This agency complies with Title XX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This means no individual will be excluded from Big Lakes' services on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability.

Priority will be given to those who are from or who originate from Big Lakes' service area (Riley, Geary, Clay and Pottawatomie counties in Kansas).

This agency is partially funded on a contractual basis with the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. Individuals must meet the following eligibility guidelines as defined in Kansas law;

 

Mental Retardation means substantial limitations in present functioning that is manifested during the period from birth to age 18 years and is characterized by significantly sub-average intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior including related skills in two of more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas:

1. Communication
2. Self-care
3. Home living
4. Social skills
5. Community use
6. Self-direction
7. Health and safety
8. Functional academics
9. Leisure
10. Work

A "developmental disability" is defined as a severe, chronic disability of a person that: (a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; (b) is manifested before the person attains 22 years of age; (c) is likely to continue indefinitely; and, (d) results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activities:

i. self-care,
ii. receptive and/or expressive language,
iii. learning,
iv. mobility,
v. self-direction,
vi. capacity for independent living,
vii. economic self-sufficiency,
viii. reflects the personâs need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of a lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.

For further information contact:

BIG LAKES DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, INC.
1416 Hayes Dr.
Manhattan, KS 66502
(785) 776-9201
E-mail to cddo@biglakes.org

 

Confidentiality of Records
The records of individuals served by Big Lakes Developmental Center, Inc. are confidential.

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