Dear Imagine friends and family, This is a tricky month. There's some fun stuff coming up and, as of yet, no pandemic in Santa Cruz County. We need to protect each other and those we serve so please do read the Human Resources Column of our March...
I hope that everyone has remained safe during this time of uncertainty. Imagine wants to thank all our direct support staff for the essential work you provide to our agency and our community. Our priority during this health crisis is to keep our staff and...
The Governor's budget for 2020-2021 came out on schedule. There were few surprises and none to the downside. The Oversight, Accountability and Transparency Workgroup of the Developmental Services Task Force will meet March 23 in Pomona. As other meetings are scheduled, we'll try to keep you up...
Ashlee is such a smart and warm young lady. She enjoys spending time with her family, staff, and her best friend Jordan. Window shopping and mall walking are just a few of the things she enjoys doing when she has free time. Our agency enjoys...
Our Holiday fundraising campaign ended Friday with one last donation. You gave $26,060 worth of shelter against the weather. Those funds allow us to keep our posture forward, less worried about economic and policy developments, less prone to wage cuts or lay-offs and better able...
Dear Imagine friends and family, We've had birthday parties, a pot-luck and some fevers. But we've stayed strong in seeking more for the young people we serve and more for those in mid-life and surrounding those near the ends of their lives with love, compassion and...
The Governor's budget for 2020-2021 came out on schedule. There were few surprises and none to the downside. It was good to see a very small fund set aside to reward regional centers that track outcome data well and produce some basic results. We were...
Jordan is a charismatic young woman who loves to shop, and is always the life of the party wherever she goes! Jordan always has something funny to say, and loves being surrounded by friends. She recently went on a trip with her family to Tahoe,...
Dear Imagine friends and family, Welcome to 2020 and, have mercy, I've seen some decades by now. I resolve to use fewer words. The holiday party was magnificent as it always is. There are pictures down the left hand column. It's the sense of warmth in community...
The Governor's budget for 2020-2022 should be released in early- to mid-January. Recent budgets have been relatively kind to our system but tax revenues have been running below trend and semi-wise or wiser chief executives have begun preparing for a recession. California's Governor, one such...