Napa Valley Support Services

SUPPORTS QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH A PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH TO SELF-DISCOVERY, COMMUNITY-ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND EDUCATION.

IN THIS FISCAL YEAR IMPERIAL WAY HAS ASSISTED OVER 24% OF THE 91 INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENT DISABILITY WE SUPPORTED TO HAVE A JOB IN THE NAPA COMMUNITY WORKING AND MAKING AT LEAST MINIMUM WAGE. (UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO COVID-19 SEVERAL JOBS WERE LOST.) JANITORIAL, LITTER ABATEMENT, AND YARD MAINTENANCE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF JOBS PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SUPPORTED BY THE IMPERIAL WAY PROGRAM WERE EMPLOYED AT IN FISCAL YEAR 2020-21. SINCE MANY OF THE JOBS WE SUPPORT PEOPLE IN ARE FAIRLY LOW RISK NVSS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PEOPLE BY PROVIDING 1-1 RIDES (WITH ALL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN PLACE) SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE WORKING. DUE TO COVID-19 OUR BUILDINGS WERE CLOSED TO THE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. NAPA VALLEY SUPPORT SERVICES (NVSS) IMPERIAL WAY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO CREATE ALTERNATIVE SUPPORTS: LIKE CALLING FOR WELLNESS CHECKS, SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE SAFE, PROVIDING ON-LINE CLASS THROUGH ZOOM CLASSES (EXAMPLES INCLUDE: VIRTUAL FIELDTRIPS, BINGO GAMES, LUNCH SOCIALS, SPANISH, MEDITATION AND MUCH MORE) AND MEETING WITH PEOPLE FOR WALKS AND TO SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE. THE TRANSMISSION RATE OF COIVD-19 IN NAPA COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IS HIGH. MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MOST OF NVSS STAFF HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. NVSS STAFF WERE REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE VACCINATED BY NOVEMBER 30, 2021. DUE TO INCREASED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT NVSS IS BEING CAUTIOUS AND DELAYING OPENING OUR BUILDINGS. HAVING AN INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IS THE HIGHEST INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR CONTRACTING COVID-19. PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ALSO SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID-19 THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION.

THE BROWN STREET GALLERY (BSG) EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AT OUR BSG RECEIVED SERVICES REMOTELY THIS FISCAL YEAR, SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED PRE-COVID 19 AT A LOCAL NON-PROFIT WERE RECOGNIZED BY ST. SUPERY WINERY FOR BEING EVERYDAY HEROES. BSG SUPPORTED THESE THREE LADIES WHO WERE INVITED TO THE WINERY, ALONG WITH OTHER EVERYDAY HEROES. THEIR PICTURES WERE PROFESSIONALLY TAKEN AND HUNG IN THE WINERY'S VISITOR HALL AND EACH RECEIVED A GIFT BAG AND ATTEND A RECEPTION AT THE WINERY. NAPA VALLEY SUPPORT SERVICES (NVSS) BROWN STREET GALLERY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO CREATE ALTERNATIVE SUPPORTS: LIKE CALLING FOR WELLNESS CHECKS, SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO BE SAFE, PROVIDING ON-LINE CLASS THROUGH ZOOM CLASSES (EXAMPLES INCLUDE: VIRTUAL FIELDTRIPS, BINGO GAMES, LUNCH SOCIALS, SPANISH, MEDITATION AND MUCH MORE) AND MEETING WITH PEOPLE FOR WALKS AND TO SOCIALIZE OUTSIDE. THE TRANSMISSION RATE OF COIVD-19 IN NAPA COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES IS HIGH. MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MOST OF NVSS STAFF HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. NVSS STAFF WERE REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE VACCINATED BY NOVEMBER 30, 2021. DUE TO INCREASED RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEOPLE WE SUPPORT NVSS IS BEING CAUTIOUS AND DELAYING OPENING OUR BUILDINGS. HAVING AN INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY IS THE HIGHEST INDEPENDENT RISK FACTOR FOR CONTRACTING COVID-19. PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ALSO SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COVID-19 THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION.

NAPA PERSONNEL SYSTEM (NPS) A CARF ACCREDITED PROGRAM SINCE 1985, HAS SUPPORTED PEOPLE IN JOBS THROUGHOUT NAPA COUNTY. MANY PEOPLE, WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES, SUPPORTED BY NPS CONTINUE TO WORK IN ESSENTIAL JOBS AND NPS STAFF CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM IN THESE AND OTHER JOBS. THIS YEAR NPS CONTINUES TO MEET ITS EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND SATISFACTION GOALS: EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND SATISFACTION GOALS FOR PEOPLE SUPPORTED WHO HAVE AN INTELLECTUAL/DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ARE: 50% WERE PLACED IN JOBS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF REFERRAL; 75% WITHIN 120 DAYS AND 100% WITHIN 180 DAYS OF REFERRAL. EVERYONE WAS CONTACTED WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF REFERRAL AND EVERYONE REPORTED THEY WERE SATISFIED OVERALL, WITH THE HOURS THEY WORK AND WITH THE SUPPORT NPS PROVIDES TO THEM. EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS AND SATISFACTION GOALS FOR PEOPLE SUPPORTED WHO HAVE OTHER TYPES OF DISABILITIES ARE: 50% WERE PLACED IN JOBS WITHIN 90 DAYS OF REFERRAL; 75% WITHIN 120 DAYS AND 100% WITHIN 180 DAYS OF REFERRAL. EVERYONE WAS CONTACTED WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF REFERRAL AND EVERYONE REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH THE SUPPORT AND CONTACTS THEY RECEIVED.