The Dayle McIntosh Center

The Dayle McIntosh Center Access and equity, by and for, people with disabilities and older adults.

The purpose of the Dayle McIntosh Center is to partner with individuals who have disabilities as they gain the resources, knowledge and skills to live independently.

Spring has sprung and we are here to spring into service because service matters and we love serving those who have serv...
03/10/2026

Spring has sprung and we are here to spring into service because service matters and we love serving those who have served. Do YOU? If so, keep reading!

Did you know Los Angeles County has 220,722 Veterans residing in L.A.? With that said – we have many Veterans in need of program services and DMC has a job opening for a Veteran Independence Program Advisor in Los Angeles County.

Are you a person who loves to serve and support our Veterans who have dutifully provided service to our country?

Do you have knowledge about the American Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and Fair Housing Act?

Does maintaining a caseload of 45 consumers excite you?

Do you have strong core values with solid business ethics?

Are you confident with decision-making, problem-solving and are you highly organized with the ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines?

Are you a highly skilled person who is able to assess, assist, monitor, budget, collaborate and stay focused to serve meeting several needs at once?

Are you able to travel 60% of the time, being punctual to meetings, provide direct services without being flustered by commuting and traffic?

If you're a driven person who is ready to make a difference, who can work independently making sound decisions, modeling immaculate leadership by example to proudly represent DMC to our service personnel in need - we'd love for you to apply for our open role as Veteran Independence Program Advisor in Los Angeles County.

Independent Living philosophy values and Los Angeles County residency a huge plus! Learn more and apply: https://daylemc.org/about-us/employment-opportunities/

Image description: Dayle McIntosh Center is Hiring Veteran Independence Program Advisor Los Angeles County written on green background with silhouette of three people in center. DMC blue logo is in upper left corner and image has a blue border.

DMC's Disability-Friendly Community Initiative (DFCI) aims to create a disability-friendly community which begins with ...
03/10/2026

DMC's Disability-Friendly Community Initiative (DFCI) aims to create
a disability-friendly community which begins with education and intentional practices with the outcome of inclusiveness. A more informed community equates to successful relating for all and improves upon goals for accessibility and equity. Our peer-based organization leads the way sharing training that is unique to include diversified knowledge-based insights and valuable tools to include community members with both visible and invisible disabilities.

Learn more by visiting our web page https://daylemc.org/disability-friendly-community-initiative-dfci/

Share our flyer:https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Disability-Friendly-Community-Initiative-DFCI-Flyer.pdf

Ready to get started? Fill out our form and begin your DFCI training today: https://fs29.formsite.com/MeXKDF/pae5uzqnda/index


Image description: Group of diverse younger and older adults with visible and invisible disabilities discussing inclusiveness

B-U-S spells bus. While you this may be the first time you are learning how to finger-spell it in ASL- we understand tha...
03/10/2026

B-U-S spells bus. While you this may be the first time you are learning how to finger-spell it in ASL- we understand that learning new things is about being open to getting out of your comfort zone.

If you are new to riding the bus, DMC offers the MMPP program to help with bus trainings so you can learn something new to get excited about with the right support for your learning needs.

Open to individuals with disabilities and 55+ OC residents gain valuable bus system training.

* Upgrade quality of life learning customized "how-to" skills to navigate your needs as a person with disabilities or as an older adult.

* Map your own journey to independence and access through transportation.

* Learn how to plan your trips with ease and stay safe.

Learn more: https://daylemc.org/services/skills-training/mobility-management-professionals-program-mmpp/



Image Description: DMC's MMPP Team Babar, Sol and Ivan outside on sunny day in front of palm trees and building signing B-U-S in ASL smiling.

Ready to change the lives of others helping to support DMC and even change your own life connecting you to our community...
03/10/2026

Ready to change the lives of others helping to support DMC and even change your own life connecting you to our community with the work you do, while leveling up your own skills?

Volunteering with DMC = Create New Possibilities and Grow, Grow, Grow!

Grow your connections, knowledge, and service creating new confidence, gaining new skills, meeting new people and making a difference for Orange County's ONLY Independent Living Center for people with disabilities, older adults and Veterans.

Volunteering leads to fulfillment. Learning new things helps you grow. Gaining valuable skills can reinforce what you do well and show you your own agility in expanding your people skills, service skills and solutions mindset to improve things for the better as you connect to our community.

Check out our newest Volunteer opportunities: https://daylemc.galaxydigital.com/need/

Get your questions answered reading our Volunteer Page with most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) https://daylemc.org/volunteer/
Share our volunteer flyer with your entire network:https://daylemc.org/.../DMC-Volunteer-Flyer-Final-2025.pdf

We look forward to having you join us!


Image description: DMC Reception Volunteer Nina at DMC front desk smiling

3-2-1. It's March. We're three months into 2026 and we are looking to build a circle of support to meet our New Year go...
03/09/2026

3-2-1. It's March. We're three months into 2026 and we are looking to build a circle of support to meet our New Year goals and initiatives to expand our reach creating a 2-way relationship with our supporters with ONE common goal in mind - Community.

