FAQ's
Where is Rockhill Academy
for Independent Living located?
What is Community
Integration?
Why Choose Rockhill Academy
for Independent Living?
What are Gifts-in-Kind?
What is 501(c)(3) Status?
Who can I call for more
information?
Where is
Rockhill Academy for Independent Living
located?
The administrative office is located at 4235
Locust, P.O. Box 5930, Kansas City, MO 64171.
Rockhill Academy for Independent Living has
community apartment rooms located within
Rockhill Manor and 2 Bridge Homes - located just
across the street in the Southmooreland
neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
What is Community
Integration?
Our entire mission is premised on
community-based services and giving people with
mental illness the tools they need to live
independently. Rockhill Academy for Independent
Living will adapt, equip and prepare program
participants for the independent living
arrangement of their choice. Rockhill Academy
strives meet the changing needs of people with
mental illness so they can move to or stay in
their community.
Our Community Integration Process
will create and sustain opportunities within the
local community for those working toward
independence.
Rockhill Academy for Independent
Living is working to make these goals a reality
by working on several fronts at once:
-
Improved academic skill sets
Clear, basic understanding of skill sets
including ethics, history, English skills,
budgeting and goal setting competence and
basic socialization skills
-
Developed skills that increase
employability
- Clearly developed cooperative learning
techniques (teamwork)
- Literacy and numeracy are necessary job
skills; this outcome is directly related to
the improved academic skill sets.
- Adults with an adequate foundation of
basic educational skills should be able to
upgrade their vocational skills and
knowledge in order to maintain their
employability and earnings growth potential.
- Realized development of self-esteem;
results in desire and motivation needed to
find, maintain and develop needed job and
personal care skills.
-
Job readiness
What are Gifts-in-Kind?
Gifts-in-Kind are non-monetary gifts given to
Rockhill Academy for Independent Living. They
can be household items like pots, pans and
dishes or furniture items such as sofas, chairs,
tables, etc. The gifts-in-kind items must
be in very good condition and are used to
furnish our residents homes. In-kind gifts
can be NEW undergarments (in all sizes including
2X, 3X), shorts, belts, tennis shoes, socks, bed
clothes, personal care items, and hats, gloves,
sweaters, and coats. Please call
816-872-3931 for more information.
What is 501(c)(3) Status?
501(c)(3) corporations are corporations that
receive an exemption from federal taxation under
Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code. You
may have heard these corporations referred to as
non-profit corporations. Donations to these
corporations are also tax deductible to the
fullest extent of the law.
Who can I call for more
information?
Please call Becky Hutton at 816-872-3927 for
more information about Rockhill Academy for
Independent Living
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