Welcome to Imagine!

Our mission is to empower people with developmental disabilities through service and advocacy. Imagine is a non-profit 501C3 organization providing Supported Living and Home and Community Based Waiver services to adults with developmental and other disabilities living in Santa Cruz County. We also have a Resource Lending Library full of assistive products, communication devices and informational materials to share with the greater community! We are actively raising money to help secure our services in addition to continuing our outreach and advocacy efforts. Can you help us today with a donation?

Thanks to Human Race Participants

A big thank you to everyone who went the extra mile for Imagine in the Human Race!!! We are so grateful for your extra effort in support of Imagine!!

The Human Race

April 10, 2012

It’s time for the Human Race again on Saturday, May 12th! With employee feedback at the All Staff meeting and the help of an Imagine planning committee, the race is shaping up to be quite an event. Imagine has participated almost every year since 2007 and has raised over $16,000! Each year we raise this [...]

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‘A Beautiful Sunset’ Will Help Keep Vital Community Services From Collapsing

April 6, 2012

One of the many ways services are reduced, restricted or eliminated is by reducing the rates paid by the state to providers of services like Imagine. The cuts of the last several years have been extremely difficult for local service providers, especially coming after years of flat (frozen) funding and other cuts, while costs to [...]

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2011 Annual Report

March 20, 2012

Annual Report 2011 Do you want to know how Imagine is doing? Click to read this comprehensive report on Imagine’s activities throughout 2011!  

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Update on In Home Support Services

March 19, 2012

STATE CAPITOL UPDATE from Marty Omoto at CDCAN LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE RELEASES BUDGET UPDATE ON IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES Recommends That Legislature Consider Other Alternatives to Governor’s Reduction Proposals – Proposes Extension of 3.6% Cut In Service Hours Scheduled to Expire June 30, 2012 and Reduction In State Participation in IHSS Worker Wages After A Study [...]

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The 2012-2013 Developmental Services Budget Update

March 5, 2012

by Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst March 1, 2012. Summary Over the three-year period from 2009-10 to 2011-12, the Department of Developmental Services’ (DDS) General Fund spending has remained relatively flat. (This is in contrast to earlier in the decade when spending grew rapidly.) This has been the case in spite of rapidly growing caseloads and [...]

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Let Imagine Lend a Helping Hand With Our Resource Library

February 15, 2012

Imagine is dedicated to helping community members have access where they otherwise might not, so we created a Resource Library to ensure this goal. Filled with things like books about living with disabilities, adaptive equipment (to use or to just test out before making a purchase), and DVDs. Check out is simple and can be done Monday [...]

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Imagine Employees, You’re Invited!

February 15, 2012

What: Imagine All-Staff Meeting When: February 22 from 3:00p to 5:00p Where: Community Foundation, 7807 Soqeul Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 (click for google map) Who: All Imagine employees   Our training this quarter will be “Habits: How We Form and Change Them”, presented by the facilitator team. We’ll also get a chance to hear some updates [...]

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