Development Homes, Inc

Development Homes, Inc Empowering the Person; Impacting the Community

Globetrotter Fun! What an amazing time was had by all!
03/09/2026

Globetrotter Fun! What an amazing time was had by all!

If you'd like to wear your crazy socks and swing by DHI Sweet Street on March 21st, we are partnering with Designer Gene...
03/05/2026

If you'd like to wear your crazy socks and swing by DHI Sweet Street on March 21st, we are partnering with Designer Genes to offer free socks (provided by Target). You will also be able to decorate your own crazy cookie! 10-2 while supplies last.

We had a visit from the peeps! Spring has sprung at Development Homes. Thanks, Toni, for bringing the joy!
03/02/2026

We had a visit from the peeps! Spring has sprung at Development Homes. Thanks, Toni, for bringing the joy!

A little thank you from Sweet Street to our amazing board members for all they do for us!
02/25/2026

A little thank you from Sweet Street to our amazing board members for all they do for us!

Snow Day fun…indoor snowman building. Way to get creative!
02/18/2026

Snow Day fun…indoor snowman building. Way to get creative!

Congratulations to John, an instrumental leader in our community!
02/17/2026

Congratulations to John, an instrumental leader in our community!

Congratulations to EDC Board Member John Oncken on being named the 2026 Henry Havig Award winner! Oncken was surprised by the award at the 2026 Chamber Annual Dinner on Thursday, February 5th.

The award is presented annually to recognize the recipient’s exemplary voluntary leadership and service in the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks communities.

Oncken is the CEO/Owner of True North Equipment.

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/true-north-equipment-ceo-john-oncken-named-henry-havig-award-winner-at-annual-chamber-banquet

02/17/2026

DHI’s Corporate Office will be closed tomorrow due to the coming storm. Stay safe!

02/13/2026
02/13/2026

Sweet dipped strawberries for your sweetheart! Get ‘em while the last. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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3880 S Columbia Road
Grand Forks, ND
58201

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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Empowering the Person, Impacting the Community

Development Homes, Inc. (DHI) has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities since its inception in 1974. Dr. Leland H. Lipp, Clarence Ohlsen and Richard Christensen, three local professionals working in the field of children's services, founded Development Homes, Inc. DHI began as a single foster home on D**e Avenue that offered therapeutic residential care for children needing access to the former Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks. The group home allowed these children to live in a nurturing, family-like atmosphere.

DHI has played an important role in the restructuring of North Dakota's services to persons with developmental disabilities. In 1982, the Association for Re****ed Citizens initiated a class action lawsuit against the State of North Dakota. The lawsuit challenged on constitutional grounds the condition and treatment of residents at two public institutions, the Grafton State School and San Haven. Under the settlement, North Dakota initiated efforts aimed at moving residents out of these state-run institutions into community-based living programs and to provide appropriate education, training and support services to people with developmental disabilities in the communities where they lived. The State of North Dakota turned to local non-profit service providers like DHI to implement these programs. In response to the need, DHI evolved from the operator of a single group home to a multi-faceted provider of residential, transitional and vocational support services.