Interviews with clients

Jackson Hole News and Guide came to visit our center

Clients Roxanne and Robby being interviewed by local journalist Alex Viveros pursuing a story on our 50th anniversary: 1975-2025

50 years ago a dream to support adults with disabilities began to take shape and over the decades since it's come true in the lives of about a thousand adults who have lived with CES since 1975.

Today, Community Entry Services cares for about 140 adults in three centers located in Jackson, Riverton and Lander, Wyoming.

Kasi and her mother sharing a moment. Reporter Alex interviewing our client Robby for a story. Clients spend their afternoons chatting, playing games or learning skills in the Living room like common area.

Clients to CES come in all conditions, verbal to nonverbal, wheelchair bound to able to walk and a wide range of physical or intellectual conditions including acquired brain injuries. They are all cared for with the same friendly concern and attention that helps them learn life skills and feel warmly welcome.

While their individual conditions vary, if there's one overall generalization to be made, it's that the clients and staff of the 3 different CES centers all give off a vibe of gentle, warm welcome. Laughter, smiles, and interested questions greet visitors who walk into the 'living room' like common areas. When clients ask you how you are doing...they REALLY care to hear how you're doing.

DSP Vyomika Tewary, with client Connor.

There's something breathtaking in the lack of guile and defensiveness. And staff agree, like Direct Service Professional Vyomika Tewary, originally from New Delhi, India, who came to Wyoming for an Astrophysics job but then heard about CES and has worked as a DSP for nearly 2 years, especially working nights and weekends. "My role has been to provide moral and emotional support for our clients and in many ways they've helped me in the same way".

There's always an open chair to join in the conversations and activities of the clients at Day-habilitation in Jackson. Clients and staff read, write, color, play games, or exercise. Weather permitting, clients and staff go walking to the nearby Elk Refuge or a nearby park.

Parents of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities will often worry about what life will be like for their children in adulthood.

At CES, the clients are safely housed, transported, and cared for throughout the day by dedicated staff who help feed, wash, educate and encourage them to stay active physically and socially. Boredom is rare as the staff organize trips into town, encourage clients who are able to pursue local jobs, hobbies and passtimes.

While state and federal funding supports a good portion of their care, private charity is what allows CES to go above and beyond the norm to provide them with a full schedule of extracurricular activites outside of our facilities. Your support goes a long way to improving their lives. Thank you!

https://www.ces-usa.org/locations