The circle of life is about preserving quality of life so people with disabilities and older adults can live the lives they choose! We believe a CIRCLE OF SUPPORT (COS) is key to joining forces in making things grow to steer the ship of advocacy forward. We can't do this without donations and support - because the circle comes full-circle. When you give to DMC - We are able to created extensions of resources and support because of your support.

COS has....
Three Levels: Friend, Patron and Sponsor.
Two-Way Exchange: Donor Support = Training Benefit + Education.
This in turn creates: One United Community:

Peer-Led, Peer Supported, Peer Served.

DMC Circle of Support is a unique donor giving subscription program where DMC provides an inner circle of support of training and exclusive educational materials to our donor subscribers.

Empowering our community supporters to learn, develop, grow, thrive and gain insight ensures an inclusive and knowledgeable community to meet our community where they are for future generations to come, in exchange for committed annual support to help DMC expand outreach and awareness at the same time.

Learn more and share our flyer:https://daylemc.org/.../12/DMC-Circle-of-Support-12.2026.pdf
Get in our circle today: https://daylemc.org/join-dmc-circle-of-support/
We thank you for all of your support!

Image Description: DMC blue logo at top; DMC Circle of Support text written in an actual circle around Captain's ship wheel with life preserver in the center and group of diverse hands stacked in unity together. Image has blue border.

THIS WEDNESDAY ---- It's happening!We are kicking off the Lead-On Initiative Series March 11th at 10 a.m. on ZOOM - H...
03/09/2026

THIS WEDNESDAY ---- It's happening!

We are kicking off the Lead-On Initiative Series March 11th at 10 a.m. on ZOOM - Hurry and email badner@daylemc.org

RSVP for the entire 4-part free workshop advocacy series Lead On Initiative and please circulate the LOI flyer: https://daylemc.org/.../The-Lead-On-Initiative-LOI-Flyer...

Don't delay in getting your advocacy journey started!

Also - Systems Change Advocacy is also actively taking referrals:

* Expand your advocacy understanding from different lenses of systems change, individual and self-advocacy.

*Learn how your story can build opportunity for advocacy.

* Connect and share to create support among your own peers.

*Grow your advocacy journey in our disability community to the next level.

* Join forces in advocating to pave the way for human rights, and equal opportunity.

Learn more: https://daylemc.org/systems-advocacy/ and also share our Community Empowerment Network flyer:https://daylemc.org/.../2025/05/DMC-CEN-Flyer-2025.pdf

Contact: BreeAnna Adner badner@daylemc.org



Image description: DMC's Systems Change Advocate BreeAnna signing advocacy support in ASL smiling

ATTN: DOR Counselors! According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Disability Employment Statistics for youth with disab...
03/09/2026

ATTN: DOR Counselors! According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Disability Employment Statistics for youth with disabilities:

January 2026:
Age 16+ Labor Force Participation rate is at 24.9%
Age 16+ Employment Population Ratio is at 22.8%
Age 16+ Unemployment is at 8.1%

DMC is committed to ensuring that no one is excluded from the human right to employment and that these numbers of work force participation grow. As a trusted partner of the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR), DMC is thrilled to share that we are now officially vendorized for Pre-Employment Transition Services (PreETS) for youth receiving Blind Field Services.

Learn more:https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/DMC-Pre-Employment-Transition-Services-Flyer.pdf



Image Description: DMC Youth Connect Team, Luz Soto, DMC Youth Community Liaison and Nelly Gomez, DMC Lead Youth and Information Coordinator saying "Welcome to College" as they smile outside on sunny day in front of building motioning to enter.

ATTN: All passionate people with disabilities, older adults, Veterans and community allies --- It's happening THIS Wedne...
03/09/2026

ATTN: All passionate people with disabilities, older adults, Veterans and community allies --- It's happening THIS Wednesday! Are you signed up yet?

Advocacy is an important piece of creating, collaborating and sharing in leadership the change you wish to create and actualize! Are you ready to amplify your own voice, and learn about how you can become a strong advocate to create change?

DMC is proud to present our Lead On Initiative 4-Part Advocacy Series

Hosted by Systems Change Advocate, BreeAnna Adner

Lead on Initiative (LOI), is a free four-part advocacy series.

Learn more about all four sessions via our LOI FLYER:

https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/The-Lead-On-Initiative-LOI-Flyer-2026.pdf

Join us THIS Wednesday, March 11 - 10 am - 11:30 a.m. - as DMC kicks off the first part of this series, Independent Living History! Don't miss this and the entire 4-part series! Participants can expect a powerful overview and education as a launch pad into the rest of the series.

JOIN this week's Lead On Initiative Advocacy 4-part Series by RSVPing to ALL sessions: badner@daylemc.org

We look forward to helping YOU through this series become the advocate you've always dreamed of being!



