Our Services
- Medicaid Funded Services
It can be difficult for families to find an experienced caretaker for a love one. Respite Care is the supervised temporary care of a child or adult with disabilities. Respite service may not be provided as daycare during times when the usual caregiver is working. Because family needs differ, a variety of Respite services are available through MYEP. Screened, trained, and experience staff makes it possible for families to get away during periods of stress or crisis, to take care of personal business, or simply to take a break to relax.
In-Home and Individual Respite:
Care takes place in the individual serve home or in the home of a registered provider. Individuals serve may choose to participate in community activities with their provider. In-home Respite may be scheduled on a regular basis or as needed, and may vary from a few hours to extended stays. If you have questions about In-home Respite services contact our Service CoordinatorsMYEP regularly schedules Group Respite. Current Group Respites include:
- Once a month Friday Night Movie
- Once a month Saturday Group Respite
- Quarterly Parent Night Out Respite
- Quarterly Trip Respite
- Daily After School Program
- Occasional Dinner & Game Night
- Quarterly Dinner & A Movie
Summer Day, Winter Break & Spring Break Respite Camps:
During Summer Day Program, Winter Break, and Spring Break camps, a child between the ages of 3 and 21 with a disability has the opportunity to experience new activities, make friends, and build self-esteem in a safe environment. MYEP provides three camp groups: 12 and under, 13-17 years old and adult campers. MYEP Summer Day, Winter Break and Spring Break Respite Camps run from 8am to 8pm and families have the opportunity to choose from a half day camp, full day camp or extended day camp.
After School Programs:
MYEP After School service provided for children with disabilities is
designed to serve elementary age children through high school
teens. The program focuses on opportunities, activities, support
on skill development like sharing, appropriate social skills, personal
hygiene, and incorporates learning through field trips, community
outings, crafts, and developmental activities. MYEP vans pick up kids
from local Iowa City schools, and transportation can also be arranged
for the school buses to drop of at the MYEP site. The program also
addresses support needs for teenagers dealing with day to day life with
a disability.
Consumer Directed Attendant
Care (CDAC):
Individuals who cannot perform basic self-care skills at home can
access Consumer Directed Attendant Care (CDAC). Trained staff assists
individuals with tasks that would otherwise be done independently.
Assistance includes tasks such as dressing, bathing supports, meal
preparation, eating, transportation, and others.
Supported Community Living: 
In this program, the individual serve and family are part of a team
that designs a skill-training program. The supports of this program
foster as much choice and decision making as possible in order to
become more independent in his or her home and community. Skill
training includes areas of daily living activities such as table
setting, grocery shopping, and more. This service component allows
individuals to live with their family or a home of their own choosing;
e.g., apartments, houses, duplexes, etc. Services are designed to
support one to four roommates in their home and community, based on
each individual's needs.
MYEP provides supported community living services to children and
adults in their own homes, both hourly and residential. Support
services are individualized for each person, however some common areas
of support and skill development include:
Residential Based Supported Community Living: The residential program provides structured support for children with disabilities in small home settings. These services are based on the strengths and needs of the individual and the amount of structure, support, and services needed by the individual person.
- Supported Employment: The Supported Employment Program offers employment support to adults with disabilities. Our Employment Specialist helps people with disabilities with their job seeking skills, placement, and development. MYEP provides job coaching, after people with disabilities have jobs, to ensure success in their placements.
- Pre-vocational & Transition: Staff works with individuals to evaluate and develop work skills and habits while assessing a person’s employment goals. Our staff may work on transitioning from school to work while an individual is still in high school.
- Job Placement: Job development is specialized to make sure an individual’s interests, skills, and abilities are matched to the employment needs of a business. Co-worker training is a benefit that assists a business in providing natural supports and supervision for each individual placed.
- Job Coaches: Trained staff provide initial instruction and support on site. They develop an individual task analysis which shows where growth and independence occur on the job.
Adult Day Habilitation:
As an alternative or supplement to vocational services, individuals may
choose to receive Adult Day Habilitation Services.
This program is designed to interweave personal, social and community
activities, according to the goals and desires of each individual. The
intent of these non-vocational services is to provide a safe, caring
and stimulating atmosphere to encourage persons with disabilities to
participate in activities that contribute to the person's independence
and quality of life to a person 16 years of age or older
MYEP staff provide a range of in house and community activities
including:
