LICENSED GROUP HOMES
Mercer Residential Services owns and operates an eight-bed group home in Celina, the Wayne Street Home. This home is an Intermediate Care Facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID). We manage the Thomas Edison Group Home, also an eight-bed home located in Van Wert. These homes provide 24 hour staffing 7 days a week. We offer individualized training based on the needs and desires of each person in the area including but not limited to daily living skills, academic functions, human sexuality, and life safety skills. We provide Person Centered supports and believe in the power of self-determination along with self-advocacy.
We strive to make inclusion a reality for the individuals we serve. Our purpose is to maximize each individual’s potential by providing intensive real life learning opportunities. This is accomplished by having the same expectations for our consumers as we have for ourselves. Consumers participate in normal everyday activities such as performing hygiene tasks, going to work, preparing meals, grocery shopping, visiting friends, performing household chores, maintaining finances or enjoying leisure time activities individually or in small groups.
MRSI offers qualified, screened, and well-trained staff to provide skilled direct support services with 24 hour / 7 day a week care. MRSI is able to serve both male and female clients age 18 and over. No matter what the age or the need, it is our commitment to provide the highest quality of services that will ensure a person’s health, safety and well-being, with the greatest degree of independence and freedom of choice. Our homes have received many perfect surveys and reviews from the Ohio Department of Health and Human Services as well as with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities numerous times over the years.
Opportunity and Growth
- MRSI offers qualified and well-trained staffs to provided homemaker/personal care support services
- Community activities tailored to meet the individuals interests
- Aided in grasping skills in daily living
- Providing support in individual preferences and personal interests
- A home atmosphere for learning opportunities shaping each individual’s capabilities
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All staff members are certified in CPR & First Aid and receive extensive training on Positive Culture Initiative, trauma and delegated nursing. Staff receives continuous training throughout the year to ensure all staff has the most updated information.
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Staff is trained to work with clients who have specific behavioral / mental health issues such as autism, schizophrenia, anxiety, and ADHD. Staff provides care to consumers based on their individual needs from minimal staff assistance to total care. Staff can also accompany consumers to their medical appointments and help them understand the outcome and treatments of the appointments.
Each Licensed Group Home Offers:
- Respite Care
- Transportation including accommodating physically handicapped individuals
- “Open Door” visitation for families
- Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP) – On call 24 hours / 7 days a week
- Full Personalized Care Including Therapy
- Nursing Care – On call 24 hours / 7 days a week
- Well Trained Direct Support Professionals
- Area Coordinators & Home Coordinators – On call 24 hours / 7 days a week
- Formal skills, training, and active treatment on a daily basis
- Delegated nursing care
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TTY) or contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at here and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
- (202) 690-7442
- program.intake@usda.gov
De acuerdo con la ley federal de derechos civiles y las reglamentaciones y politicas de derechos civiles de! Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA), se prohibe al USDA, sus agencias, oficinas y empleados, e instituciones que participan o administran las programas del USDA, discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, religion, genero, identidad de genero (incluidas las expresiones de genera), orientaci6n sexual, discapacidad, edad, estado civil, estado familiar/parental, ingresos derivados de un programa de asistencia publica, creencias polfticas, o reprimendas o represalias por actividades previas sobre derechos civiles, en cualquier programa o actividad llevados a cabo o financiados por el USDA (no todas las bases se aplican a todos los programas). Las fechas Iimite para la presentaci6n de remedies y denuncias varian seglin el programa o el incidente.
Las personas con discapacidades que requieran medias altemativos de comunicaci6n para obtener informaci6n sobre el programa (por ej., Braille, letra grande, cinta de audio, lenguaje americano de sefias, etc.) deberan comunicarse con la Agencia responsable o con el Centro TARGET del USDA al (202) 720-2600 (voz y TTY) o comunicarse con el USDA a traves del Servicio Federal de Transmisiones al (800) 877-8339. Asimismo, se puede disponer de informaci6n del programa en otros idiomas ademas de ingles.
El Departamento de Agricultura de Estados Unidos (USDA) es un proveedor, empleador y prestador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.
Para presentar una denuncia por discriminaci6n en el programa, complete el Formulario de denuncias por discriminaci6n en el programa del USDA, AD-3027, que se encuentra en linea, o en cualquier oficina del USDA, o escriba una carta dirigida al USDA e incluya en la carta toda la informaci6n solicitada en el formulario. Para solicitar una copia del formulario de denuncias, 11ame al (866) 632-9992. Envie su formulario completado o su carta al USDA por los siguientes medias:
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410
- (202) 690-7442
- program.intake@usda.gov