About FACT

Mission

FACT provides evidence-based services to people of all ages living with developmental disabilities or other behavioral health conditions and their families aimed at promoting inclusion and choice, and maximizing quality of life. Outreach, volunteer opportunities and professional training programs are dedicated to fostering community participation and advancing public awareness and acceptance of individual differences.

Vision

A future where every individual is fulfilled by a meaningful quality of life.

Philosophy

FACT keeps a close eye on participant and community needs and continues to develop new services that directly fulfill those needs. Our care is a balance of continuously evolving therapies coupled with a holistic approach that allows participants to be fulfilled throughout all aspects of their life including their mental health, social life, home, school and work.

Agency History

FACT dates back to a pioneering group of professionals and parents who founded FACT in 1999, with Linda Andron-Ostrow, LCSW. Founded on inventive applications of expertise and careful attention to fulfilling parent and participant needs, FACT provided services and support to a small group of families. FACT quickly became a leader in a greater movement towards acceptance and appreciation of differing abilities. Children and adults were not asked to conform to social norms; rather, they were given social tools, communication guidance and behavioral support to adapt to an ever evolving society. FACT filled a need that the autism community had, and continues to fill their needs and of the broader mental health community.

FACT provides affordable and quality care to children, adults, couples and families managing a large range of diagnoses.

Over the past years FACT families have watched their children grow, graduate high schools and colleges,serve on juries, hold jobs, and get married – in essence realize a simple dream we all share, to find a meaningful role in our community.