Mainstay Unlocked Blog
Honoring Work Toward Equality and Racial Justice
June 18, 2020Honoring Work Toward Equality and Racial JusticeIt’s impossible to overstate the intensity or complexity of the challenges we have faced these past few months. These months have also cast a stark light on the inequities that exist in our country and...
We Stand Together.
June 4, 2020We Stand Together.By Kim Sonafelt, Chief Executive OfficerTo Friends of Mainstay, At Mainstay, we understand the importance of community. The bonds we create with each other become more than just isolated, individual relationships. Rather, one person or...
A Message to the Mainstay Community
April 20, 2020A Message to the Mainstay CommunityBy Kim Sonafelt, Chief Executive OfficerOn behalf of everyone at Mainstay, I hope this message finds you and your family safe and healthy. These past several weeks have brought extraordinary changes – generating many...
SRV – WHAT IS IT?
March 6, 2020SRV - WHAT IS IT?By Heather LewisIn October 2019, Community Services Coordinator Barb Dyer and I had the opportunity to attend a three-day professional development retreat and SRV workshop. So, what is SRV? Social Role Valorization is a very involved and...
Introducing the Mainstay Life Services Self-Advocates Advisory Board
Feb 17, 2020Introducing the Mainstay Life Services Self-Advocates Advisory BoardBy Barb Dyer, Community Services CoordinatorIn March 2019, we gathered a small group of people who receive support from Mainstay to talk with them about creating a Self-Advocates Advisory...
Rallying Together for Better Wages!
Jan 17, 2020Rallying Together for Better Wages!#SupportMeSupportDSPs You may have noticed that the last few holidays, we have joined the Pennsylvania Advocacy and Resources for Autism and Intellectual Disability (PAR) in their Virtual Rallies focused on the FY 20/21...
Home for the Holidays
Dec 2, 2019Home for the HolidaysIt’s that familiar smell of pumpkin pie when you walk through the door. It’s loud family gatherings filled with laughter and hugs. It’s the feeling of warmth, comfort, and the freedom to be yourself that can only be found in that one...
A Balancing Act: Living with Co-Occurring IDD and a Mental Health Disorder
Nov 7, 2019A Balancing Act: Living with Co-Occurring IDD and a Mental Health DisorderBy Angel Rodrigues, Program Manager in collaboration with Dennis Zellers, Behavioral Specialist Mainstay Life Services provides care to many individuals with several types of...
My 40 Years of Service
Oct 4, 2019My 40 Years of ServiceBy MaryKay Adams, Community Living SpecialistThank you, Mainstay, for allowing me to grow with you. Forty years is a long time, but they fly right by when you love what you do. And as Mainstay’s longest working employee, I am honored...
Employ Me!
Sept 24, 2019Employ Me!By Lisa Svidron, Associate Director of Employment ServicesHave you noticed lately how many businesses are begging for employees? When you drive down the road, you see sign after sign that bears the words: “Help Wanted.” It’s an open market for...