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Program Touts its 98% placement rate
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Program Touts its 98% placement rate

By Ed Stannard | Hartford Courant

Project SEARCH, a partnership between The Arc of the Farmington Valley and UConn Health, has meant meaningful work for dozens of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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How new integrated supportive housing in Bloomfield offers disabled adults a first apartment. And residents are surrounded by friends.
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How new integrated supportive housing in Bloomfield offers disabled adults a first apartment. And residents are surrounded by friends.

by Deidre Montague | Hartford Courant

Charlie Correll’s family didn’t plan on him ever living alone. Correll, 61, has lived in a couple of group homes but needs care that seemed to put independence out of reach. But in August, he moved into his own apartment at Bloomfield’s Lavender Fields, which is offering new supportive housing units for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults.

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Feeling At Home - Hartford Courant
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Feeling At Home - Hartford Courant

by Emily Brindley, reporter | Hartford Courant

Longtime friends Simon Kravetz, left, and Chris Corbosiero are applying to room together in an assisted housing complex in Canton for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

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