Building Skills. Creating Connections. Encouraging Independence.

The Community Connections Center (CCC) provides individualized services and support to adults with developmental disabilities, helping each person build skills, increase independence,
participate in their community, and work toward their personal goals.

At the CCC, we believe every individual should have opportunities to learn, grow, make choices, build meaningful relationships, and be an active part of their community. Services are tailored to
each participant’s individual needs, interests, abilities, and goals.

Our Services

The Community Connections Center provides a variety of skill-building and community-based opportunities, including:

• Independent Living Skills (ILS) – Individualized training and support to help participants develop the skills needed to live as independently as possible.
• Daily Living Skills – Training in areas such as cooking, meal planning, cleaning, laundry, personal organization, and household responsibilities.
• Money Management – Building skills related to budgeting, making purchases, understanding costs, and managing personal finances.
• Health & Wellness – Encouraging healthy choices, personal hygiene, physical activity, and understanding personal health needs.
• Community Integration – Opportunities to participate in community activities, access
  local businesses and resources, and build confidence navigating the community.
• Social & Communication Skills – Developing positive relationships, communication skills, self-advocacy, teamwork, and appropriate social interactions.
• Safety Skills – Learning about personal, home, and community safety and how to respond appropriately in different situations
• Pre-Vocational & Work-Related Skills – Hands-on opportunities to practice responsibility, organization, teamwork, customer service, time management, and other skills that can support future employment goals.

CCC Snack Box Business

One of the Community Connections Center’s hands-on learning opportunities is our Snack Box Business!

Participants help prepare and maintain snack boxes that are placed at participating businesses and locations throughout the community. The project gives participants an opportunity to practice valuable real-world skills in a supportive environment.

Participants may assist with selecting and organizing products, packing snack boxes, tracking inventory, delivering and restocking boxes, collecting and recording payments, and
communicating with participating businesses. Along the way, they practice money management, organization, teamwork, responsibility, and customer service skills.

The Snack Box Business is about much more than selling snacks. It provides participants with an opportunity to learn by doing while developing practical skills that can be used at home, in the community, and in future employment settings.

Want a Snack Box at Your Workplace?

Local businesses and organizations can support the Community Connections Center by hosting a CCC Snack Box at their workplace!

Our participants and staff take care of preparing, delivering, and restocking the snack box, giving participants an opportunity to practice their skills while providing your employees and customers with convenient snacks.

Hosting a snack box is an easy way to support meaningful skill-building opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities while giving back to your local community.

How It Works

1. Tell us you’re interested. Contact our Community Connections Center team to get started.
2. We’ll connect with you. CCC staff will discuss your workplace, location, and snack box options.
3. We deliver your box. Participants and staff prepare and deliver a stocked snack box to your location.
4. We keep it stocked. Our team returns regularly to check inventory, restock snacks, and collect payments.
5. You help create opportunities. Each participating location gives CCC participants another opportunity to practice real-world skills and connect with their community.

Contact Us

Interested in learning more about the Community Connections Center or bringing a CCC Snack Box to your workplace? We’d love to hear from you!

Tatum Alhiser Program Director

advocate@teachinc.org

(530) 708-7714

Deena Smith Program Coordinator

connections@teachinc.org

(530) 233-4527

Individualized Support

Every participant is unique. Services at the Community Connections Center are individualized based on each person’s needs, preferences, abilities, and Individual Program Plan (IPP) goals. Staff work alongside participants to encourage choice, independence, self-advocacy, and meaningful progress toward their individual goals.

Whether learning a new household skill, preparing a snack box, making a purchase in the community, practicing communication skills, or working toward greater independence, our focus is on helping each participant build confidence and develop skills that are meaningful to their life.

Connecting People. Building Skills. Strengthening Our Community.

At the Community Connections Center, we are excited to create new opportunities for participants to learn, connect, contribute, and thrive.