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Recently, CBS Channel 6 (WTVR) in Richmond, Virginia featured Jason Kinzler and his life at Northern Virginia Training Center (NVTC), a state-operated ICFs/MR. The news report touches upon the debate over where people with disabilities are best served, but prominently features Jason Kinzler and the "community" he enjoys at NVTC. Jason's parents, Peter Kinzler (Chair, VOR Legislative Committee) and Jane Anthony (VOR State Coordinator), are interviewed throughout the coverage. They do a great job explaining the need for NVTC for their son and the need for a continuum of care to accommodate all needs.
It is Jason's joy and comfort, however, that conveys more than words that he is truly home at NVTC.
Jason is the "Face of VOR." He and his peers around the country who require specialized, high quality, life-sustaining ICF/MR supports are who motivate VOR's advocacy. For 27-years, we have championed individual rights to choose residential services and supports that meet individualized needs.
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Meet Seth. He is the son of Sybil and Russ Finken. Sybil is VOR's co-President. In this short video, you will see a small snapshot of his significant care needs, provided with compassion at Glenwood Resource Center, a public ICF/MR in Glenwood, Iowa.
Misperception #1: ICFs/ID are similar to nursing homes.
Reality: ICFs/ID provide services specifically designed to protect the health and welfare of people coping with intellectual disabilities and other developmental disabilities.
Misperception #2: ICFs/ID are like warehouses where people are trapped and isolated.
Reality: ICFs/ID go beyond the label 'warehouse' and instead involve caring communities where services and support are given individually.
Misperception #3: Staff at ICFs/ID are short staffed and receive inadequate training to deal with the intellectually disabled.
Reality: Staff are regulated and trained to provide individual care in a friendly, caring environment; and train the intellectually disabled to be an active part of the community in which they live; to be able to learn what they need to in order to live as independently as possible.
For more information about information about Utah's Mission Health Services' ICFs/DD call 801-282-0686, or watch this video. Seeing is believing.
Located in nearly every state, Utah’s ICFs/ID (known under federal Medicaid law as ICFs/MR), provide loving environments, enriching learning opportunities and meaningful vocational programs that are crucial for the continued development of life skills, independence and overall quality of life.
We encourage you to visit a local ICF/ID. In Utah, contact the Utah Health Care Association (801-486-6100). Contact
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for tour opportunities in other states. Meanwhile, watch this video for more information about Utah's ICFs/DD. Seeing is believing.
Take a visual tour of Bellefontaine Habilitation Center (BHC), led by one family whose son, John, has been a resident for 40 years. Meet some of the people that have kept John and his peers happy and comfortable throughout the years; experience the sights and sounds of the center; feel the soul and spirit of John's home. BHC is one of six State-operated facilities who's primary purpose is to provide individual habilitation services to Missouri citizens with mental retardation/developmental disabilities and who have severe maladaptive behaviors or limited adaptive skills.
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Mount St. Joseph is a not-for-profit intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled (ICF-DD). The women residing at the facility are at least twenty-three years of age. Mount Saint Joseph is inspected and licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health as an Intermediate Care facility with a capacity of 132 beds. The facility is location in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago – in Lake Zurich, Illinois. Meet some of the residents served, and their satisfied families.
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