The mission
of Konocti Connections is to provide consumers with assistance they
need to maintain the independent living arrangement of their choice.
We possess the
longevity, history, and above all, the experience to offer consumers
a quality of support that is achieved only through 20 years of direct
service.
As providers, we work with consumers to assess their own situations
and abilities to make an educated choice, while at the same time,
facilitating self-reliance at a level based on individual need, and
always mindful of the dignity of risk.
Services from Konocti Connections are person-centered, at a 1:1 ratio.
The consumer controls the direction of his/her life takes, and the
choices that direction entails. In that sense, our clients:
- Determine
the areas of support where they will receive assistance
- Determine
the amount of time they will spend with their KC Community Resource
Specialist
- Set the
schedule of appointments with the KC/CRS, consistent with their
own daily routine
Typically, support
services begin in the home, but as in any household, individual needs
extend the necessity of support into all areas of the community. Our
role is to assist our clients and their families with accessing a
vast array of generic services and successfully integrating their
communities. Services include access to:
- Banks (includes
budgeting, bill-paying) o Health Care Providers locating/accessing
a primary physician, dentist (including out of county and accompanying
parents with children to UCSF)
- Pharmacies
- MediCal
and MediCare Programs
- Social Security
- Social Services
- In Home
Support Services
- Adult Protective
Services
- Child Protective
Services
- Department
of Motor Vehicles
- Courts/Legal
System
- Protection
and Advocacy
- Victim Witness
Program Battered Women's Shelter
- Family Law,
Para Legal Services (Restraining Orders, Divorce Actions)
- Tenant/Landlord
Disputes
- Jail/Correctional
Facilities
- Public Transportation
- College
Classes
- Parenting
Classes
- Housing
Searches/Applications
- Section
8 (subsidized housing)
- Marriage
- Vacation/Travel/Outings
- Teachers
and Schools (KC acting as liaison)
- Churches
- Community
Action Agency
- Grocery
Stores
- Specialty
Stores
- Animal Shelter/SPCA
- Veterinarians
- Spay and
Neuter Certificates/Clinics
- Hospice
Services (including KC support in the home of terminally ill consumers)
- Funeral
Arrangements
- Commodities,
Free Dinners at local churches, Food Cupboards
- Salvation
Army
- FEMA
- NCO (weatherization,
refrigerators, heat)
- Senior Centers
- Meals on
Wheels
- Alcoholics
Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous
- Concerts
- Community
Events
- Holiday
Dinner Baskets (provided by local organizations)
- Christmas
Gifts for Children (provided by local organizations)
- Public Transportation
Konocti
Connections is dedicated to providing support that changes with the
consumers need, but consistently meets their level of satisfaction.
Contact:
Director of Supported Living at (707) 263-3810