Category Archives: Community Integration
Spring Holidays Give Reasons to Celebrate
Our Community Integration team works tirelessly to provide the individuals we serve with meaningful, life enhancing activities, including opportunities to volunteer with other community programs, as well as many in-house activities that emphasize communication and recreation. In particular, everyone at … Continue reading
Arts and Crafts Just One of Many Activities Offered by ACT
The ACT Community Integration Program seeks to provide individuals we serve with a multitude of activities that foster positive interactions in areas such as communication, recreation, self-help, personal health and hygiene, and community participation. Every day, up to 36 different … Continue reading
Fun Activities Plentiful in Community Integration Program
The ACT Community Integration Program provides activities that emphasize communication, recreation, self-help, personal hygiene, and community participation. The program helps the individuals we serve to get out into their community and to engage in meaningful, life enhancing activities. Thanks to … Continue reading
ACT Training Exceeds Missouri Department of Mental Health Requirements
During our most recent CARF accreditation review, ACT was commended highly by the administrative surveyor for the training we provide and require for staff. By doing so, we believe CARF is acknowledging a value we hold that demands a high … Continue reading
Mizzou Football Fan’s Birthday to Remember
What would any die-hard Mizzou football fan want for his birthday? How about a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rub elbows with a Mizzou Tigers football player! Joey experienced the thrill of a lifetime on November 26 when his birthday celebration at … Continue reading
Community Integration Volunteers Make a Difference
The individuals we support in ACT Community Integration are out in the community volunteering regularly. Volunteer work ranks high among the many options individuals select as their preferred activity. Some volunteer opportunities are so desirable they’re at the top of … Continue reading
Skillful Action by Community Integration Groups Leads to Duck Rescue
What would you do in the event of an injury you didn’t know how to fix? Use what you have to stabilize the injured one. Prevent further harm. Call for help from trained professionals. That’s exactly what two Community Integration groups did … Continue reading
Mentors, A Guide by the Side of New Employees
Imagine beginning work as a new employee at ACT’s Community Integration Program. You’ve completed all of your mandatory training with the training specialists and you’ve worked with a supervisor or senior team member for weeks to learn the roles and … Continue reading
ACT Community Integration Welcomes New Director Cindy Morris Pepmiller
A perfect marriage. That’s how the new Director of ACT’s Community Integration Program, Cindy Morris Pepmiller, describes the opportunity before her. Taking over leadership of this 38-member team of dedicated employees is a challenge that suits her perfectly. The job … Continue reading
Kaia Serves Her Community Through Her Love for Horses
Twenty-five year old Kaia, a Columbia resident originally from Montana, has found the perfect way to give back to the community. She volunteers every Saturday morning at Cedar Creek Therapeutic Riding Center. Not only does she help others through the work of Cedar … Continue reading
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