Potomac Community Resources, Inc.

For teenagers with developmental and intellectual differences, services begin with the school system – and end when students “age out” at 21. That’s when PCR steps in, providing therapeutic programs in arts, fitness, and communications that enable the full inclusion of those with developmental differences. Basketball welcomes 50 sports enthusiasts; a 20-person chorus fosters a love of music; Communication Counts covers basic and advanced social skills; Phabulous Photographers builds technical skills and self-expression. A respite care program provides therapeutic activities and nursing support for medically fragile people with profound disabilities, while social clubs unite adults from around the region and help prevent loneliness. Much-needed support is also there both for caregivers and for families whose children are transitioning to adulthood. Knowing the difference this program has made, PCR works with other communities to replicate the model – and increase the impact. PCR promotes the inclusion of teens and adults with developmental differences into community life through our award-winning social/recreational and respite care programs, through our public policy advocacy, and through our James M. Sullivan Memorial House, home to women with developmental differences.