Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Community Opportunities Center
The HASCI Community Opportunities Center provides services to people who are SCDDSN eligible via the Head and Spinal Cord eligibility criteria. The program is designed to develop the consumer as he/she relates to his/her community.  It is intended as a short-term, goal-oriented program that maximizes a person’s skills and talents to develop and maintain valued adult roles in the community.  To get more information call the Community Opportunities Coordinator at 852-5550.

HASCI Vocational Interests and Productivity Program (VIP)
The VIP program targets individuals with moderate/severe cognitive and/or physical impairments resulting from traumatic brain injury or similar disability that desire to obtain employment or participate in meaningful employment alternatives. The VIP program aims to assist consumers in developing awareness of how their disability impacts their employment options in order to empower them to make informed job choices. The VIP program focuses on prevocational experiences to prepare the individual for formal vocational rehabilitation by identifying and pursuing personal interests, building work-related skills, and participating in volunteer experiences.  To get more information call the Community Opportunities Coordinator at 852-5550.

HASCI Rehabilitation Supports (RS)
Rehabilitation Supports are interventions and assistance provided to improve a condition or to promote/retain an optimal level of functioning in a person who has a head or spinal cord injury. Rehabilitation Supports is provided in the individual’s home or any natural environment.  Individualized goals and objectives are developed based on assessed and prioritized needs in the areas of personal care, cognitive/independent living skills, medication management and symptom reduction, health and nutrition, self-esteem, coping skills, personal responsibility and self-direction, social skills and positive interactions with others, community living and peer relationships.  Rehabilitation Supports is one way for people with head or spinal cord injuries to learn greater independence, make choices and experience the benefits of community living. To get more information call the Community Opportunities Coordinator at 852-5550.