There are two developmental disability service centers providing a variety of support programs.  Developmental Disability Service Centers in Chickamauga and Summerville provide day supports, pre-vocational skills development, supported employment, and family support to developmentally disabled individuals from Walker, Dade, Catoosa, and Chattooga counties.

Day Support:

Day Support Services provide an opportunity for developmentally disabled individuals to develop new, or enhance existing, living skills which will promote community independence.  This program is time-limited, goal-driven and consumer-centered.  Day Support Services prepare the individual for progression into Pre-Vocational or Advanced/Supported Employment.  Training may take place in a structured environment, the community, consumer's home, or other natural setting.

Family Support:

Family Support Services are provided as an intervention to aid families in maintaining a developmentally disabled relative in the natural home environment.  Specialized services such as Speech and Occupational or Physical Therapy as well as Activity Therapy are available.  Respite care and other in-home supports are available to provide intensive support to families.  The Developmental Disability Services Program also assists families to identify appropriate residential alternatives when living in the natural home is no longer an option.

Employment training programs are designed to prepare the developmentally disabled individual for employment by teaching positive attitudes toward work as well as basic skills necessary to obtain and secure employment.  Work opportunities may be in highly structured environments or in the community, depending on the individual's ability and choice.

Pre-Vocational Program:

The Pre-Vocational Program provides an intensive, short-term, structured work-like environment for individuals in preparation for more competitive work settings.

Employment Services:

The Advanced Employment/Supported Employment Program is designed to give developmentally disabled persons the opportunity to work in the community along with non-disabled employees.

Lookout Mountain Community Services can help individuals with developmental disabilities secure a variety of living arrangements based on their level of functioning and choice.  Residential alternatives include personal care homes, individual apartments, and consumer-owned homes.

DD services are accessed through the Region One Intake and Evaluation Team (I&E).  They can be reached by calling 1-877-217-4462.  The I&E is located at 475 Tribble Gap Rd., Suite 120, Cumming, GA  30040.