Friends of Grace

The Program, At A Glance

Grace Community Center is a therapeutic recreation and rehabilitation program, serving adults with mental illness and developmental disabilities throughout Santa Clara County. 

At the Center, participants are provided with a variety of opportunities to become more self-sufficient, improve their self-esteem, and develop life skills that promote their abilities to integrate into the larger community.

The goals of the program are to provide recreation, education, counseling, social, and community services so that participants may develop a strong social support system and a greater sense of independence. 

In order to achieve these goals, Grace offers services and activities that promote social adjustment and interpersonal relationships, strengthen emotional maturity and psychological stability, improve community living skills and communication skills, heighten personal and health care awareness, and develop creative potential and skill in a variety of activities.

The staff, who operate all aspects of the program, have expertise in working with adults with serious and persistent mental illness and developmental disabilities.  In meeting the therapeutic, social, recreational, and psycho-educational needs of adults with mental disabilities in Santa Clara County, the Center has become a model community center for the future of therapeutic services.