During a talk Thursday, Feb. 20, Association for Individual Development CEO/president Lore Baker told Aurora Lions Club members how the nonprofit serves challenged persons.
Baker was guest speaker at a Lions’ luncheon at Paulie’s Pub in Aurora.
According to Baker, Aurora-based AID offers tailored, consumer-focused programs and services designed to be equitable and inclusive for individuals facing developmental, intellectual, physical, and mental health challenges, those who have experienced trauma, those in immediate or chronic crises, those who are chronically unhoused, and those at risk.
“AID aims to help them overcome personal, behavioral, societal and environmental barriers to achieve recovery, independence, self-reliance, and live the lives they choose,” Baker said.
AID’s mission, she stressed, is to empower people with physical, developmental, intellectual and mental health challenges to enjoy lives of dignity and purpose.
Baker said her vision for AID is to continue as a recognized leader providing best quality outcomes for individuals served in areas of housing, employment, community integration, health promotion, recovery and crisis prevention.
Serving the Fox Valley area and surrounding western suburban counties, AID is a leading provider of comprehensive services that address the unique needs of individuals throughout every stage of life. AID supports over 5,200 children and adults, operates community day centers in Elgin, Aurora, Batavia, and Yorkville and provides outpatient mental health clinics throughout the Fox Valley.
—Al Benson