Kensington Community Corporation for Individual Dignity
About Us
Ruth Frank and other Founders Signing of The Charter 1974
Kensington Community Corporation for Individual Dignity was conceptualized by several Philadelphia Families from the Kensington area of the city, who believed that their children deserved to live a quality life as Independently as possible.
The charter for the Agency was signed in 1974 (see picture below) with its first CLA (Community Living Arrangement) opening in 1977. At the time of its opening, KenCCID welcomed three individuals from the community and three from a state institution for the mentally retarded. The agency designed its support under the principles of Normalization and later enhance their Services with Person Centered Planning Using Personal Outcome Measures..
As has contimued to be the case, all Individuals have adjusted well to being ppart of their Communities.
Normalization involves the acceptance of people with , with their disabilities, offering them the same conditions as are offered to other citizens. It involves an awareness of the normal rhythm of life – including the normal rhythm of a day, a week, a year, and the life-cycle itself. It involves the normal conditions of life – housing, schooling, employment, exercise, recreation and freedom of choice. This includes “the dignity of risk”, rather than an emphasis on "protection".
Personal Outcome Measures represent a significant departure from traditional quality of services systems. The focus is on Individual quality of life. Personal interviews with people with intellectual or Developmental Disabilities are the foundation of the data gathering process. The measures are applied and evaluated based on the unique characteristics, needs, and desires of each individual.
The shift to Personal Outcome Measures is consistent with the movements toward self-determination and self-advocacy. Personal Outcome Measures® are also used to promote and monitor person-centered planning.
Personal Outcome Measures®
People are connected to natural support networks
People have intimate relationships
People are safe
People have the best possible health
People exercise rights
People are treated fairly
People are free from abuse and neglect
People experience continuity and security
People decide when to share personal information
People choose where and with whom they live
People choose where they work
People use their environments
People live in integrated environments
People interact with other members of the community
People perform different social roles
People choose services
People choose personal goals
People realize personal goals
People participate in the life of the community
People have friends
People are respected
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Kensington Community Corporation for Individual Dignity
9150 Marshall Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19114
215 288-9797
