High Country Supported Living

TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A COMMUNITY LIVING/LEARNING CENTER FOR NEW MEXICANS OF ALL ABILITIES.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: HIGH COUNTRY SUPPORTED LIVING (HCSL) IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL SERVICES TO TWO YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. ONE RESIDENT LIVES ON THE PROPERTY FULL-TIME IN A TWO-BEDROOM CASITA WITH HIS PARENTS, BECAUSE HE NEEDS FULL-TIME SUPPORT. THE OTHER RESIDENT LIVES IN A STUDIO CASITA. HE LIVES THERE PART-TIME WITH HIS PARENTS WHILE HE IS STILL A FULL-TIME STUDENT IN THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TWO OTHER RESIDENTIAL CASITAS ARE CURRENTLY BEING RENTED BY INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. ONE OF THESE RESIDENTS HELPS WITH MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ON HCSL'S PROPERTY IN JACONA. ALL RESIDENTS PAY MARKET RATE RENTAL FEES. RENTING LIVING QUARTERS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT DISABLED IS WITHIN HCSL'S MISSION, WHICH STATES: "THE MISSION OF HIGH COUNTRY SUPPORTED LIVING (HCSL) IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY LIVING AND LEARNING CENTER FOR NEW MEXICANS OF ALL ABILITIES, WHERE CULTURE, ART, LAND AND LIFESTYLES ARE CELEBRATED. THROUGH ITS PROPERTY IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, HCSL PROVIDES A BEAUTIFUL PHYSICAL SETTING WHERE DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO GROW, LEARN AND SHARE."NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: 9

DAY PROGRAMS: BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF ITS DAY PROGRAMS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2020, DURING THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2021, AND MAY AND JUNE OF 2022, HCSL PRESENTED SIX PROGRAMS IN JACONA AS WELL AS TWO PROGRAMS AT THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S KIVA (KEEPING INDEPENDENT VISIONS ALIVE) TRANSITION-TO-WORK PROGRAM FOR DISABLED STUDENTS. FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED HCSL'S FISCAL YEAR 2021 DAY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING 30 YOUNG ADULTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND 27 CAREGIVERS, PEERS AND FRIENDS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, THROUGH ITS EXPANDED DAY PROGRAMS, HCSL MORE THAN QUADRUPLED ITS OUTREACH/IMPACT WITH YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FROM THE 13 INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED ITS PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.HCSL'S FISCAL YEAR 2021 DAY PROGRAMS INCORPORATED THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF ITS RURAL PROPERTY IN JACONA WITH VISUAL ART, MUSIC AND COOKING ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ENGAGING, FUN AND APPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE PROGRAMS WERE CREATED BY VISUAL ARTIST AND EDUCATOR, LUCY RANNEY, HCSL'S NEW DAY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR. DAY PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDED CREATING BIRD NESTING BALLS; A SUMMER SOLSTICE CLAY PROJECT LED BY VISITING ARTIST, MARY OLSON; MARIMBA CONCERTS; AND A STORY TELLING AND ART ACTIVITY LED BY CHILDREN'S AUTHOR, WENDI SCHULLER. THE PARTICIPANTS HUNTED FOR PUMPKINS; PICKED APPLES AND PLUMS; MADE THEIR OWN PIZZAS USING INGREDIENTS FROM THE GARDENS IN JACONA AND BAKED THEM IN HCSL'S HORNO OVEN; SQUEEZED FRESH LEMONADE; AND MADE LAVENDER SACHETS AND PRAYER FLAGS. HCSL ALSO PRESENTED TWO PROGRAMS AT THE KIVA CLASSROOM. IN THE FIRST PROGRAM, THE KIVA STUDENTS USED APPLES FROM HCSL'S ORCHARD IN JACONA TO MAKE OATMEAL APPLE CINNAMON COOKIES AND CREATE STENCILS TO DECORATE BAGS TO BRING COOKIES AND APPLES HOME. IN THE SECOND PROGRAM, THE KIVA STUDENTS USED FRESH FLOWERS FROM HCSL'S GARDENS TO MAKE SPRING BOUQUETS TO CELEBRATE THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. CLIENTS FROM "ALL INDIVIDUALS FIRST" IN LOS ALAMOS, AS WELL AS CLIENTS FROM SANTA FE-BASED AGENCY "RISE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY" PARTICIPATED IN HCSL'S FISCAL YEAR 2021 DAY PROGRAMSOTHER PROGRAMMING EVENTS ARE PLANNED IN JULY AND AUGUST AS WELL AS THE FALL OF 2022 AT HCSL'S PROPERTY IN JACONA AS WELL AS IN THE CLASSROOM AT THE SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOL'S KIVA CLASSROOM FOR DISABLED STUDENTS. ALL HCSL'S DAY PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO THE PARTICIPANTS, MAKING THEM AFFORDABLE TO A WIDE RANGE OF YOUNG ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: 57