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VAIL PLACE ’S NEW PROGRAMS <br />Vail Place, helps adults with mental <br />illness get back in the mainstream and <br />maintain rewarding lives in the <br />community. They have funding to offer <br />new services and arf*. now part of the <br />Hennepin County Regional Support <br />Services Program. Its new hours are <br />8:30 am to 8:00 pm Monday through <br />Thursday. Friday hours are 8:30 to 5:30 <br />pm or 8:30 to 8:00 pm every other <br />friday. Vail Place is open every other <br />Saturday from noon to 4:00 pm. <br />Vail Place’s regular services now include <br />a housing specialist who makes weekly <br />on-site visits to a clients home. The <br />housing specialist has information on <br />financial assistance and transportatiotL <br />Group sessions are offered on topics <br />that build self-esteem and promote <br />independent living. <br />Vail Place also offers new services from <br />Pyramid Mental Health Center. A nurse <br />is available on Monday from 3:00 to <br />5:00 pm. Nurses give information on <br />medicines and help monitor client’s <br />medications. They also offer a support <br />group every Tuesday at 3:00 pm. <br />Anyone who wants to join in on the <br />expanded social and recreadonal <br />programs can stop by after 3:00 pm to <br />join the fim. <br />For more information on Vail Place’s <br />new services, call: 824-8061 <br />(Mirmeapolis) or 938-9622 (Hopkins). <br />VAIL PLACE <br />Growing Toward Independence <br />L <br />GUIDEBOOK FOR <br />THE DISABLED <br />The Metropolitan Council has a <br />guidebook for people with <br />developn^eatal disabilities, their families <br />tneir advocates. <br />Tt’s Never Too Early, It’s Never Too <br />Late” is about Personal Futures <br />Planning. It focuses on people’s gifts, <br />talents and abilities. The guide l^ok <br />teUs how to develop personal <br />relationships and positive roles in the <br />community. It enables people to get <br />more control of their lives and to build <br />their skills and abilities. <br />A personal futures plan is a person’s <br />vision for what he or she would like to <br />be or do. It is also a plan for making <br />changes a:.d problem solving. A small <br />group of people agree to meet and to <br />help each other meet the goals in their <br />personal futures plan. <br />The guidebook is free from the <br />Metropolitan Council’s Data Center, <br />Mears Park Center, 230 E. 5th St, St <br />PaukMN 55101 or caU 291-8140.I <br />i-. .