RAMP

Overview

RAMP has an intimate understanding of the needs and solutions to advance the lives of people with disabilities. We have this understanding because the majority of our staff and board of directors have a disability. RAMP is a group of determined and caring individuals prepared to arm consumers with the tools and expectations necessary for them to guide their life now and in the future. A person with a disability who learns to navigate through daily activities in concert with their disability is free to pursue all possibilities of life.

Peer Support

An integral part of the independent living philosophy. There are times when people with disabilities simply need the assistance of someone who has faced similar barriers and successfully achieved their goals. Who better to help you deal with everyday struggles than someone who has “been there and done that”? RAMP believes it is necessary for people who have the same disability to understand one another’s struggles. Peer support is not designed to replace professional counseling, but it can serve as an additional support in improving the lives of people with disabilities.

Job Assistance

RAMP’s employment services are geared toward community-based, integrated employment. Peer support and mentoring are significant aspects of the services participants receive. In fact, a majority of RAMP’s Employment Services staff have personal experience with disability, and some have been on Social Security benefits. 

RAMP’S Fast Track Transition Services – These services lay a foundation for high school students with disabilities to reach their full potential by encouraging enrollment in college, preparing for employment or career opportunities, and preparing for independent living. Services include exploring student’s options for post-secondary education and/or employment by gaining job seeking skills, finding job shadow or internships in the community, and/or obtaining community employment while still in school.

Independent Living Skills Training

The heart and soul of Independent Living is being in control of your own life. RAMP’s independent Living Skills Training empowers people with disabilities to attain new skills and techniques so they are able to participate in daily living, recreational/social opportunities, and vocational/volunteering activities. Through the creation of self-developed goals RAMP assists motivated individuals to gain greater overall independence.

Home Based Services

RAMP’s program provides services and purchases items to establish a home in the community. The goal is to identify the services and support systems that an institution/long term care facility resident may need in order to move into his or her own residence and to live independently again. Individuals with disabilities living in a nursing home who desire to move back into the community. The program is provided at no cost to the individual with a disability living in a long term care facility or other institutional setting and who desire to move back into the community. 

Mission

RAMP’s mission is to build an inclusive community that encourages individuals with disabilities to reach their full potential. We take a creative approach to find resources and opportunities available to team up with individuals with disabilities to access the community where we live, work and play. 

Contact

202 Market St.
Rockford, IL 61107

Phone: (815) 968-7467