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    • Trainings
    • Programs
  • Resources
  • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Dawson Adult Care Services

About DACS Foundation

DACS Foundation serves as an innovative life span provider, providing support and maintaining independence for individuals and families with disabilities. Our purpose to raise awareness as we connect individuals, families, and support staff to information, resources, training, and education in the global community.
DACS Foundation staff teaching kids how to garden.
DACS Foundation staff teaching kids in school.

Mission

Our mission is to provide and maintain independence for the individuals and families we serve as they age in place, wherever that place may be.

Vision

Our vision is to serve as an innovative life span provider to support the lives, work, and interactions of those who need it the most.

Purpose

Our purpose is to raise awareness as we connect individuals, families, and support staff to information, resources, training, and education in the global community.

Core Values

Our mission and vision are achieved through the application of our core values, which include:
  • ​Centralizing individuals' health, quality of life, and wellbeing in the delivery of all services
  • Treating and interacting with each individual with dignity, compassion, empathy, honesty, and integrity
  • Demonstrating respect for all cultures, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, ages, genders, and disabilities
  • Developing and maintaining positive relationships with the community, organizations, providers, and supporters of the individuals and families we engage
  • Conducting our business in an accountable and responsible manner, adhering to the professional code of ethics in the disability community and applying continuous quality improvement measures throughout our agency
  • Recruiting, training, and retaining competent staff; developing, supporting, and growing the capacity of our employees
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As these standards are applied, each individual served will be able to successfully age in place vocationally, physically, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.​
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Supports We Offer

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Learning

  • Coping skills
  • Social skills
  • Self advocacy
  • How to make healthy choices
A disabled adult happily posed in his construction worker uniform

Gaining

  • Life skills
  • Employment skills
  • Communication skills
  • Confidence in self expression
  • Sense of empowerment
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Reducing

  • Anxiety
  • Isolation
  • Social awkwardness
  • Aggressive behaviors

Location

330 Roberts Street
Suite 400
East Hartford, CT 06108

Contact Us

Phone: (860) 778-0076
Email: [email protected]

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