555 Fuller Street
Kelowna
British Columbia
Canada
V1Y 7W8
Vice President, Rick Pushor
President, Gail Meier
Executive Director, Charisse Daley cdaley@kdscl.bc.ca
Day Service
Provide opportunities for individuals to develop skills and abilities that promote self-esteem and independence through productive meaningful activities in recreation and leisure, volunteerism and life skill development.
Social Recreation Service
Provide community based evening and weekend social recreation opportunities to individuals to assist them in developing friendships.
Travel Club
Provide opportunities for individuals to travel; to rest, relax and have experiences outside their own community.
Independent Living
Provides assistance to individuals to enable them to live independently in their own homes.
Business Services
Provides opportunities for individuals to acquire knowledge and work skills in society owned businesses that either enhance the person’s ability to secure gainful employment in a time limited placement or provide the person with productive meaningful activity. Enables the society to subsidize the costs associated with not-for-profit service delivery.
Integrated Career Opportunities (ICO)
Provide opportunities for supported employment in community and through group work by teaching individuals the skills necessary to find, secure and maintain the employment of their choice. Services offer assessments, education, planning (discovery), skill development, support, on-site training and job coaching, monitoring, follow up and the retention required to find and maintain long term employment.
Provide a safe, respectful, healthy and supportive service to assist individuals to live interdependently in a manner that reflects their lifestyle choices.
Rental assistance: The Society administers 19 apartment rent supplements which allow people with limited incomes to live in apartments throughout our community.
Housing: Provide 24 hour support to assist individuals to live interdependently in their own home in the community.
Provide services that are directed by the person with a disability, their family and/or support network. Funding is provided by the person, their family, their support network or CLBC.