Direct Support Professionals Advisory Council Announcement
A huge congratulations to our very own Kelley Shepherd for becoming an official member of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Advisory Council! Kelley has been with Mainstay Life Services since 2011 and has been a key player in building...
Honoring Work Toward Equality and Racial Justice
It'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 world. Juneteenth celebrates the freeing of the last slaves in the...
We Stand Together.
To 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 one relationship generates a ripple effect, impacting so many others,...
A Message to the Mainstay Community
Dear Friends of Mainstay, On 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 questions about how to stay healthy, how best to navigate our...
SRV – WHAT IS IT?
Written by: Heather Lewis In 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 detailed concept,...
Introducing the Mainstay Life Services Self-Advocates Advisory Board
In March 2019, we gathered a small group of people who receive support from Mainstay to talk with them about creating a Self-Advocates Advisory Board. This group would allow them opportunities to learn about being an advocate, to have a voice in the way programs and...
