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Volunteer/ Community Services:
 Program participants are given the opportunity to go out into their community. Key Center staff & the program participants plan trips to educate, expose and experience resources in the community. Outings promote generalization and maintenance  of skill acquisition and access to recreation/leisur e activities or assuming social roles in the community. All services are designed to develop values, skills and behaviors that are generally supported by the community. We want our program participants to live and function in and as part of their communities. Some opportunities might include:
Volunteering:
Citrus Memorial Hospital Homosassa Springs Park Adopt-A-Highway HeadStart Program
Educational:
Post Office Banking Shopping - Library
Recreational:
Building Community Inclusion Between Adult Individuals
With and Without Disabilities
 Although most people are fortunate enough to be part of a community others have faced difficulties in establishing that sense of community within their lives. Adults with developmental disabilities are one group faced with the desire to take charge of their own lives and become full members in communities in which they choose to participate. This is not an easy desire to accomplish. There are many factors that can impede the advancement of including a person with a disability into the community (e.g., attitudes of service providers, families, and people already in the community). Certain steps need to be taken by support personnel of persons with disabilities, as well as families of persons with disabilities, in order to assist them in making the transition into a "community lifestyle."
Together, we can ..
reach out by giving our services, our time, and ourselves in creating opportunities for people with disabilities to achieve memberships in communities and start to carve a lifestyle in reflection of themselves. When a community is accepting of all aspects of people with disabilities only then can they, as a whole, be able to grow and become stronger, and begin to build an inclusive community between individuals with and without disabilities.
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