About UCP
Founded in 1953 as United Cerebral Palsy of Lackawanna County, today UCP of Northeastern Pennsylvania provides an array of services for children and adults with various disabilities. Although we have expertise in the field of cerebral palsy, over 75% of the people receiving our services have disabilities other than cerebral palsy.
The service area of each program differs but our overall area encompasses Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming, Pike, Bradford, Monroe, Sullivan and Luzerne Counties.
Our services and our service area have changed over the years, but our commitment to providing quality services that make a positive difference in the lives of persons with disabilities has never changed and never will.
- Our Adult Day Services, which grew from that initial recreational program provides activities along with a foundation for individuals to achieve greater levels of independence and community participation.
- Work Connections, our supported employment service, helps adults with disabilities take the next step by securing employment in the community workforce.
- The Early Intervention program, which started as a segregated, specialized experience, moved on to provide integrated activities for children with and without disabilities in our facility and now provides support services for children in their own communities.
- Lekotek and Compuplay, part of our service offerings for children with disabilities, utilize play strategies with adapted toys and computer software, respectively, to further the child’s developmental goals.
- Home Services still assists individuals in dealing with a variety of problems, but laws like IDEA and the ADA have strengthened its ability to advocate not just for what people need, but also for that to which they are entitled.
- Residential Services serve people, many of whom previously resided in institutional settings, in agency-operated homes with full-time care and supervision, and with support services provided in their own homes or apartments.
- Assistive Technology can help individuals access devices that were almost science fiction in UCP’s early days, but today help people with disabilities and elderly persons to attain and maintain independence and a better quality of life.
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