Thursday, March 11, 2010

About



Our Vision:
TURN Community Services will be the premier provider of quality services for people with disabilities.

Our Mission:
TURN dreams into reality. 

Our Agency:
We are dedicated to choice, quality, and respect for people with disabilities and those who support them.  We provide supports through a cadre of trained staff to assist people with disabilities live, work and play within their communities.

Accomplishments

  • A recipient of 2008 and 2009 Utah’s Best Place to Work.
  • We are one of the largest community based providers of services for people with disabilities.
  • We offer the most comprehensive menu of services through the nine counties we are located in.
  • Our initiatives have earned the support of national foundations.
  • We have received numerous awards such as the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities and Ila Goodey for excellence in service provision.
  • We are one of United Way of Salt Lake, Davis, Iron & Washington Counties’ partner agencies.
  • We have authored numerous grants and training proposal options to benefit people with disabilities and their families.
  • We pioneered in developing rural based programs to give supports within communities so that people with disabilities did not have to leave “home” to go to the city to get services.
  • TURN has developed and owns 22 properties for housing and day care of low income persons with disabilities.