advancing community support and opportunities for people living with disabilities

Since 1868, St. John’s Community Services’ role as a nonprofit, human service agency has been to develop creative ways to support people with disabilities as well as the communities in which they live.  SJCS embodies a continuing search for the most effective ways to include people with disabilities into the living fabric of our community.  We advance our mission through practices that offer innovative models for other agencies through advocacy, education, and collaboration with the government at every level as part of the policy creation process.

Our Values

We believe each person should:

• Be included, respected, and valued.
• Have ongoing information, experiences, and expectations from which to make choices.
• Form a variety of relationships.
• Live and participate in the communities of their choice.
• Have a career, dreams for the future and make meaningful contributions.

Our Vision

St. John's Community Services is about people and building strong relationships.  It is our purpose to break down the barriers that stand in the way of full community participation and inclusion for people with disabilities. SJCS envisions building better communities for people with disabilities to be valued, contributing citizens.  Building one community at a time, we support people with disabilities to develop a lifelong network of friends, employers, teachers and peers so that they may experience full citizenship and equal rights.