Center For Human Services INC.

Overall, I am pretty unhappy with my services from CHS. When I started services, it was really nice. They took me to get my groceries, I got to do a little shopping, get a bite to eat, etc. etc. Then, out of the blue, they changed coordinators on me. They claimed she was going to start working in another county, which I found out later was not true - I saw her walking around with a client in my area. So, then they stuck me with this new coordinator that turned out to be pretty nasty - racist nasty. This was during the time where Ukraine and Russia were very much at war, and she was running her mouth about "stupid Russians". I have a friend that is a Russian and I was offended! I obviously turned her in for this behavior. Instead of me ever even being apologized to, the big wigs of CHS just said that I "didn't like her". That's not the case, I just don't take that sort of behavior lightly! So, then they put me with yet another coordinator. This one was nice and professional, but she was strictly by the book. All the rules suddenly changed on what I could and could not do. I believe this was due to the fact that I turned in the last coordinator for her behavior, which I should be free to do without getting my services cut. I was told that there would be no more trips to Walmart because it was "not a goal"......how is having fresh food in your fridge not a goal for a disabled person or anyone?? I was told I was "only wanting a ride".....I was under the impression that taking people to the store was part of their outing? I stuck with the program for the day program trips, which were impressive! But then they started not including me on those, too. They would send out a calendar every month, but magically in December of last year (my absolute favorite time of the year, for trips, which I made very clear to several people there at CHS), the whopping 2-3 trips I circled were all full....within an hour of me signing up for them. I was obviously irritated, as I felt that everyone should see the calendar at the same time, which I believe didn't happen. I know for a fact I was being phased out, so I quit the program. CHS helps those that are severely disabled, and that's about it. They get special treatment - for example, a blind man using a services coordinator’s personal Amazon account to order a Christmas tree….. 🤨 How is that goal oriented? It wasn’t. I feel I was discriminated against due to the fact that I'm not in a wheelchair, blind, or non-verbal, etc. Also, I feel I was taken advantage of in some cases. I would have my personal things that I wanted to take into town to donate and my service coordinators and their bosses would at times help themselves to the stuff! Lots of fishy business at this place. I will miss the trips and some of the people I met, but if I was really just "there for the ride", I wonder how that lasted two or three years? After I quit CHS services, one of the CHS bosses suggested to my caseworker that I "learn how to drive" .🙄 Ok, Bryon Jacques, why do you think I ever signed up for this program if I could drive?? He wouldn't have said that to anyone else at The Center, but it was ok to say that to me after I quit the program.....I won't miss the attitude. Hopefully they will stop hiring people with a drug record for the sake of the people that still have services here. On a side note, your "rule" about giving and receiving gifts is beyond stupid. I gave gifts to my first coordinator and she gave gifts to me. What on earth was the harm in that?? Is it about the money? Wow. Do better.

Wonderful establishment..Always striving to make everyone's life better. Keep up the hard work!!

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