Grand Island Citizen Advocacy, Inc

To initiate and support a variety of long-term, one-to-one personal advocacy relationships between private citizens and people who have developmental disabilities or mental illness.

Citizen Advocacy is a relationship-based form of protection and advocacy. The first Citizen Advocacy program began in Lincoln in 1970 by Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, whose concern was for de-institutionalized adults with developmental disabilities, and later broadened to include all persons with developmental disabilities and/or mental illness.

Grand Island Citizen Advocacy, Inc., was incorporated in January 1975. Nebraska also has offices in Omaha, Kearney, and North Platte. Citizen Advocacy programs exist worldwide in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia.

Testimonials

* Mike and Ted were introduced by the Citizen Advocacy office in 1996. They meet nearly every Friday for an action movie and KFC. Ted enjoys James Bond movies, mostly because he thinks Mike is married to a 'Bond girl' due to the fact that she is pretty and has a British accent. Mike involves Ted with his friends and comments that Ted's social life is more active than his. When asked about Ted's future, Mike smiles. He and his wife have already committed to move Ted in with them "He's Family."