49 Heritage, Ardmore, OK 73401, US
Residential Services for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
CONTINUE SKEETS' MISSION
Our Agency continues to be blessed each day by our supporters, our volunteers, our staff and long time believers in our mission that began in 1979 in a shoebox.
Our organizational expenses are 80% programming and 20% Administrative - keeping focused on our consumer.
Your contributions are tax deductible to our 501c3 charitable organization
Thank you for your generosity
WHO**WHAT**WHERE
LEADERSHIP
MISSION STATEMENT
PROGRAM AREAS
Ladonna Chaney, President
Rod Elliott, Vice-President
Ray Butler, Treasurer/Secretary
Richard Delano, Director
Robin Waters, Director
April Welch, Director
Dianne West, Director
Tammy L. McArthur, Executive Director
Message from the Executive Director:
Hello friends and family, our primary goal is to assure that our consumers residential
Ladonna Chaney, President
Rod Elliott, Vice-President
Ray Butler, Treasurer/Secretary
Richard Delano, Director
Robin Waters, Director
April Welch, Director
Dianne West, Director
Tammy L. McArthur, Executive Director
Message from the Executive Director:
Hello friends and family, our primary goal is to assure that our consumers residential needs are met, followed by assuring that all their medical needs are met; Health and safety is of utmost importance to our agency. Then teaching them life skills needed to live independently, promote community inclusion, and prepare for and support them in community employment is part of our mission and long-term goal planning.
Our Residents know they are safe in their environment, they are watched after, cared for, taken to their place of employment, to doctor appointments, activities, church events and out for dinner if they want and then back home to relax, do their laundry, and watch television privately or in their shared large living area. They have group dinner with their housemates; they have someone to properly give their medications to them, to tend to them if they are feeling ill and to assist them with grooming and bathing if necessary and to make sure those little things are taken care of even if it’s just tying that shoe.
We are their family – although some have family that live near and come to visit often, this is their home to grow up independently in. We strive to expose them to new and interesting things and to let them experience ‘life’ outside of this immediate area. Some look forward to their annual vacations and have gotten to go out of state, some just a weekend in state or to a special concert – things that make them happy. Our residents are part of the Ardmore Angels Bell Choir that was started by one of our Board Members and attend Sunday school locally. Going on outings in the community or having community sponsors have been welcome programs our residents have enjoyed participating in. Many of our residents go bowling at the local bowling alley on a weekly basis. It is a great time to socialize with peers and of course win prizes and eat.
HEROES AMONGST US: The founding fathers of our agency were forward thinking in knowing what our needs would be for our residential services when they built our homes. This has allowed us to be flexible during these tough times in the pandemic when staffing was short, and we had to pull together and shelter in to keep our residents safe. Our homes were built to accommodate more people than those that live there daily. We are grateful for our Direct Support Staff; without them, our agency would not survive; They are the backbone of our organization, and we depend on them daily to be there as a constant for our residents. To be kind, supportive, caring, responsible, and giving. The Residents at Carter County Group Homes do not ask for much; they are grateful for the smallest of things. They are the most forgiving and thankful of anyone I have ever met. They appreciate the warm, dry, clean homes they live in. All they really want is the constant care of kind, supportive Direct Support Staff. As administrators, it is our job to seek out those people. The ones that can make this happen and have an open heart to serve and do whatever it takes to keep the most vulnerable from becoming a statistic. I am humbled to say that we have some of the best in the field here at CCGH. This is the primary reason for this Seasonal Giving Campaign - to help raise funds for operating expenses to sustain quality direct support staff. If you were planning on year end contributions, maybe you could consider our organization this year and the years ahead. May God Bless You and Keep You.
For my friends that reside at the Carter County Group Homes
PROGRAM AREAS
MISSION STATEMENT
PROGRAM AREAS
PROGRAM LOCATIONS
ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Tammy McArthur
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Melissa OrtIz GHs #1 & #2 Ardmore
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Robyn Ortiz-Lindsey GHs #3 & #4 Lone Grove
HUMAN RESOURCE QUALITY COORDINATOR:
Misty Apala
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK:
Jennifer Powell
49 Heritage
Ardmore, OK
Telephone: (580) 657-2047
FAX: (580) 657-2050
EMAIL:
PROGRAM LOCATIONS
ADMINISTRATION OFFICE:
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Tammy McArthur
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Melissa OrtIz GHs #1 & #2 Ardmore
PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Robyn Ortiz-Lindsey GHs #3 & #4 Lone Grove
HUMAN RESOURCE QUALITY COORDINATOR:
Misty Apala
ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK:
Jennifer Powell
49 Heritage
Ardmore, OK
Telephone: (580) 657-2047
FAX: (580) 657-2050
EMAIL: ccgh@cartercountyhome.com
GROUP HOME #1:
HCC Luke Wyatt
516 Frisco Lane
Ardmore, OK
Telephone: (580) 226-8020
GROUP HOME #2:
HCC Donna Marris
304 5th St. SW
Ardmore, OK
Telephone: (580) 223-8725
GROUP HOME #3:
HCC Tena Layton
45 Heritage Street
Ardmore, OK
Telephone: (580) 657-4676
GROUP HOME #4
HCC Theresa Johnson
109 Blackberry Street
Lone Grove, OK
Telephone (580) 657-4707
KEYS APARTMENTS:For Independent Living - Disabled & Low Income Consumers:
For applications and availability, contact Administration Office. 12 Apartments
1. 106 3rd St. SW, Ardmore
2. 203 H NW, Ardmore
3. 423 I NW, Ardmore
MISSION STATEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities, something we take incredibly seriously. To us, it means putting every effort and every resource possible into creating opportunities for people to succeed at whatever level they are capable of and in whatever arena they are passionate about. It’s our job to fight for those opportunit
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities, something we take incredibly seriously. To us, it means putting every effort and every resource possible into creating opportunities for people to succeed at whatever level they are capable of and in whatever arena they are passionate about. It’s our job to fight for those opportunities. It’s the essence of our mission and it’s the responsibility of everyone who works with or cares about people with disabilities.
• provide independent living skills training through community integrated activities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a home-like environment;
• provide the best physical and emotional health and residential care to every individual served and develop the individual’s potential to the maximum;
• treat each individual with kindness, love, and fairness;
• provide each group home resident the opportunity to develop his/her physical, social, intellectual and emotional capabilities;
• provide each resident the opportunity to foster those behaviors and human qualities that enhance the resident’s abilities to cope in a community setting;
• constantly strive to integrate persons with intellectual disabilities into the community; and
• Advocate for all persons with intellectual disabilities.