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Who will take care after I'm gone? General training sessions are held at The Arc of Western Wayne in Westland, (734) 729-9100.
with the Detroit-Wayne Community Mental Health Agency, (313) 833-2500.


Topics include: (a) letters of intent, (b) personal agents, (c) trustees, (d) advisors, (e)  alternatives to guardianship, (f) housing, (g) trusts, (h) social security & DHHS, (i) mental health, (j) self-determination, (k) funerals, (l) finances, (m) transition, and (n) transportation.
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Call: (313) 562-0219.
Participants must: (a) be residents of Wayne County; (b) be 18 if ineligible for school programs, or be 26+; (c) have a primary diagnosis of developmental disability; (d) obtain a physical exam within 1 year of entry.
Fees are based on ability to pay- all served. Services & funding by Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health.

Full-time Participants: 36; this includes a capacity for 6 needing extra physical assistance.
Etablished 1994. We focus on individual dreams and desires and assist with volunteer opportunities (like at a soup kitchen), community inclusion, leisure, cultural and recreational activities, socialization and friendships, planning, music and motion, games and sensory stimulation. Our goals are self-determination and independence through person-centered planning, and the coordination of transportation and services  (speech, psych, nursing, OT, etc.)