Members:

Executive Director:
Donna Butler
Assistant Director/Fiscal Coordinator:
Teresa Oakes
Board Members:
Ray Boyd
Dr. David Case
Pat Christensen
Mark Cornelison
Mel Davis
Leora Hansen
Mike Rice
Robert Sobieski
David Tanner
Mike Virtue
Program Coordinators:
Sindi Crosland
Pauline Giannini
Bert Kirwan
Misti Nelson
Shasta Stokes
Tina Wojcik

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About the Organization

Dawn Enterprises, Inc. is a private non-profit (501-3-c) organization that offers Employment 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.

This Board represents a wide range of interest and expertise. Several are the parent of a disabled individual. They meet regularly to oversee the operations of the company and to make decisions on the future course and direction of the organization. Employment continues to be an ongoing identified need in our community. The Board of Directors foresee the opportunity to expand our sewing manufacturing department to enhance individual employment skills, provide work opportunities and provide labor at a reasonable costs that help keep jobs in Southeastern Idaho.

The organization is divided into four departments, each managed by an individual selected for experience, education and dedication to enhance the programs they oversee.

The Employment, Housing, and Developmental Services are provided primarily to the Developmental Disabled and Mental Health populations. The Contracted Services are services provided by this population for the business community.

Employment 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.

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 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.

The Adult Day Care Program is designed to provide participating consumers the opportunity to engage in activities that are recreational in nature. These activities include everything from arts and crafts to swimming. From implementation date to present, the program has been utilized to provide the participants with a variety of activities. Bowling seems to be one of their favorite activities, as well as attending the occasional movie theater and visiting some of the parks and zoos within the surrounding areas. In conjunction with the individual’s Targeted Service Coordinators, a wider variety of authorized activities are going to be added to their Individual Service Plan to allow for a greater mix of planned activities.

The Personal Care Services Program is designed to provide services to individuals who need more intense services. These services are to help individuals do what they cannot do for themselves. Services include personal hygiene, Range of Motion and other physical exercises, training in bladder and bowel control, feeding, and cleaning as it pertains to the consumer, transportation and some recreational activities. These services are provided in the individual’s residence, whether it is in a relative’s home or their own.

The Residential Habilitation Program is designed to provide services that improve the quality of life of the participating individual. These services are meant to supplement their daily living routine by doing for the individual what they cannot do for themselves, due to the severity of their diagnosis. These services include feeding, Range of Motion and physical exercise, arranging transportation to access community opportunities, housekeeping, assisting with bladder and bowel movements, personal hygiene, meal preparation and leisure activities. Quite literally doing those things for the consumer they would not be able to do for themselves. These services are provided in the individual’s place of residence, whether it is in the home of a relative or their own home.

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.