Search

Helping Hands for the Disabled 

Description

Helping Hands for the Disabled provides assisted living homes for adults with developmental disabilities.  We provide housing and all needed services for 23 men and women of different backgrounds, origins and abilities who come together to form a family in each of our four homes. These developmentally disabled persons enjoy passions, hobbies and pastimes that many Americans enjoy. Many of our residents have jobs. They, like you, must get out of bed early and go to jobs of customer service, production, or in the service industry. After their day of work they are glad to return to their homes at Halcyon, Champion, Trail House, or Visions.

Mission Statement

To support people with developmental disabilities in achieving their potential, building their self esteem, and enhancing their community involvement. To accomplish this, we commit our energy and resources to developing and maintaining residences and a continuum of program services to meet their needs.

Donate Now
  • Seattle Foundation Fundholders:

    Login to make a grant recommendation from your fund
Helping Hands for the Disabled
PO Box 6335 
Bellevue 
WA
98008 
(425) 644-4344 

Cheryl Jordan 
Executive Director 

Programs

Helping Hands for the Disabled Programs

Helping Hands for the Disabled provides housing and all necessary (each resident requires different levels of care, ranging from full support to prompting in their performance of their ADLs).  We provide transportation and staff support to residents in getting to and from their jobs, recreational activities, medical appointments and essential shopping.  We provide regular medical monitoring of each resident in our programs by licensed nurses to ensure that all medical issues are properly addressed.

Recent Successes and Current Challenges

We have a resident who moved into our program in 1997.  At that time, doctors advised us that this resident was not expected to live more than 4-6 months.  This resident is still alive, and is in good health and is thriving under our care.  We attribute this fact to the excellent level of care provided to each of our residents.  We take great pride in the services we provide to our residents.         

We currently have a need for a new Sprinter van for our Halcyon program.  Halcyon is home to eight residents, and the current 2002 Dodge Ram van will not allow transport of more than two residents and their wheelchairs at a time.  We have Sprinter vans for our Champion House and Visions programs, and they have proven to be very efficient for our needs.

Evaluation

Grant History with The Seattle Foundation:

Grants Awarded through The Seattle Foundation Grantmaking Program:

DateAmountPurpose
12/16/2004 $10,000.00support the purchase of two Dodge Sprinter vans.

Financials

Similar Organizations

Give broadly to Basic Needs
If you care about preventing homelessness, increasing affordable housing, and ensuring access to nutritious food, then make a difference by giving to the Grantmaking Program.
Questions or comments about this organization?
Contact us to learn more.