Sunshine enriches the lives of people with developmental disabilities by encouraging them to expand their skills, become involved in their communities and reach their fullest potential. Sunshine Communities, founded in 1950, supports men, women and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, offering residential, vocational and recreational services. Our mission is to create community among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, friends and staff. We do this by offering services that enable all of us to build relationships through mutual caring and growth. Sunshine Communities offers life-enriching opportunities that celebrate and nurture each individual’s unique abilities, interests and dreams, allowing them to find their place in the community. We support individuals with IDD through our intermediate care facility, vocational center, supported living sites, family care homes, respite care, community recreation activities, employment assistance, and transportation services. Sunshine Communities’ Core Offerings:
• Intermediate Care Facility, for individuals with high medical and/or behavioral needs
• Vocational Center, offering an array of enrichment and employment opportunities
• Supported Living, providing supports within the individual’s home
• Family Care Homes, for community living opportunities
• Respite Care, short term stays to offer families a break
• Community Recreation
• Community Employment for those who desire competitive employment
• Supported Employment
• Transportation Services to and from home and work
Sunshine Communities also operates:
• Georgette’s Fair Trade Grounds & Gifts – A fair-trade coffee and gift shop located at 311 Conant St., Maumee, Ohio. Georgette’s employs approximately 10 individuals with IDD.
• Sunshine Studios – Located on the corner of Conant and Wayne in uptown Maumee, Ohio. Sunshine Studios employs approximately 20 Sunshine artists with IDD who work, teach and sell their art in the uptown Maumee storefront.
• Solana – The premier provider of enterprise software systems to operate human services agencies. Solana provides financial management, client/consumer/individual care and HR & training modules that are designed for the human services industry. Solana also offers web technologies for collecting data for staff time, collecting billing data for consumer care and offers the most powerful staff scheduling software in the industry. Solana further supports human services agencies by providing high-value Medicaid billing and payroll services.