Image description: DMC Systems Change Advocate BreeAnna Adner in DMC Board room with all other local / regional Systems Change Advocates (in-person and on screen) discussing the power of advocacy.

Transitions are never easy. This is true for every stage of life. If you are a person with disabilities, or an older adu...
03/09/2026

Transitions are never easy. This is true for every stage of life. If you are a person with disabilities, or an older adult who is in a skilled nursing facility, it's difficult to recover and sometimes the idea of transitioning back to community is daunting.

Luckily our Community Transitions team is ready and is actively taking referrals!

Learn more about the program and how to qualify for your NED voucher:
https://daylemc.org/services/transition-services/community-transitions/

* Transition from Assisted Living back to the community.

* Map your own journey to independence and access.

* Adapt with grace and ease through the program support as you learn.

* Live the life you choose with transitional support for your needs
We look forward to serving you!

SHARE our Community Transitions Flyer:https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DMC-Community-Transition-Program-Flyer.pdf



Image Description: Marisol and Lizeth smiling in support on ramp outside DMC with DME and box, ready to provide support for your transition

More than just numbers 89,830 Veterans residing in Orange County and most of them need essential services = humans in ne...
03/09/2026

More than just numbers 89,830 Veterans residing in Orange County and most of them need essential services = humans in need of support, resources and service in return. It's time to serve our Veterans. DMC is hiring to meet the needs and demands of serving those who have served.

Are you a person who loves to serve and support our Veterans who have dutifully provided service to our country?

Do you have knowledge about the American Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and Fair Housing Act and have a sincere interest in advocating for our Veterans?

Does maintaining a caseload of 45 consumers excite you?

Do you have strong core values with solid business ethics?

Are you confident with decision-making, problem-solving and are you highly organized with the ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines?

Are you a highly skilled person who is able to assess, assist, monitor, budget, collaborate and stay focused to serve meeting several needs at once?

Are you able to travel 60% of the time, being punctual to meetings, provide direct services without being flustered by commuting and traffic?

If you're a driven person who is ready to make a difference, who can work independently making sound decisions, modeling immaculate leadership by example to proudly represent DMC to our service personnel in need - we'd love for you to apply for our open role as Veterans Independence Program Advisor in Orange County.

Independent Living philosophy values and Orange County residency a huge plus!

Learn more and apply: https://daylemc.org/about-us/employment-opportunities/



Image description: Dayle Mcintosh Center is Hiring Veteran Independence Program Advisor Orange County written on hot pink background with silhouette of three people in center. DMC blue logo is in upper left corner and image has a blue border.

Why Donate To DMC? Your Donation Supports Brings a Bud of Hope in Uncertain Times.... and help us bloom and grow agains...
03/06/2026

Why Donate To DMC? Your Donation Supports Brings a Bud of Hope in Uncertain Times.... and help us bloom and grow against all odds!

Uncertainty. Just like our environment has nature change directions during challenging economic times, all non-profits must pivot during what is challenging or when one wonders how they'll survive and not slip through the cracks.

DMC's growth plans means helping us ensure that we can provide for consumers in need at every turn and continue to support those needs even when hope appears lost. DMC's goal is to educate and serve a rapidly changing population no differently than we have in the past 49 years, and rely on our community support through donors. It means not just meeting a community where it is in IL Philosophy, but taking the community to the next level in planning for the future to ensure equity, inclusion and achieving new advocacy outreach to support our existing community as well as meet our NEW community just joining us for the first time. As an organization who is peer-led we are the same community we serve.

Newcomers who are acquiring disabilities through aging, accident, illness and new injuries - We not only need to meet these new needs, but need the funds to support this new growth.

Life can change on a dime for any of us, and that includes DMC's means of support. Donations = Our Lifeline as an organization to our community in need.

Did you know that every dollar you donate to DMC can change a life?

As Orange County's ONLY Independent Living Center we change lives by being able to provide information, resources, support and referrals. We create training and educational opportunities. We can grow staff to support our infrastructure to serve the growing need in our community.

Make your tax-deductible donation today: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZGDDYL7MLHKHN

Help us grow to serve more people. We thank you for your support!



Image description: Single pink flower blooming against all odds in the crack of city pavement as a symbol of hope.

It's March! Youth and Parents are you ready to plan your month's calendar?DMC Youth Connect is ready for a full month o...
03/06/2026

It's March! Youth and Parents are you ready to plan your month's calendar?

DMC Youth Connect is ready for a full month of meetings. Don't forget --- We meet Every Second through Fourth Saturday

March 14

March 21

March 28

JOIN US next Saturday!

Share our flyers!

DMC Youth Connect (English)https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DMC-Youth-Connect-Flyer-2026-English.pdf

DMC Youth Connect (Spanish)https://daylemc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DMC-Youth-Connect-2025-Flyer-Spanish.pdf

Questions? Contact:

Nelly Gomez (Español)

Lead Youth and Information Coordinator

714-621-3300 ext. 316

ngomez@daylemc.org



Image Description: Smiling DMC Youth participants gathered together

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