NEEDS Center Email Format
Health and Human ServicesMassachusetts, United States51-200 Employees
NEEDS Center, founded in 2012, operates in the Health and Human Services space with a mission to provide education, training, and practical support to individuals with developmental disabilities to increase their independence. Its work is grounded in Applied Behavior Analysis and Positive Behavior Support as a framework for helping people participate more fully in community life. The organization is based in Andover, Massachusetts, and serves clients in Massachusetts and Florida through a network that includes 32 residences and five day programs. Day services are designed to cultivate a peer network and include activities such as volunteering, social skills development, community integration, communication training, supported employment, and behavior-management coaching, all aimed at fostering independence, relationship-building, self-advocacy, and informed decision-making. Residential services are person-centered and emphasize communication and social skills, relationship-building, community inclusion, leisure development, preventive behavior support, and opportunities to travel. The organization operates as a mid-sized service provider and maintains a website at needsctr.org.