Ucp Receives $12.5k From Wells Fargo Foundation, Pacific Coast Building Products Foundation & Ronald Mcdonald House Charities
UCP of Sacramento and Northern California teams up with 3 local charities to empower children and adults with developmental disabilities.
- Sacramento, CA (1888PressRelease) December 15, 2011 - Three local foundations have granted funds to UCP of Sacramento and Northern California to empower people with developmental disabilities to live life without limits. Wells Fargo Foundation has granted $10,000 to support UCP's independent living program and adaptive horseback riding program. Ronald McDonald House Charities Northern California and Pacific Coast Building Products Foundation have granted $2,500 to UCP's Autism Center for Excellence at Sacramento State.
"Grants are highly competitive these days, and we are honored that Wells Fargo, Ronald McDonald House and Pacific Coast Building Products chose UCP among so many worthy causes," said Doug Bergman, UCP president and CEO. "We are grateful for their generosity toward people with developmental disabilities in our community."
UCP's independent living program trains adults with developmental and/or physical disabilities to live as independently as possible. The program provides clients with individualized instruction in their home and community, tailored to each person's specific goals. Instruction includes personal and social development, financial management, health, nutrition, cooking, public transportation, navigating the health care system, safety, household management and self-advocacy. By helping people with disabilities live independently, the program reduces state costs by up to two-thirds.
The group's adaptive horseback riding program is open to children ages 4 and up and adults. Riding a horse can have intense positive results for a person with developmental disabilities like autism, epilepsy, intellectual disability, Down syndrome and cerebral palsy. Adaptive riding uses the movement of the horse to positively affect the rider's body, mind and spirit. The size and conformation of the horse, its gait, the equipment used and activities performed are all part of the equation.
UCP's Autism Center for Excellence ensures children ages 8-12 with autism spectrum disorder learn how to interact with each other and with typically developing children so they can participate in a community activity of their choice. Using an interdisciplinary approach, professional staff includes occupational therapists, speech therapists, adaptive physical activity specialists and behavioral analysts. A community liaison searches out community activities for children and then trains the activity leader and child with autism on working together.
Each month, UCP of Sacramento and Northern California serves 2,600 children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families in Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Shasta, Sutter and Yolo counties. Programs include adaptive horseback riding, UCP's Autism Center for Excellence at Sacramento State, adult day programs, independent living services, transportation and in-home respite care for families. For more information, visit www.ucpsacto.org.
Media Contact: Stephen Horton, (916) 283-8312, shorton ( @ ) ucpsacto dot org
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