISSION IS TO ADVANCE "SELF ADVOCACY" WHICH, AS ITS NAME SUGGESTS, ENGAGES PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES TO BE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. ACT DESCRIBES SELF-ADVOCACY AS A THREE-LEGGED STOOL. THE FIRST LEG IS THE PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT THAT SOMEONE GROWS INTO, WHERE THEY CAN SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES ADN GO FOR WHAT THEY WANT. THE SECOND LED IS UNDERSTANDING DISABILITY NOT AS A PHYSCIAL PROBLEM WITHIN THE PERSON, BUT AS A DISCRIMINATION PROBLEM WITHIN SOCIETY. THE THIRD LEG IS THE SOCIAL CHANGE MOVEMENT, WHERE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES JOIN TOGETHER (ORGANIZE) TO GET THE POWER TO CHANGE SOCIETY.

AFRICAN COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICES IS GUIDED BY ITS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, EMPOWERS IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL, THROUGH ITS PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION, AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.