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Nonprofit Category: P - Human Services
Exempt Status: 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)

Orchard Village enhances the quality of life for people with disabilities by protecting and nurturing their right to control their lives. Our mission is to partner with families, community members, and area businesses to create the best lives possible for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by making them active participants in their choices. Our clients have a range of developmental, intellectual, and physical challenges, and our programs provide them with the tools and resources to achieve independence and fulfilling, community-integrated lives.

Founded in 1972, we offer a full range of services to 300 people with disabilities annually, including:

·         Housing: community-based residential options that include 24-hour group homes, transitional living options, and intermittently supported independent living arrangements

·         Employment: job readiness and job placement day-program services

·         InnOVations: a vocationally focused day program centered on work experiences, vocational training, skill-building, and therapeutic recreation

·         DiscOVer: a day program for individuals interested in active and fulfilling community-based programs without a goal of employment

·         Orchard Academy: an ISBE-approved, special-education, therapeutic high school for students ages 17 – 21

·         Behavioral Health Clinic: a therapy clinic that provides individual and group mental health services for people with disabilities

·         Supportive services, including nursing, physical therapy, therapeutic recreation, and more


Events

Cocktails for a Cause 2024 on February 24, 2024
36th Annual Blossom Gala on April 29, 2023
Cocktails for a Cause on February 25, 2023
Orchard Village on Tap on September 17, 2022
30th Annual Golf Classic on August 8, 2022
35th Annual Blossom Gala on May 7, 2022