Stories

The Center for Human Services (CHS) staff and community partners have stepped up to the challenge these past few weeks. They are working together by keeping children well fed, supporting families in need, and providing creative, fun activities for kids while at home. The staff at Kreative Kiddos, a CHS partner, was able to purchase…

Meet Eric Beard, who doesn’t let his visual impairment hold him back and has a natural enthusiasm for life and people. Eric is a social butterfly, and, once he becomes your friend, it’s for life!  Those that know Eric would tell you about his great sense of humor, outgoing personality, his compassion for those he…

Rebecca Davis started out in the Early Head Start Home Visitation program in February 2017, while she was pregnant with her twins, Carter and Christian. She began in a time of hardship; she had just lost her job and was not sure what to do to prepare for the birth of twins! Becca said her…

Two-year-old Sophia Gilley receives CHS First Steps, Early Head Start, and Aquatic Therapy services. She has several medical diagnoses including Dandy Walker Syndrome, Polymicrogyria, Corpus Collosum Agenesis and seizure disorder as well as an underdeveloped nerve at the back of her eye. This has slowed her development and has limited muscle strength throughout her whole body….

Meet Randy, he receives services from the Center for Human Services Community Living and Employment Services Department. He lives at Tradewinds apartments and is also supported to maintain a full-time job in the community. Randy’s success at his home as well as at work have helped Randy increase his confidence in many areas and has…

Kenny Dole, a former Sheltered Workshop employee of 28 years, worked with the Employment Services Department at the Center for Human Services to find a job working outside in an environment that Kenny would enjoy. As a result, Kenny received a job offer at Indian Foothills Golf Course and could not be happier. Kenny works as a…

Randy Webster has been a familiar face at Zephyr Manufacturing in Sedalia since October when he was hired full-time. He can usually be found packaging brooms or mop heads at the long-standing Pettis County Plant then packaging them up for delivery to local retailers. Randy had worked a variety of jobs before finding a home…

Kehde’s Barbeque is a Sedalia landmark.  People come for good food, great company, and an atmosphere that is unmatched almost anywhere.  In addition to all of the above, Phil Graff and Steve Holbert call Kehde’s home and for good reason. With the help of CHS Employment Services, Phil Graff joined the Kehde’s team in March…

On June 1, 2017, twins Anderson and Aerolynn Hall came into the world 10 weeks early.  Anderson weighed in at two pounds and Aerolynn weighed three pounds, a pound and a half of this was water weight.  This was due to a side effect of Cloacal Anomaly, a condition affecting the development of the lower…