"Helping Others Achieve Success!"
Who We Are:
We are The Opportunity Center of Otero County. We began as an agency in 1958, Our founding Mothers and Fathers served individuals of all ages with developmental disabilities. They accomplished this without any funding from the State of New Mexico.
In 1968, the group was reorganized: One agency was organized to provide services for the children with disabilities in Otero County (Zia Therapy). The other agency was organized to provide services to the adult population with disabilities in Otero County (The Opportunity Center). We continued as a non-profit agency.
In 1974, the State of New Mexico awarded the agency a contract and funding to provide these services. To date, The Opportunity Center continues to opperate as a non-profit community-based provider agency.
To date, services we provide:
Supported and Assisted Living: Does your loved one need assistance in daily house cleaning, meal preparation, assistance in changing clothes, bathing, or compainship? Our In Home Personal Care services may be what you are looking for.
Day Habilitation: Does your loved one enjoy participating in the community by shopping, dining out, participating in local site seeing activities, arts and crafts, group meal preparation, recreation and leisure activities, and functional life skills? Our Day Habilitation Program may be just what you are looking for.
Supported Employment: Does your loved one enjoy working? Do they require longer periods of training to learn thier job than regular employer training time provides? Do they need assistance in creating and maintaining thier work schedule? Our Supported Employment Program may be what you are looking for.
Life Skills Classes: Does your loved one need assistance or training in the areas of personal grooming/hygiene, meal preparation, financial budgeting, health, medication schedules, personal safety, bill paying, self advocacy, help building peer relationships? Our Life Skills Classes may be right for you.
Transportation Assistance: Does your loved one need help getting to doctor appointments, the grocery store, the pharmacy, work, or out to grab a bite for dinner? Our Transportation Assistance may be what you are looking for. We have transpotation for individuals with wheelchairs.
We would be happy to assist you or your loved one in becoming as independent as possible!
We base our selves on "Helping Others Achieve Success!"
Give us a call! 575-439-0919