Integrated Community Solutions, Inc. (ICS) is an Ohio nonprofit corporation based in Medina County that develops communities that provide social engagement, independent living skill development, educational enrichment, vocational training, and employment opportunities, and integrated housing choices for people with and without developmental disabilities.
We envision a world where people with developmental disabilities experience inclusion, independence, security, choice, a broad range of opportunities, caring relationships, and joy in their daily lives.
Watch Lisa Morrison on Fox 8
ICS Co-Founder and President Lisa Morrison was on Fox 8 TV recently talking about the Integrated Community Solutions mission, residential model, and asking for community members to support its Sept. 27 golf event. [click to watch]
Our Vision Embodies These Guiding Principles:
Security – ICS will provide a self-sustaining community that offers safety and security for our residents.
Community – ICS will create a community that provides individuals a broad range of relationships, social engagement opportunities, and occasions for meaningful contributions to the greater community as a whole.
Enrichment – Residents of our community will experience continued opportunities to grow and participate in activities that enhance the quality of one’s life.
Independence – Our community will foster the growth of independent living skill and self-advocacy through continued workshops and training in these areas.
Choice – Residents of our community will have the freedom to choose the provider they want for the services they need in their daily lives.
Inclusion - ICS will develop partnerships within the greater community to provide opportunities for inclusive community engagement.
The Business of ICS is the Development and Operation of:
Residences that provide a safe, supportive, and affordable residential neighborhood for approximately 50 adults with and without developmental disabilities (DD). This neighborhood will be located in Medina County, Ohio and comprised of 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom for-sale ranch-style homes built in standalone, duplex, and triplex configurations organized into a pocket neighborhood around a central greenspace.
Programs and Outings that provide adults with DD social engagement opportunities, independent living skill development, educational enrichment, vocational training, and employment opportunities.
Enrichment Center for the social, educational, informational, and recreational benefit of our housing residents and the greater community, in collaboration with qualified nonprofits and community partners.
The Need is Huge...and Growing
The need in Ohio for supportive housing for adults with DD has grown relentlessly but the supply of affordable, supportive housing that is available has not kept pace. There are far more adult residents of Ohio who have DD than there are safe, supportive, and affordable residential settings designed to accommodate their needs and wants through the lifespan.
Of the 267,875 people who have DD in the State of Ohio an estimated 25 percent live with caregivers aged 60 or older who themselves may need supportive settings in the next decade. In Ohio, 75 percent of individuals who have DD receiving LTSS still live with a family member instead of a home of their own. (Source: In-Home and Residential Long-Term Supports and Services (LTSS) for Persons with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: Status and Trends Through 2018 report produced by the Residential Information Systems Project (RISP) of the University of Minnesota.)
Without more safe, affordable, and supportive residential settings in the next decade, even more Ohio adults with DD will have limited or no opportunities to live as independently as possible in the setting and manner of their choosing just as their chronological age peers who do not have DD have every opportunity to access.
At some time, every parent or caregiver of an adult with DD asks themselves the same question:
“What will life be like for our son or daughter when we are no longer here?”
Integrated Community Solutions has an answer.
Residential Interest List
We deeply appreciate the incredible support our programs and residential community project have received not only from the Medina community, but also from neighboring communities and individuals in the media. We are now eager to know how many adults with a developmental disability, their families, and adults without a disability might be interested in living in our Autumn Bridge Crossing residential community. As we aim to open our doors in five years, we would like to know the interest in this unique living opportunity.