"LEAP is something I look forward to everyday."
~Renee, LEAP participant

The Life Enrichment Activities Program (LEAP) is a day activity program for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. 

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Through small group, community-based activities, LEAP participants discover interests, explore community attractions, build relationships, and participate in volunteer opportunities. 

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Services aim to:

• Provide the support necessary to build and strengthen relationships between family members, friends, and members of the local community.

• Find places where an individual’s interest, culture, talent, and gifts can be contributed and shared with others with similar interests.

• Provide opportunities for people to do things they enjoy as well as new and interesting things that involve the broader community. 

• Support participation in clubs, association, and organizations as members and in decision-making capacities.

• Increase the skills necessary to initiate, plan and engage in activities - alone or with others – out in the individual’s community.

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Skill-building is incorporated into the program's daily activities. We work with individuals on things like,:

• waiting your place in line,

• appropriate eye contact,

• respecting personal space,

• taking turns in a conversation,

• recognizing hazards or unsafe situations in the community,

• using watches, phones, computers, clocks, maps, street signs, calendars, bus schedules, community landmarks, signage & symbols, alarms, etc.

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Activities are non-employment services that are not duplicative of the services delivered as part of Shangri-La’s CES Program.

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Service Area

Marion County

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Eligibility  Information

Individuals must be at least 18 years of age, have a diagnosed intellectual or developmental disability, and an established Marion County Community Developmental Disabilities Program (CDDP) or brokerage case manager who can make a referral for services if applicable.

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