Harambee’s Chunguza Community Adult Day Care Program offers opportunities for consumers to develop and enhance their academic and pre-vocational capabilities through microenterprises, service learning, volunteer positions, and matriculation in local community colleges and adult education programs.

The Chunguza Community Adult Day Care Program can serve 45 consumers.

Eligibility

  • Diagnosis of a developmental disability or condition similar to a developmentally disability that requires the same services and supports
  • At least 18 years of age or older
  • A Purchase of Service from Regional Center of the East Bay (or other local Regional Center) for services
  • A desire to participate in a Community Based Adult Day Program
  • Ability to be successful in a 1 staff to 3 consumer ratio in the community

We work with individuals who may have the following characteristics:

  • Behavioral challenges
  • Resistiveness-failure to participate in activities previously agreed upon that impact health & safety
  • Socially inappropriate responses – tantruming (screaming, crying, stomping, and other disruptive behaviors), self-injurious behaviors (including pica, head banging or hair pulling) or self- stimulating behaviors (including rocking, staring, etc.)
  • Aggression towards self, others or property that does not result in injury to others
  • History of AWOL or wandering
  • Non -ambulatory
  • Mental Health or Substance Abuse diagnosis
  • Judicial Involvement (under court order, just released from a court order

Note: Behaviors such as arson/fire setting and sex offenses are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

HCS is a non-medical program.

Location of Services

  • In the San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Contra Costa County communities