Streator Unlimited Inc
Serving Individuals with Disabilities since 1965
The Presentation
Our own Ben Dagay and Sherri Stephens traveled down to Springfield yesterday. They were asked by the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities to be speakers at the State of Illinois Interagency Committee on Employees with Disabilities Awards Ceremony. Ben talked about his job at the State Police Headquarters in LaSalle-Peru. He was a knowledgeable and entertaining speaker. He's hol...
Survey Says
Today our state surveyor showed up unannounced at 8:30 for the annual review of our Developmental Training Program. They look at a wide variety of things...policies, consumer files, staff files, the physical building, governance, and do interviews with consumers and direct care staff. It went very well. We got a 99% score. A scan of the survey report is on our Documents and Reports page.
Busy day
Spring is a busy time here at SU...among many other things today:
John got a long and arduous grant request for a new vehicle off his desk;
Kyle cranked out some dip tubes for one of our customers;
Allen planted trees;
Jalapeno pepper plants are will hopefully lead us to a ...
National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
The proclamation by President Reagan is below. Don't look at the date and get caught up in a bout of 80s nostalgia...don't play synthesizer pop songs and do aerobics in your leg warmers. Opportunities for people with developmental disabilities have come a long way and it is worth celebrating. There's still a long ways to go...Illinois still operates institutions and there are close to 20,000...
National Disability Employment Month 2012
Streator Unlimited, Inc. Recognizes National Disability Employment Awareness Month
We celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an annual awareness campaign that takes place each October. The purpose of National Disability Employment Awareness Month is to educate about disability employment issues and celebrate the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabi...
Front Page Article
We're on the front page of the Times today! It being an election year, do we sound like politicians running for election with phrases like "cautiously optimistic" or "stable for now"? It's hard to do a good job of articulating that we're financial stable for the moment, optimistic about the long term future, but still nervous about the outlook for the next few years. That picture of Jim in...
Dental Issues
Here is an article on dental issues regarding people with developmental disabilities. It's not a new problem but is an ongoing one. The recent Medicaid cuts removed funding for preventative care for adults, though SU is required to assure residents in our group homes receive it. Even with Medicaid, the dental rates were so low and the payments so late that it was a losing proposition for den...
Streator
A happy outcome in this article, though we wouldn't call it uplifting. A tribute to Streator, that in the process of building our new group home, there was nothing but support from our fine city government and residents.
Topinka Tour
Our State Comptroller is conducting a tour of agencies like SU which serve people with developmental disabilities to highlight the impact of the state choosing to make budget cuts in a way that has had a negative impact. Perhaps nothing highlights the impact on the service system than this article. We've made it through at SU though the support of a fantastic Streator community, along with an ...
Preserving the garden bounty.
We are getting pickles, zucchini and peppers out of our garden at this point. We had a class on pickles last week and one on jalapeno jelly this week. Fun and tasty stuff. Don’t learn the hard way, like I did–those are jalapeno and not bell peppers in those pickles! There are more photos over on our facebook page.
