Group
Residences
The Crystal Run Village, Inc. reconfiguration plan initiated in 1991 with
the relocating of people housed at Greerwoody-Crest, a 90 bed Intermediate
Care Facility in Pomona. The agency’s Fallsburg campus and original
residential school in Middletown are projected to close in early 2002. The
organization’s rigorous development campaign will have succeeded in
providing the residents of these large congregate care facilities with the
opportunity to move into supervised group homes throughout Orange,
Rockland and Sullivan Counties. Forty-three houses in total, accommodating
4-14 people, will offer individualized services, providing a path to
normalized living and community participation.
The Crystal Run Village, Inc. Residential Services Program offers optimum
community inclusion, comfort, enjoyment, convenience, beauty and security.
Suburban and rural environments offer easy access to the outdoors,
shopping, amusements, neighborhood happenings and religious services. The
services provided in these home-like settings include 24-hour staffing,
meals, daily program planning, transportation, medical assistance and help
in defining personal preferences and individual goal achievement.
Supportive Apartments
This independent living
program services people who are fully integrated in the community and are
designed to serve people with mild or moderate mental disabilities who do
not need 24-hour supervision. The supportive apartment program provides a
case worker as auxiliary support for the continued success of their
independence.
Respite
In addition to permanent housing, the agency
also provides temporary housing through its Respite House in Orange
County. The service is designed to provide family caregivers with
short-term relief from the demands of caring for their child (12 years or
older) or adult relative with a disability.
Nursing Supervision
Crystal Run Village, Inc. provides a Registered Nurse/resident ratio
that ensures the individualized quality of care and safety of
participants in its residential programs. The agency’s skilled nursing
department is comprised of 13 Registered Nurses and 8 Licensed Practical
Nurses who are responsible professionals and devoted care givers.
Residents requiring immediate nursing care, those with chronic need or
individuals experiencing a common illness, benefit from a well-planned
triage nursing system in collaboration with residential staff.
The nursing department provides unlicensed direct care staff with
initial and on-going training in tasks commonly identified as nursing
procedures, such as, medication administration, diabetes management or
medical equipment needs. High standards and continued supervision of
in-home health services support the quality of life in Crystal Run
Village residences.
The nurses observe, assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. They provide
weekly
over-site to their assigned residences to maintain compliance with state
mandated medical standards. And, they work closely with the community
based healthcare providers of the people served by the agency to achieve
the best care possible.
Service
Coordination
The Crystal Run Village, Inc. Service Coordination Department
provides services to people living within the agency’s residences, as well
as, to individuals that may be living at home with their families, in
residences operated by the state or by other agencies, or on their own in
the community.
People eligible for services must be at least three years old with a
developmental disability, and meet stipulated levels of care requirements.
The service provides not only a system of supports, but benefits the
people with a disability and their families by allowing for the
opportunity to make informed choices, resulting in a flexible,
personalized plan of care that adjusts with an individual’s age and life
changes.
The program’s goals emphasize: self-determination and choice; empowerment
and freedom; integration; and productivity through meaningful
contributions to society.
Mental Health Programs
Independent Living
Supported and/or Supervised Housing is available through
the Crystal Run Village, Inc. Mental Health Programs for
individuals and families with the goal of independent successful living.
The Crystal Run Village, Inc. Supported Housing Services Program provides
independent living opportunities and case management services to people
with mental illness or those dually diagnosed with a developmental
disability living in Orange County. The program fosters an atmosphere of
security and consistency of quality of life with the objective of
self-sufficiency for the individuals and their families.
Case Managers negotiate and
secure community resources, which may include: housing; employment;
financial assistance; 24-hour crisis intervention; children’s and family
services. Enhanced assistance can be provided in the home and in the
community in areas such as: life skills training; job coaching; and
mentoring. The Crystal Run Village, Inc. Mental Health Program provides
services to approximately 107 people in their communities.
Invisible Children’s Program
The Invisible
Children's Project is a nationally recognized program that originated in
Orange County. The focus of the program is to give parents with a mental
illness the tools for providing a nurturing and safe environment for their
children. Support services can include: family case management; respite
child care; parent support groups; in-home clinical consulting; parenting
education; financial aid
access;
family recreational activities; children’s art therapy; vocational and
educational services; medical/medication counseling, and referrals.
Orange County Single Point of
Entry
A new
initiative of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), Single
Point of Entry is intended to provide adults with mental illness a
simplified process for accessing community support services. The Care
Coordinator functions as a liaison between the Orange County Department of
Mental Health (OCDMH) and community-based residential and case management
service providers. The service offers a reduction in the time from
referral to receipt of services; increase in the number of high needs
individuals receiving priority services; better community integration and
community tenure, and realize improvements in service appropriateness and
outcomes.
Vocational and Skill
Development Services
Day Habilitation
The philosophy of making a difference by nurturing the abilities of each
person is the operative focus of the agency’s Open Vistas Day Habilitation
Program. A high staff to participant ratio provides for an
accomplishment-driven environment offering great potential for individual
growth.
Field trips, cooking classes, sharing through community outreach,
literacy/numeric training, fine motor skills development, sports and
expression through art and performance are some of the programs designed
to encourage the development of the individual’s socialization skills,
confidence development and the understanding of opportunities through
choice.
Vocational Services and Supported Employment
Members of the Crystal Run Village, Inc. Vocational Services Team, work
one-on-one with potential employment candidates with a disability, to
ascertain job interests and performance abilities in order to provide
optimum choice in locating an integrated workplace opportunity. Job
coaching is provided through the job application and interviewing process.
Once in the workplace, on-going support provided in the form of training
and advocacy ensures the individual’s success in performing job functions
and congenial social interaction with co-workers and business management.
Opportunities for employment are the result of strong cooperative
relationships developed within the business community by the Crystal Run
Village, Inc. Vocational Services Team.
Mobile Work Crew
Applying the principles of Supported Employment, Village Care is an
independent affirmative business, providing landscaping and janitorial
services to homeowners and businesses.
Village Care employs an integrated staff of people from the community and
people with developmental and psychiatric disabilities. This mobile work
crew model offers a competent, dedicated and friendly workforce in the
competitive maintenance and lawn care marketplace, with all employees
working side-by-side.
