United Cerebral Palsy Association of San Diego County

UCP of San Diego provided programs and services to 3,881 individuals with disabilities, their families, care providers, special education college students, educators, and other professionals during the year. Within that total, we provided daily adult day and employment programs for 122 people on a daily basis, in home respite care for 24 families, served 828 people in our Assistive Technology Center, 426 children with disabilities and their families in the Toy and Software Lending Library. Our funding programs assisted 9 low-income individuals with disabilities to acquire durable medical equipment, assistive technology equipment and other un-met needs of a last resort. We granted 24 parent couples resort hotel certificates from our Respitality Program to give them a week-end getaway from the demanding care routines of their children with disabilities. We also recycled durable medical equipment such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, bath equipment, standers, and pediatric strollers to 49 people with disabilities. UCP of San Diego provided training, information and referral services and advocacy to many more people with disabilities and their families throughout San Diego County. UCP of San Diego has staff serving on numerous community efforts to improve the lives of people with disabilities such as the Developmental Disabilities Provider Network, San Diego Regional Center Vendor Advisory Committee, Special Needs Trust, Alliance for Technology Access, Assistive Technology State Wide AT Network Loan Program, and many others. UCP of San Diego utilized 85 cents of every dollar raised directly for program services this year. UCP is the recipient of competitive grant awards each year to help support our programs.