Therapeutic Day Care for Special Needs Young Adults 
Saturday Respite Program
Saturday Respite Program "...let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth." 1 John 3:18
What happens to my special-needs child after high school?
Next Step Ministries is a practical way to fill the gap in services for special-needs young adults who have completed high school and are not able to participate in a job coaching situation, or other day program.
For most of us parents, we work with our child throughout the school years to raise a responsible, respectable, self-reliant individual who will eventually be independent in their living. After high school, our children typically go on to college, a vocational program, or some form of employment.
But what if your child completes high school at age 21 - and still can't feed themselves?
Or communicate with words?
Or needs supervision for basic activities?
Or can't propel their own wheelchair, much less get in and out of it?
Or needs help with toileting?
Many parents wonder what their special-needs child will be doing after high school - and just what that means to the parent's lifestyle as well. As most parents are getting ready to launch their child into the world, parents with a special-needs child are preparing for a greater responsibility in the home. This can include:
- Greater financial burdens if they have to pay for in-home care or quit jobs
- Greater isolation from friends and other social networks
- Greater demands on time
- Greater physical challenges if their young adult needs help with moving.
Parents with moderately to profoundly involved special-needs young adults need a readily available full day program to maintain the functional skills learned during school and to provide a safe and loving environment.
Providing this program is the purpose of Next Step Ministries, Inc.
CORPORATE SPONSORS AND GRANTORS
GRANTORSScott Hudgens Family Foundation
Coldwell Banker - Town Lake Office, Care Foundation
Business & Professional Women - Cherokee, Canton
North Atlanta Church of Christ
MEA Certifications
Service League of Cherokee County
First Baptist Church of Woodstock
DONATIONS:
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All donations are tax deductible.
A Non-Profit 501(c)(3)
UPCOMING EVENTS
June 28: Woodstock Community Business Association Open House 6PM - 8PM. All Welcome.
Summer Camp: 7 weekly
sessions.June 1- 4 Camping
June 7- 11 Beach
June 14 - 18 Sports
June 21 - 25 Noah's Ark
June 28 - July 2 Patriotic
July 5 - 9 NO CAMP
July 12 - 16 Music
July 19 - 23 Christmas in
JulyReserve your spottoday! WELCOME TO NEXT STEP MINISTRIES
