Hands-on services that enrich lives.
Every day is different here in Hartville.
Are you seeking a supportive environment where adults with developmental disabilities can thrive? At GentleBrook, we offer a variety of programs designed to promote independence and community engagement. We pride ourselves on delivering person-centered services that are hands-on and take place in a variety of settings.
Our programs cater to individual needs with waiver services, adult day support, and vocational habilitation opportunities, both paid and unpaid.
Additionally, our day programming for Intermediate Care Facility residents ensures meaningful engagement and active treatment. We even provide non-medical transportation services for added convenience.
Time away is time to grow.
What we offer
Expanding the capability of the ones you love the most.
GentleBrook Greenhouse
Our Greenhouse program provides Adult Day Support, vocational habilitation, and active treatment. The program offers hands-on training and experience in a fully operational greenhouse located in Hartville. The Greenhouse is open to the public for retail sales throughout the year.
This program focuses on both horticulture and agriculture. Participants actively engage in planting, growing and harvesting flowers and vegetables.
Vocational Habilitation / Community-Integrated Services
Our Vocational Habilitation / Community-Integrated services provide both paid and unpaid work opportunities, as well as the chance to build and strengthen job skills for future employment in the community.
Each community integrated group consists of up to four participants and one community integrated trainer. We work with our community partners to place each group at a specific business location.
Numerous places, infinite opportunity.
Hartville Hardware
Participants learn work skills in a diverse combination of retail settings,
These settings include the warehouse, sales floor, and the lumber drive-through.
Housekeeping
Participants perform day-to-day activities under the direction of the Housekeeping Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards.
All tasks fall under the guidelines and regulations governing the various facilities to ensure clean, safe, and sanitary conditions.
Hartville Hardware (Hartville Fulfillment Center)
Participants will learn work skills in the shipping and receiving department and warehouse.
Hartville Thrift Shoppe
Participants perform daily janitorial tasks in all areas of the Thrift Shoppe.
Front Porch Café / Hartville Thrift Shoppe
This site offers a person-centered program that allows individuals to work in the community while developing job skills needed to build overall independence.
Schedule will consist of individuals learning a variety of food service skills at the Front Porch Café in Hartville. In addition to working in the café, participants in this vocational habilitation/community-integrated group will also work alongside volunteers in the Hartville Thrift Shoppe to further develop job training skills.
Community Farming
This program’s goal is to allow participants to explore local businesses and farm environments while developing meaningful and purposeful skills needed to thrive and become contributing partners in the community. The aim of the program is to provide produce and farm goods to local partners and neighborhoods. Individuals will actively participate in the development, operation, and maintenance of a new community supported agriculture (CSA) service. During the first phase, the focus will be on caring for laying chickens to sell eggs to the community. As the individuals’ skills grow, so will the CSA and its offerings. The plan is to build relationships with existing farms in the local community.
The schedule will consist of a combination of activities where participants will spend time at local farms and businesses, learning new agriculture skills alongside existing farmers. Skill acquisition and relationship-building will ultimately promote the independence required for success in future work opportunities.
GentleBrook Barn
Personalized Care
Individuals will be involved in the daily activities of a farm which is home to egg-laying chickens, rabbits, and two goats. Additional duties include maintenance of pasture acreage.
Community Farming
GentleBrook Greenhouse + Farm
This program’s goal is to allow participants the opportunity to work on the operational and business side of running a greenhouse and farm.
