Members:

Executive Director:
Donna Butler
Assistant Director/Fiscal Coordinator:
Teresa Oakes
Board Members:
Pat Christensen
Mel Davis
Leora Hansen
Bonnie Hatch
Paul Jordan
Robert Sobieski
David Tanner
Program Coordinators:
Shasta Bates
Art Flores
Trina Garretson
Pauline Giannini
Bert Kirwan
Misti Nelson
Ron Plevick
Teiah Webster

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Dawn Enterprises, Inc. is a private non-profit (501-3-c) organization that offers Employment, Housing and Community Support Services to assist individuals of Southeastern Idaho with mental, physical, or social disabilities to achieve independence up to each person's maximum capability.

Dawn Enterprises filed Articles of Incorporation on the 20th day of December 1974. Dawn Enterprises, Inc. has been in continuous operation since and continues to be governed by a Board of Directors whom are volunteer citizens from the local community with a wide range of interest and expertise. Several are the parent of a disabled individual. They meet monthly to oversee the operations of the company and to make decisions on the future course and direction of the organization.

Dawn Enterprises, Inc. bases its programs on the needs of current and prospective consumers. We strive to disseminate information about the services being provided at Dawn Enterprises, Inc., keep the referring agencies, funding agencies and general public abreast of current program developments, and to monitor community needs and satisfaction in order to maintain and enhance program quality.

The Executive Director, in conjunction with the Assistant Director and Finance Coordinator oversee the day-to-day operations of the organization and report directly to the Board of Directors.

The organization is divided into four service departments;

VOCATIONAL SERVICES -

Employment Planning Services is an individualized and systematic process of assessing an individual's aptitudes, interests, tolerances, strengths, limitations and vocational options to develop employment goals and objectives. The program provides vocational evaluations, work adjustment opportunities and work experiences.

Community Employment Services address questions covering areas such as appearance, resumes, applications, interview skills and work behavior. Information is made available regarding the employment market and how to locate available positions for which an individual is suited. Services provided in this program also include job development, task analysis, on-the-job training coordination, and follow-up activities directed at assisting referred individuals in successful job placement. This program offers ongoing support to both the employer and the individual.

Organizational Employment Services provide opportunities for individuals not ready for competitive community employment to receive vocational training that includes remunerative work experience with work skills training, vocational counseling, job related social skills training, and work behavior identification and modification that will deal with employment barriers and help prepare those served to move into some type of community employment.

HOUSING SERVICES -

Cedar Living Center is a licensed Residential Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled. It has 12 licensed rooms, 1 room available for respite care and a Day Service Program. Cedar Center is designed to allow the physically and mentally disabled the highest probability of obtaining the most independent living status possible. The training programs provide for adequate supervision while allowing and encouraging each resident to function as independently as possible.

Respite and Day Programs provide family and/or the primary care providers with time-limited and temporary relief from ongoing responsibility of care for a person with a developmental disability. Both programs are flexible to family needs and are provided at Cedar Living Center.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES -

Developmental Disabilities Program provides training in daily living skills, in using community resources, economic self sufficiency, communication, mobility, self-direction, and social skills. Other services included are psychological therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech and language therapy.

Early Service Coordination is available to individuals between the ages of 3 and 21. The Service Coordinator takes an advocacy role and monitors services and progress of that individual. The Coordinator will also assist the family in crisis intervention and help link up any and all necessary services the individual and family needs.

Targeted Service Coordination is available to individuals over the age of 21. The purpose of these services is to assist eligible individuals to obtain needed health, educational, vocational, residential, and social services. The Service Coordinator will take an advocacy role and monitor services that the individual is receiving. There may be ongoing evaluations and assessments to monitor the individuals progress.

CONTRACTED SERVICES -

This department works closely with the vocational department and the community to provide work training opportunities and income for the organizational employment program. Current work training opportunities include a work activities center, a sewing department, a custodial crew, a ground maintenance crew, dump site monitoring and a car detailing center.

Programs and Services are CARF Accredited

The programs and services that you use at Dawn Enterprises, Inc. are accredited by CARF and have demonstrated that they substantially meet nationally recognized standards.

CARF accreditation can reinforce your trust and confidence that our organization has made a major commitment to enhance the quality of our services and programs which focus on positive outcomes for you, the consumer.

The mission of Dawn Enterprises, Inc. is to assist individuals of Southeastern Idaho with mental, physical or social disabilities in achieving independence through employment training, skill training, social development, or living enhancements up to each individual's maximum capability.