Sunbeam Residential Dev. Ctr, Kitchener, ON

We began serving our community in 1956 as a private care facility for mentally retarded children; #We were incorporated under a Volunteer, Community Board of Directors in 1966; We were ‘Listed’ as a Schedule II Facility under the Province’s Developmental Services Act (1974), until Apr.1, 1999; We are now one of the Ministry of Community Social Services (M. S.) Central-West Region Developmental Services Transfer Payment Agencies; We hold both ‘non profit’ and ‘charitable’ status; We receive ~ $16 million in annualized subsidy from M. S.; Today we are a multi-site, multi-faceted organization providing residential care and day programming for developmentally challenged individuals with physical & emotional impairments; offering outreach services to individuals, families and agencies in Waterloo Region; and operating MCSS’ Developmental Services Ontario in Central West Region We are a founding member of the Great Lakes Society for Developmental Services of Ontario; a patron of the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities; and an associate member of the Ontario Hospital Association.