Assisting Individuals to Achieve Their
Personal Best…
We are a non-profit organization which
began in 1986. We provide a continuum of services targeted at
individuals challenged with intellectual disabilities, mental
health needs and behavioral issues. LHF provides support to
children, adolescents, and adults with a special emphasis on
behavioral needs.
LHF offers individualized services
based on the goals and needs of each person. Our goal is to
enrich the quality of life for the individual by providing
positive life experiences in the areas of social and emotional
well-being, meaningful work, and recreation/leisure. We
provide support, assistance, and resources to the person in
his or her chosen lifestyle.
Through self-determination
and essential lifestyle planning, LHF provides a benchmark for
success by assisting individuals to develop their own circle
of support and to map a life plan that is tailored to the
person’s individual needs. The circle encompasses people who
know, love, and care about the individual. Family, friends,
neighbors, and support staff complete the circle in an attempt
to touch every aspect of the person’s life across the life
span.
Today, we have over twenty-five homes across four
southwestern Pennsylvania counties with our main office
located in North Versailles. Day Programs are currently
provided in Mount Pleasant.
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MISSION STATEMENT
Our values
act as the guide for how we support those whom we are
committed to serve. We aspire to these values to make each of
our programs as nurturing and responsive as possible to the
needs of a population that is often difficult to support in a
traditional setting.
Our foremost priority is to
provide an environment that encourages individuals with
disabilities to learn new skills, become more autonomous,
increase self-esteem and self-worth, and to live and work with
and in the same manner as their peers without disabilities. We
honor the dignity of all people and value individuals working
creatively and to their highest potential. We have a passion
for excellence and will deliver the highest quality of care
possible. We encourage innovation, accept accountability, and
embrace change. We celebrate diversity of people, ideas, and
cultures. We strive to enrich the lives of individuals, to
fulfill their dreams through self-determination, and to
support each in living an everyday life.
Under the
philosophy of self-determination, individuals have control
over their lives and life experiences. They are involved in
making life choices and making decisions about their quality
of life issues. Ultimately, each person's unique needs are met
in the most positive, supportive, and personally meaningful
way possible. |
