Development Homes, Inc

Development Homes, Inc Empowering the Person; Impacting the Community

Our ACES program had a great time with Halloween Bingo today. Lots of fun, festivity, and great costumes!
10/31/2025

Our ACES program had a great time with Halloween Bingo today. Lots of fun, festivity, and great costumes!

A festive and fun day! Happy Halloween from Development Homes. We had a hot cider and goodie bar, as well as a costume...
10/31/2025

A festive and fun day! Happy Halloween from Development Homes. We had a hot cider and goodie bar, as well as a costume contest at the bakery. Superman also made an appearance.😁🎃

10/23/2025
10/21/2025

We want to thank our amazing community partner, Walls Medicine Center, for conducting a flu shot clinic today at DHI. Not only did our favorite pharmacist show up with a smile and enthusiasm today, he and his crew have traveled to many of our group homes in person to bring vaccinations to our individuals supported. Thank you for all you do, Cody!

10/14/2025
Those peanut butter cookies look pretty amazing! And, the smiles are the best!
10/14/2025

Those peanut butter cookies look pretty amazing! And, the smiles are the best!

Celebrating the contributions of an exceptional member of our DHI Family today. Congratulations on your retirement, Fer...
09/26/2025

Celebrating the contributions of an exceptional member of our DHI Family today. Congratulations on your retirement, Ferry! Thank you for all you have done for so many over the years. You will be a part of this team always!

09/08/2025

This week we are celebrating amazing Direct Support Professionals here at DHI and all around the country! They are the heart and soul of everything we do to assist the individuals we support to successfully access and participate in our communities! We are grateful for your dedication and your impact!

Happy DSP week! We’ve got the Coffee Camper here until 11:30 if you want to swing on by the DHI parking lot.
09/08/2025

Happy DSP week! We’ve got the Coffee Camper here until 11:30 if you want to swing on by the DHI parking lot.

07/18/2025
It’s the 16th annual DHI golf tourney day! Thanks for Innes for continuing to be our title sponsor. What a beautiful d...
07/17/2025

It’s the 16th annual DHI golf tourney day! Thanks for Innes for continuing to be our title sponsor. What a beautiful day for golf!

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3880 S Columbia Road
Grand Forks, ND
58201

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Empowering the Person, Impacting the Community

Development Homes, Inc. (DHI) has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities since its inception in 1974. Dr. Leland H. Lipp, Clarence Ohlsen and Richard Christensen, three local professionals working in the field of children's services, founded Development Homes, Inc. DHI began as a single foster home on D**e Avenue that offered therapeutic residential care for children needing access to the former Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks. The group home allowed these children to live in a nurturing, family-like atmosphere.

DHI has played an important role in the restructuring of North Dakota's services to persons with developmental disabilities. In 1982, the Association for Re****ed Citizens initiated a class action lawsuit against the State of North Dakota. The lawsuit challenged on constitutional grounds the condition and treatment of residents at two public institutions, the Grafton State School and San Haven. Under the settlement, North Dakota initiated efforts aimed at moving residents out of these state-run institutions into community-based living programs and to provide appropriate education, training and support services to people with developmental disabilities in the communities where they lived. The State of North Dakota turned to local non-profit service providers like DHI to implement these programs. In response to the need, DHI evolved from the operator of a single group home to a multi-faceted provider of residential, transitional and vocational support services.