The philosophy of Access Community Experience (ACE) on providing services to persons with developmental disabilities is rooted in the concept of normalization, a set of value-based principles focused on the individual. ACE believes that the service recipient’s individual needs, preferences, abilities and aspirations should form an essential cornerstone of developmental disability services.
Admissions
We are committed to providing equal opportunity and unhindered services to all people with intellectual disabilities. To this end, ACE will spare no effort to remove impediments and facilitate accessibility to its services and supports.
We provide services and supports to all individuals with Intellectual disabilities who meet the eligibility criteria without regard to religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, marital status, handicap and sexual orientation. It is ACE’s policy to accept individuals on a first come first served basis upon meeting the admissions criteria; all pertinent in-take information and documentation must be completed and submitted.
Examples of eligible individuals are: a) individuals who are in crisis situations, b) Individuals who are wards of DCFS and are approaching the age of 18, c) individuals who are aging out of children’s residential services funded by the Division of Developmental Disabilities, d) Individuals who reside in State Operated Developmental Centers (SODCs), e) Bogard and Ligas class members, f) Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities who reside in State-Operated Mental Hospitals, g) Individuals who reside in private ICFs) Individuals with aging care-givers, i) individuals who have been selected from the Prioritization of Urgency of Need For Services (PUNS) database.
Children with developmental disabilities who are wards of the Department of Human Services or DCFS.
For more information, please contact us at: admissions@aceillinois.org
