SEEC recognizes that everyone is a unique individual - with specific goals, interests and needs. Our staff apply person-centered planning to help people with significant disabilities identify and pursue their dreams for a happy life. All services and supports are provided totally in the community, offering a vast array of opportunities to explore new experiences, unveil hidden talents and form long lasting friendships with nondisabled peers.
With the closing of our Rockville facility in April of 2009, SEEC became one of a very few agencies nationwide to shift its entire service delivery to be fully community-based. We are committed to the philosophy that people with significant disabilties belong in our community and deserve our support to have choice and control over their daily lives.
Community inclusion gives people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to show their capabilities, develop new interests and talents, and contribute to our workforce. Their presence in all aspects of community life helps change the perception of people with disabilities from "needy" to "able," and promotes the realization of our commonality.
Vocational and Day Supports
Vocational and Day Supports provide educational, recreational, fitness, and social opportunities to help each individual supported further develop their personal skills and interests to broaden their employment or self-employment options. SEEC Employment Specialists work with each individual to create a weekly schedule of well-rounded, meaningful days that provide personal enrichment and prosperous employment. Our direct support staff provide on-the-job training and assistance as needed, and when appropriate, develop or obtain adaptive equipment to help individuals perform their jobs with greater independence.
People receiving SEEC's Vocational and Day supports spend their entire day in the community. Mornings are spent working, volunteering, or participating in job-readiness activities. Afternoons are filled with educational, leisure and fitness activties.
SEEC also assists individuals who have an entrepreneurial spirit to create micro-enterprises that benefit their communities. Supports are delivered in the community and are customized to meet each person’s goals.
The men and women of SEEC can be found working and volunteering throughout Montgomery County and the District of Columbia at government offices, nonprofit agencies, restaurants, hotels, and retail establishments. Click here to view the names of current SEEC Employers.
Community Living Program
SEEC's Community Living Program provides in-home supports and facilitates evening and weekend activities for more than 30 men and women. Most of these individuals live with one roommate or by themselves in apartments and townhouses throughout Montgomery County. SEEC staff ensure living environments are clean, homey, and safe. Supports range from drop-in assistance with grocery shopping and bill paying to 24-hour care for those with more significant needs.
For Community Living and Vocational and Day Support you must be found eligible by the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration to access services. Maryland Department Of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) funding can also be accessed for Employment Services
To learn more about SEEC's day and residential services for adults contact Greg Gamble, at 301-576-9007.
Parent to Parent (P2P)
SEEC also provides networking and informational referral through our Parent to Parent program. This free and confidential service pairs families in need with a parent mentor who has experience raising a child with a disability.
If you would like access to our P2P services or would like to become a parent mentor, please contact Krista Middlebrooks or call 240.472.7363.
Family Support Services
For the past decade SEEC’s Family Support Services provided financial assistance and information referral to hundreds of Montgomery County families to ease the financial strains of raising a child with significant disabilities.Our involvement in the distribution of what was then called Rolling Access Funds was extremely rewarding. SEEC was able to help families cover the costs of assitive equipment and technologies, therapies not covered by health insurance, in-home supports, camp tuitions, and more. In the fall of 2009 the Maryland Developmental Disability Administration (DDA) changed the administration of providing funds to Marylanders who have children with significant developmental disabilities. The Rolling Access program has been changed and SEEC is no longer able to provide this service to county residents.
As an alternative to the Rolling Access funds that supported SEEC's Family Supports Services, the DDA now funds a statewide program called Low Intensity Support Services (LISS). Information regarding eligibility and application for this program is listed below: We urge families in need to apply for these resources. Remember to send your application to the address noted below, and not to SEEC.
Eligibility for LISS:
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Be a Maryland Resident
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Have a Developmental Disability
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Currently not receiving any DDA funded services (with the exception of Resource Coordination)
To apply for LISS:
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Complete LISS application and provide documentation within 10 business days
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Provide Valid Identification
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Copy of Social Security Card
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Verification of Maryland Residency
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Documentation of Disability
For additional information, contact:
Montgomery County
Maria Dudish
11600 Nebel Street
Rockville, MD 20852
301-984-5792 ext. 241
karenp@arcmontmd.org
