Effective January 1, 2012 the CHS Consumer Advocacy Department expanded services into Clay County. This expansion is a result of being awarded the contract through a Request for Proposal which was submitted in June 2011 to the Developmental Disability Resource Board of Clay County, MO. We are contracted through the Department of Mental Health-Division of Developmental Disability to provide Targeted Case Management Services to all adults (ages 18 and older) in Clay County. The transition of these services will occur over a 12-month period with the potential plans to provide services to children (ages 3-17) I the future as well.

Roger Garlich celebrated his 50^th work anniversary with the Center for Human Services. A ceremony was held at the Ewing Vocational Center. From left to right, board member Dennis Eding, Roger Garlich, board member Mike Mosier and CEO Ann Graff. Roger began as a Speech Pathologist in 1961.

The Center presented Service awards to several staff members at the annual Christmas party

Employment Services Director Mickey Paul receives the Director
of the Year Award from CEO Ann Graff

Lindsay Rankin, right, was named Administrative Employee of the Year.

Pat McMullen, right, was named Program Employee of the Year

A group of CHS employees receive 5-year service awards

One CHS employee was recognized for 10 years of service

A group of CHS employees receive 15-year service awards

Two CHS employees receive 20-year service awards

The Center for Human Services received Estate gifts today totaling $500,000 from the Estates of Robert W. Mason and Mark W. Mason. The gifts will be used to provide employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

CHS Bloomin’ Gardens: Robert W. Mason and Mark W. Mason Horticultural Training Center is currently under construction behind the Ewing Vocational Center and will open in early April 2012.

Union Savings Bank was chartered in 1913 by the State of Missouri. It was first located at Fifth and Engineer in Sedalia. Later, during the depression the main facility was relocated to Main and Ohio and occupied a building owned by a failed bank.

Hebert W. Mason started to work in the bank in 1915 as a bank teller and janitor. In the 30’s the Mason family acquired controlling interest in the bank and Mr. Mason became president. He was a part of the bank for the next 68 years until his death in 1983. His son Robert W. Mason became president upon his father’s death and remained in that office and worked daily at the bank until his death in 2010. He was followed by his son Mark W. who died in August 2011. Other family members worked in the bank serving the community over the years.

From left to right: Co Trustees Jim T. Buckley and John Berry, Center CEO Ann Graff, Mrs. Carol Mason and Zach W. Mason.

The 40th annual Thanksgiving Day Ham Breakfast was held
November 24, 2011 at the Sedalia Country Club.

The Planning Committee: Don Weaver, Larry Horton, Dave Henderson and
Ray Haley. Missing from photo are Ken Norton and Ron Ditzfeld.

Don and Bonnie Brandes, Libby Burr and grand-daughter.

Cliff, Charlyn and Asher Callis and Mark and Cathy Quattlebaum

Emma Curry, Sylvia Hopkins, Doris Mathewson and Betty Hopkins.

The 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot was held Thursday, November 24 at the Sedalia Country Club. Click Here for Turkey Trot results.

3 hours to unload 5 storage units & moved to the fairgrounds
45 volunteers worked on Mon. and 52 Fri. & 26 Sat.
72 tables filled (underneath as well)
383 people paid to get in Friday ($1913)
15 clothing racks filled and then some
13 mums donated (and sold) from Moore’s Green House
5 Christmas trees sold
3 desks & 3 couches sold
1 Tiki Bar
Hundreds of used golf balls sold
One cardboard recycle container filled to the rim
300 CenterPost given away as people left Friday night
Two truckloads of unsold items given to the Salvation Army
$11,300 taken in at the door

Outstanding volunteer effort. Countless “thank you” to all the volunteers that worked the event!

The 20th Annual Exceptional Rodeo was held Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Missouri State Fairgrounds.  The Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association cowboys and cowgirls lead the Center participants in a variety of rodeo events. Sponsors for the event included: Subway, Ditzfeld Transfer, Town & Country Motors, J&L Williams Hauling, Heimsoth Distributing WK Chevrolet, Budweiser, Pepsi, Don’s Truck & Towing, Yeager Cycle, W&M Welding, Matz Brothers.

Art and Sharon DeJaynes and Center staff Chanisty Lambert did an outstanding job organizing the 20th annual Exceptional Rodeo.

Lending a helping hand!

Face to face with the rodeo clown! Who has the bigger smile?

The annual CHS  Recognition Luncheon was held June 17 at the Sedalia Country Club.

Dennis Edding, second from left, Lifrtime Achievement Award

Dr. Robert Stockwood, Honorary Board Member

Community Involvement, Affordable Housing Assistance Program

Outstanding Employment Opportunity, McDonald's of Marshall, Missouri

Outstanding Employment Opportunity, City of Sedalia and Recycling

Outstanding Generosity, Buckley & Buckley

Outstanding Generosity, Women's Service League

Outstanding Generosity, Association for Persons with Disabilities

Outstanding generosity, Open Door Benevolent Ministries

Outstanding Generosity, US Bank

Outstanding Growth, Jason Younger, Consumer Advocacy

Outstanding Growth, Roger Weist, Community Living

Outstanding Growth,Family & Child Development, Madison Hazel,

Outstanding Growth, Junie Williams, Employment

Outstanding Growth, Alan Bradford, Employment

Project & Volunteers of the Year, Golf Committee

CARF International announced that the Center for Human Services has been accredited for a period of three years for its Administration and Governance, Employment Services, Community Living Program, Service Coordination and Early Care and Education Programs. The latest accreditation is the 8th consecutive Three-Year Accreditation that the international accrediting body has awarded to the Center for Human Services.

This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to an organization and shows the organization’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. An organization receiving a Three-Year Accreditation has put itself through a rigorous peer review process and has demonstrated to a team of surveyors during an on-site visit that its programs and services are of the highest quality, measurable, and accountable.

The Center for Human Services is a nonprofit organization with its main office in Sedalia. It has been providing services for people with disabilities since 1955 and is now serving children and adults in 31 counties in Central Missouri. All service counties are covered by the three-year award.

CARF is an independent, non-profit accrediting body whose mission is to promote the quality, value, and optimal outcomes of services through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of the persons served. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and now known as CARF, the accrediting body establishes consumer-focused standards to help organizations measure and improve the quality of their programs and services. Accreditation also serves as an international benchmark to assure program funders, parents, and the community-at-large that services meet high quality standards.

For additional information, contact Linda Holland at 826-4400, ext. 324.