CARES Community And Residential Empowerment Services
Family agency dedicated to providing exceptional services and maximizing opportunities and potential! C.A.R.E.S.
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is an organization providing person-centered services to individuals with developmental disabilities and behavioral health challenges. We specialize in connecting our self-advocates with opportunities to be family focused, strength based and optimize opportunities for job training, employment, growth, independence, involvement in the community, vacation services and to provide long-term support to families in a residential setting.
09/01/2025
Happy Labor Day from C.A.R.E.S.! Let us celebrate those who helped build our nation and our own great efforts, hard work, and contributions. Relax and enjoy your day! ๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐จโ๐ง๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐งโ๐๐ฉโ๐ณ๐จโโ๏ธ๐ฉโ๐ผ
08/29/2025
Congratulations to all our award winners from our annual C.A.R.E.S. Employee Appreciation Awards at Woodstone Country Club and Lodge! ๐ฅณ๐๐
โข Darby Howard - Leadership Award
โข Christine DiPasquale - Employee of the Year Award
โข Onaiza Juarbe-Cruz - Rising Star Award
โข Paige Card - Mountain Mover Award
โข Rayna Stilitino - Iron Man Award
โข Rebecca John โ Rookie of the Year Award
โข Tara Hollins - Compassion for Service Award
โข Meghan Lusch - Empowerment Award
โข Jennifer Stenger โ Safest Driver Award
08/29/2025
Today, we celebrated our incredible team at our annual Employee Appreciation Awards held at the beautiful Woodstone Country Club and Lodge! ๐๐๐
The day was filled with joy, gratitude, and celebration as we honored the dedication, achievements, and impact our employees have made within the lives of our VIPs and their communities.
From good conversation and laughter to delicious food, basket raffles, games, and exciting cash prize giveaways, every moment reflected the heart of our C.A.R.E.S. family.
Our awards ceremony recognized the outstanding contributions our employees make every day in support of our VIPs and mission.
Stay tuned as we highlight all our winners!
A heartfelt thank you to Woodstone Country Club and Lodge for their hospitality, and to our CEO, Sheila Davison and President, Lori Miller for making this celebration possible. We are truly grateful to all our C.A.R.E.S. family. ๐โบ๏ธ๐
08/27/2025
Doing good in the community! Our Tamaqua VIPs partook in a trash pickup at Hazle Township Community Park! ๐ฎ๐๏ธโบ๏ธ
Hazleton Parks and Recreation
08/27/2025
Great catch by Josh of our Home & Community Program who reeled in a largemouth bass yesterday! ๐ฃ๐โ๏ธ
08/27/2025
Yesterday was a beautiful day for a trip to Yenser's Tree Farm where our Jim Thorpe VIPs enjoyed the beauty of all the sunflowers! ๐ป๐ป๐ป
08/27/2025
Our Tamaqua VIPs enjoyed a presentation by SOS Paranormal at a favorite volunteer site of theirs, the Tamaqua Elks No.592 - a local haunt! ๐ป
08/27/2025
Our Hazleton VIPs love a good round of mini golf! โณ๏ธ
08/26/2025
Our Walnutport VIPs explored the beautiful sunflower fields at Foothill Farms! ๐ป๐ป๐ป
08/26/2025
Beautiful day for our Allentown VIPs to stop by the rose garden! ๐น๐ธโ๏ธ
08/26/2025
A true inspiration! Keep reaching for the stars, Robby! ๐๐๐
08/25/2025
Our Hazleton VIPs spent this beautiful day at Hickory Run State Park today where they walked the beach, took a hike, and enjoyed a picnic lunch! ๐๏ธ๐งบโ๏ธ
Address
105 West Broad Street, Suite 200 Tamaqua, PA 18252
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C.A.R.E.S., Inc. is a family organization that was founded in 2013 by sisters Sheila Davison, CEO and Lori Miller, President which led to the beginning of our Lifesharing Program in December 2013 followed by the opening of the first all-inclusive, Community Based Day Program in February 2014. Today, C.A.R.E.S., Inc. has expanded to C.A.R.E.S. of Western, PA and C.A.R.E.S. of Central, PA operating thirteen (13) all-inclusive, Community Based Day Programs and offering 6 different services across 16 counties in Pennsylvania.
C.A.R.E.S. provides person-centered services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We specialize in connecting our self-advocating VIPโs (participants) with opportunities to be family focused, self-determined, individualized, person centered, and strength based. We optimize their opportunities for community participation and inclusion, growth, independence and job readiness all through our all-inclusive day programs as well as providing an opportunity for long-term support from caring families and individuals within our Lifesharing program.
At CARES the participants are the VIPโs!
The mission of C.A.R.E.S. is to provide high quality services and supports that maximize each individualโs potential, opportunities, relationships, community involvement, as well as their health and wellness. Our vision is to create communityโbased services empowering individuals by creating an environment where the individualโs rights and culture are recognized and respected with services that are selfโdetermined, person centered, and family focused.
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