2015

Clients from our Applied Ability Program (AAP) in Tracy have been invited to participate in weekly classes at the Tracy Branch Library.  Our clients are working with local artists who have generously given their time to teach our clients about musical instruments, canvas painting and pottery.  Our clients are excited to share their new knowledge on what they’ve learned by attending these classes.

The AAP is located in the heart of Tracy and is designed to meet the needs of each individual’s life goals and passion.  We currently serve up to 60 individuals at any given time and their ages range from 18 to 60.

Fore more information about our AAP program please call (209)956-0290.

We have some exciting news for our Adult Development Center in Manteca! Drum roll please…. We now have a second bus!!

Clients, parents, as well as staff are beyond thrilled to add this additional bus. We will now be able to take double the clients out to see different areas and volunteer in our community! What an honor! This will also allow us to have smaller classes at our program, giving more time to work with our clients. Our ADC program assists adult participants in gathering basic skills in the areas of self-help, personal needs, and functional skills which are critical to individual independence.

Thank you to all who were involved in making this second bus a possibility!

For more information about our Adult Development Centers in both Manteca and Stockton please call (209)956-0290

UCP’s Kitchen Remodel Nearing Completion

Work started January 12th 2015 and only 21 days later and we are getting close to completing our remodel.  We still have the tile to install and the ceiling panels.

Microwave installed.

Getting Ready for the Dishwasher

Abhi Sanghvi with parents Miraj & Raj

July 11^th was a day of remembrance for Miraj and Raj Sanghvi as it marked the one year passing of their beloved son Abhi.  The Sanghvi’s celebrated their son’s memory with the decision to raise funds for our Children and Family Services program.  Having used the services of UCP the Sanghvi’s understood and appreciated the value of our program and wanted to help others receive therapy and equipment services they would otherwise go without.  Through the Abhi Memorial Grant, we have provided families with SPIO garments and weighted blankets both used to assist children with sensory processing and supplies to help develop a child’s small motor and writing skills. With the help of the Sanghvi’s we are helping children to live a “Life Without Limits”.

UCP’s Kitchen Remodel Taking Shape

Our long anticipated kitchen remodel has begun.  Classic Design started work January

12th.  UCP Clients and Staff can’t wait to use the fully accessible kitchen designed by LDA Partners specifically for the people we serve.  The new design will enable the people we serve to learn how to prepare, cook and enjoy meals in a facility built just for them.

We still need your help with this project.  Join us in our passion to help people live “Life Without Limits” by helping us complete this vital project.

To donate to our cause online click our “Support UCP Donate Today” button.  If you will be paying by check click here for our donation form.

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Michelle Francis now a Program Manager

for UCP will say the best advise her doctor could have given her parents was to “treat her as if she didn’t have CP”.  Her parents took the doctor at his word and at 6 months of age and diagnosed with cerebral palsy she was treated no differently than her siblings.  As a toddler she found her own way to accomplish how to walk and run…although it took her a little more time.  While in school she learned to rise above other kids who made fun of her by showing them their remarks didn’t faze her. While in school her first job was with Jack in the Box where the physical part of the job was difficult but she managed her own way and then became an excellent drive thru cashier.

It wasn’t until Michelle was in her 20’s when her family contacted UCP and this became a pivotal point in her life.  UCP recommended she go through the Dept. of Rehabilitation where she found herself being interviewed to become a Job Coach with UCP’s Supported Employment.  Once hired she assisted others with disabilities to learn their own way to accomplish what most people found as simple tasks.  She worked with local businesses to cultivate job opportunities for UCP’s program participants.  She helped in the development of the Supports to Achieve Independent Living program or SAIL.   In 1999 Michelle became the Program Manager for the SAIL’s program that is designed to empower program participants to live independently in their own resident in their own way.  Using a person-center approach all efforts are made to assist individuals to obtain and maintain living arrangements of their choice.  Michelle continues to follow her doctor’s advice; she lives her life as if she doesn’t have CP… a Life Without Limits.

United Cerebral Palsy of San Joaquin, Calaveras & Amador Counties (UCP), a 501 (c)(3) community benefits nonprofit organization has advocated for children and adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities for more than five decades. Today, UCP programs and services make a positive impact to over 2,000 children and adults with disabilities and their families and nearly 310,000 education, advocacy and direct services hours are  provided. Programs and services include: Supported Employment (SE), Supports to Achieve Independent Living (SAIL), Respite Care, Clinical and Family Services, Assistive Technology, three Adult Day Centers (ADC), a Community Integration Day program (Program Without Walls), and UCP newest program (Applied Abilities Program) that just celebrated it’s 1 year anniversary in November is a community integration and behavior management day program. Our vision is that everyone is entitled to a “Life Without Limits”. Our passion is to make this vision a reality for the individuals we serve.

Mission: We support a “Life Without Limits” by creating systems that are progressive, accessible, and dependable, reflect quality outcomes and promote independence.

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