Services

Services & Programs
Early Intervention is for children birth to three years of age who are delayed in achieving developmental milestones, such as walking and talking, or are diagnosed with a developmental disability, such as Down syndrome. An interdisciplinary team of professionals develop an array of support and professional services to help children achieve those milestones. The program uses the child's everyday activities as opportunities for learning.
Children's Extensive Support is for children who have extensive behavioral and/or medical conditions and require 20-24 hours of support daily. This program assists families to pay for additional therapies, equipment, home modifications, household services, and more.
Family Support is for individuals over three years old who live with parents or relatives. Family Support services help maintain a successful family environment by promoting and connecting families with their community. A Family Support Coordinator directly assists in identifying and locating resources that meet the needs of each family.
Community Coordination, or Case Management, as it is commonly called, is an individually centered, family and community focused service in which programs and resources are coordinated to enhance people's lives. Community Coordinators assist people to identify their unique strengths and to find ways to enhance them. Community Coordinators explain what supports are available for individuals, how to become eligible, and how to request services. The goal of Community Coordination is to assure that necessary services are provided effectively and efficiently through establishing meaningful relationships with each individual, their family, and the community in which they live, work and play.
Supported Living Services (SLS) is a departure from the traditional method of providing services to adults with developmental disabilities. Its premise is individuals have varying needs for specific services and supports based on their ability to live, work, and access the community at large. SLS allows individuals to customize the specific services and supports they need most so that they may live either independently or semi-independently with the support of family members at home. Services and supports may include direct personal care or instruction in areas as diverse as personal care, employment, volunteer opportunities, household maintenance, mentorship, transportation, professional services, health and fitness, among many others. Many services are provided in the individuals' residences as well as specialized and generic community-based settings. Supported Living Consultants assist service users in information gathering and decision making in order to access the services and supports they need within a workable schedule. The SLS program at TRE is a Medicaid Wavier program and carries some restrictions and limitations.
Comprehensive Services are designed for adults who need more intensive supervision and assistance in their daily lives. People in the program live in a host home setting, which is a family or individual who cares for the person in their home, or a group home setting, which is a home staffed and run by a provider agency. As in SLS, this program is designed to help each person achieve the goals they set for themselves.
The Resource Exchange provides Transportation Services for adults with developmental disabilities who are unable to access public or private transit systems. TRE's Transportation Department is responsible for making sure that individuals in all three counties (El Paso, Park and Teller Counties) are able to get the transportation they need. The Resource Exchange provides the services directly or contracts with other companies such as Metro Mobility, Metro Transit, taxi services, Amblicab, or through providers agencies.
Break Time is a respite program that fills a critical need in our community for families with children who have special needs, such as severe developmental or physical disabilities, or severe behavioral needs. The program’s primary goal is to significantly reduce the stressors faced by many families who have children with special needs. Respite is vital for the health and well being of families of children with special health care needs. Parents need personal care themselves in order to adequately care for others. Families with a child with special needs appreciate the qualified nursing and professional staff, as well as myriad teaching students from local universities, who take pride in volunteering their time, giving special care to these children. A unique feature of the program is that all siblings of children with special needs are encouraged to be part of Break Time as well, and they often enjoy Break Time as much as their sibling with a special need, as they are given one-on-one attention, do fun crafts, and play as they wish. This often affords parents the opportunity for five uninterrupted hours of time to spend together or to do much-needed errands.