[Appleton, Wis.] – [October 28, 2024] – VPI is excited to announce the groundbreaking of the new Community Programs Collective, a facility designed to meet the rising demand for inclusive services and serve as a hub for programs that support children, adults, and families with disabilities throughout Northeast Wisconsin. This new facility, opening Spring 2025 at 2350 N. Casaloma Dr. Appleton, brings together VPI’s Early Intervention, Adult Day Services, and Education and Employment Programs, expanding both the scope and quality of services available to individuals with disabilities and their families.
The Community Programs Collective introduces a dedicated Family Support Center, serving as a reliable venue for families to engage with their Birth to Three support team. The Family Support Center will offer a consistent and secure location for services, especially valuable for families without housing or whose homes are not available for visits. It will also function as a versatile area for private counseling sessions, parental workshops, and trainings.
For adults in VPI’s Day Services, new features include sensory rooms, an accessible training kitchen, and an outdoor patio, all designed to foster independence, skill-building, and social engagement. With these enhanced spaces, VPI Day Services will immediately double one-to-one service capacity, and serve more than 100 additional individuals annually, providing a welcoming, accessible environment tailored to diverse needs.
This investment in centralized services will also create operational efficiencies, improve safety and accessibility, and provide development opportunities for staff.
“This new VPI Community Program Collective will allow us the ability to serve more individuals and their families with the services they are in need of in the most efficient and effective way possible,” said Tim Riebau, VPI, Inc President and CEO.
The groundbreaking ceremony is Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 10:30 a.m. at 2350 N. Casaloma Dr. Appleton, WI 54915. Media representatives are invited to attend to interview VPI leaders as they celebrate this milestone.
For more information on how you can support the Community Programs Collective and help us build a brighter future for individuals differing abilities, please visit vpiwi.org/donate.
PHOTO/VISUAL/INTERVIEW OPPS: Photographers and videographers are asked to arrive no later than 10:15 a.m. VPI staff will be available to show you where equipment can be set up and where the event will take place.
For more information, please contact:
Allie Lucht
Marketing & Development Manager
alucht@vpiwi.org
(920) 749-5859
VPI’s mission is to promote the dignity and worth of individuals who have disabilities or are disadvantaged and to assist them in developing their optimum level of social, vocational, and economic independence in the community.
VPI, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization provides a variety of community programs and services – including education, early intervention, employment, mental health, and social and recreational services, and packaging solutions to the Fox Cities and surrounding areas. By providing efficient contract packaging and production services to private industry with an integrated workforce, VPI has been able to deliver community programing and services to support the changing needs of community members with disabilities or disadvantages.
