CLASS LTD serves persons with developmental and other disabilities. CLASS LTD staff can provide specific information regarding service eligibility. For more information contact the administrative office, 620-429-1212.

CLASS LTD services are solutions to meeting your needs. Individuals receiving services and their guardians or family members are all involved in the planning and monitoring of services.
The primary services include:

VALUED ACTIVITY SERVICES 
This service helps persons to increase their personal, social, and vocational competency in order to live successfully in the community. Activities are determined by the needs of the individual. Valued Activities provide opportunities for persons to participate in their communities. A variety of life experiences are offered which may include leisure, recreational, and cultural activities, vocational pursuits, development of work attitudes, employment activities, volunteerism, mobility and transportation training.

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Employment Services offers opportunities for persons served to generate their own income and learn to manage it. People with developmental disabilities can be successful, contributing, and loyal employees. CLASS LTD provides innovative employment training and assessments to optimize client employment opportunities.

The Profile for Individualized Employment, or PIE, is CLASS LTD’s model system for creating strategic employment plans for persons with developmental disabilities. This system is unique in that it closely matches clients to employment that interests them. A PIE meeting is a team building process involving persons with developmental disabilities, their family members, key staff, advocates, employers, counselors, friends, neighbors, and educators coming together to brainstorm. This is a starting point for discussing the person’s strengths, abilities, interests, and ideas regarding employment. The intent of the session is to come away with steps to move the client forward in skill enhancement, increase job readiness, and develop realistic employment goals leading to meaningful employment.

ADULT RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
Adult Residential Services assists persons to achieve success living in their community. Services address the desires, needs, goals, and strengths, as well as health, safety, and life span issues of individuals living in a community setting; CLASS LTD operated homes, rented homes/apartments, or client-owned homes. This service may include opportunities to learn cooking skills, household chores, personal care, home maintenance, safety, relationships, self-advocacy, and decision making.

CLASS LTD supports and assists its clients with accessing resources to purchase and maintain their own homes.


FAMILY/INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS-ADULTS
This service assists individuals, 18 years and older, and their families by providing in-home supports to enable the individual to remain in their family home. Families, including the person served, are the decision makers in identifying the services needed and in choosing how servcies will be delivered. This may involve community activities, training in daily living skills, personal care assistance, ambulating, exercise, and relief of stress often experienced by the primary caretaker.


CHILDREN’S SERVICES
CLASS LTD’s Children’s Services offer specialized community based services for children with disabilities by providing in-home supports. After-school and summer programs provide opportunities for children to be active in their schools and community and help them build lasting relationships with peers. Healthcare, nutrition, safety, education, and social needs are identified.


CASE MANAGEMENT
Case Management prompts persons with disabilities toward maximum independence and successful inclusion in the community by providing support and advocacy. This service includes assessment of the person’s current and potential strengths and the resources available to the person. This service may also include support planning and coordination including developing, updating, and reviewing of the person’s Essential Lifestyle Plan and arranging for and securing supports.

SELF DIRECTED CARE PAYROLL SERVICES
Self Directed Care Payroll Services offer persons with developmental disabilities the opportunity to choose self directed care by providing expert payroll processing services. The option to self direct allows certain rights. As payroll agent, CLASS LTD offers people with disabilities a way to employ the support staff they prefer, without worrying about processing employee paperwork. Our professional financial staff manages the payroll process associated with employment of the support staff.

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
CLASS LTD’s Transportation Service provides safe, timely transportation for individuals in Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, and Montgomery counties to access their home community.

OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE

CLASS LTD can also assist in arranging the family/caregiver with respite and direct persons with disabilities how/where to obtain assistive technology services.