Empowering vulnerable children, adults and families to reach their full potential.
Our Programs
Discover. Develop. Impact.
DDI Vantage promotes and provides exemplary services to facilitate the development and independence of children, adults and families with special needs. Serving the community since 1971, DDI Vantage offers Early Intervention, Early Head Start and Child Care, and Adult and Youth Services programs.
Early Intervention
The DDI Vantage Early Intervention Program provides a full range of services for families of children under the age of three who have developmental delays and/or disabilities. Adapted to each individual child's needs and focused on minimizing the effects of the delay, the program works reduce the need for long term intervention throughout the child's school years. Learn more
Early Head Start & Early Head Start Child Care Partnership
Early Head Start, a no cost program for low-income families, serves pregnant women, infants, and toddlers (ages 0-3) in two program options: Home-based and Child Care Partnerships. Through education and community collaboration, the program helps families promote healthy prenatal outcomes, identify and accomplish school readiness goals, and strengthen children's physical, social/emotional, and cognitive skills. Learn more
Adult & Youth Services
The Adult and Youth Services program promotes opportunities and provides support for persons with disabilities to lead self-determined lives. The program takes into account the personal needs, preferences, and abilities of each individual client. Services focus on strengthening clients' self-esteem through success and independence on the job, in the home, and in the community. Learn more
Nutrition Resources
The Nutrition Resource website's purpose is to create a library where you can access all the nutrition resources available to help grow healthy kids, families, and communities. Nicole Buhler, a Registered Dietitian, provides nutrition education and healthy eating tips, tricks, and recipes to hep create future healthier generations through good nutrition. Learn more
What Others Say
DCFS gave us the idea of working with DDI Vantage. It helped my daughter learn to talk more and it got her to focus more. She’s completely ready for school and has grown a great deal since working with our Family Advocate.
Artemis O'Neal
I was feeling alone and not able to interact with my son. The Early Head Start program helped me to see that there are ways to get him to interact. He can learn and I feel confident. I learned how to have fun and introduce things to him in a different way.
D'Lyn Larsen
After having our son, we made our goal to educate him from a very early age, and our goal has been accomplished with the help of the Early Head Start community which supported my son learning skills and has inspired me to educate myself, my family, and the world to bring positive changes in human society.
Krishna Rai
DDI Vantage's Early Head Start program showed us that goals can be achieved, and nothing is impossible. Our advocate helped the girls to become potty trained, talk and walk, and she helped me to become a better mother by writing a letter to help me to apply for a domestic violence visa. Having legal citizenship, I was able to get a job and move us into a better, safer home.
Genesis Cota
I was a new mom to an infant with special needs, and I was overwhelmed at all I was feeling. Early Head Start helped us make goals and work on my son’s development in between well-child checks and supported his Early Intervention goals.
Blair Warren
When my daughter cried, I did not know how to calm her down or what to do. DDI Vantage helped me a lot, because they taught me how to do new activities, set up goals and reach them, and look for activities to do every weekend. I am glad my daughter has learned through me learning how to help her in a positive way.
Alejandra Galvez
Before the Early Head Start program, I felt confused, sad, and frustrated because I thought that my son would not be able to develop as a normal child. Now I have realized that with a lot of work, love and effort, we can make it possible for my son to make progress and give him a better quality of life.
Teresa Chavez
In our family we have faced so many problems just because we cannot speak English. We want to make sure our children go to college, and the Early Head Start Program helped our kids grow so much with speaking English and learning new things. The program inspires because it helps make someone’s life so much better and easier to live.
Hema Dulal
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