OASIS THERAPEUTIC LIFE CENTERS INC

The OASIS TRAIL Center was created under the direction of IMPACT OASIS, a 501 (c)(3) non -profit organization dedicated to creating meaningful work and peaceful residences for adults with autism using a farmstead model. The TRAIL Center (Transitional Residential Adult Independent Living) is a transitional program for young adults with autism ages 18 - 27. The TRAIL Center will provide services that will assist autistic young adults with the vocational skills and independent living skills needed to be successful individuals.Our mission is to promote inclusion and acceptance of autistic individuals into their local communities by establishing environmentally exemplary farm centers that provide meaningful work, peaceful and healthy residences, and community interaction. These activities include vocational training, recreation, and education. A distinctive feature of OASIS is that the vocations will be focused on agriculture, arts, and the environment. Closeness to nature, family, and the community is the key-point of our mission.The educational aspect of the project will focus on independent living skills, language comprehension and usage, and social skills. Recreational classes focus on health, safety, and fun. Our vocational program consists of teaching our students farming, and also selling of our vegetables and flowers in our local farm market and to local restaurants. We are in need of a greenhouse so that we may continue our vocational program throughout winter in order for our TRAIL Center to remain a self-sustaining farm. A greenhouse will help students who have difficulty bending and standing for long periods of time, and for those who find extreme weather conditions difficult due to fragile sensory issues. We believe strongly that through conservation of resources, production of goods, fees for service, and local community support that this is a feasible, valuable, and noble endeavor. The TRAIL Center will also benefit the community.