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Important Links:
Bloomington Office:
200 East Winslow Road
P.O. Box 1732
Bloomington, IN 47402
Bedford Office:
1515 G Street
Bedford, IN 47421
(800) 875-9615
Fax (812) 332-1186
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Customer Handbook 2007
2007 Case Manager and Funder Survey

Options provides services to more than 160 children
and adults with disabilities through a variety of residential
settings. These services are designed so that individuals live
where and with whom they want. Services are provided in the
individual's home or in one of our two group homes.
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Options supports individuals with disabilities to
find and keep jobs in their communities. Using a team
approach, the agency provides job-seeking skills, job placement,
long-term career development services and ongoing support.
Options assists employers to meet their ongoing workforce needs by
matching people to jobs.
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Options' newest addition to services is the Life,
Enrichment, Activities, and Participation (LEAP) Service, a group of
community-based habilitation services that provide people with
disabilities opportunities to make choices, create a community
presence, and develop friendships. LEAP can supplement other
services in which Options customers participate, such as supported
employment or supported living. Some of the daily offerings
include cooking, swimming, music, touring, walking, arts and crafts,
movies, going to lunch, health and safety, computers, and more.
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Options defines Behavior Support as training,
supervision, or assistance in the expression of emotions and
desires, and assertiveness or acquisition of socially appropriate
behaviors. This service also includes training and
consultation with staff, family members, roommates, and others.
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Health Care Coordination (HCC) provides a medical
professional to coordinate healthcare services. The service
ensures that everyone who provides medical services to a customer
are informed about that person's unique support needs.
Options' staff works with the individual and his or her team to
promote and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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Respite refers to short-term, temporary support to
people with disabilities so that their families can take a break
from the daily routine of care giving. Raising a child with
disabilities can be a very rewarding experience, yet it can also be
a very exhausting task. When a parent becomes consumed and
overwhelmed with caring for their special child, the child's
well-being may be at risk as well as the parents'. Respite
service staff work with the family to lessen the pressures that may
lead to institutionalization, divorce, neglect, or child abuse.
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