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Enrollment Policy
Orange Grove provides services to individuals with a primary disability of Mental Retardation who are predominantly from the geographic areas of Hamilton County, TN, and surrounding counties of southeast Tennessee, northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. Residential services are provided for individuals who are from this area, as well as distant cities and states.
Enrollment Procedures
Orange Grove provides services to individuals who are referred primarily from the Hamilton County Department of Education or the Division of Intellectual Disabilities Services, State of Tennessee. Individual families, physicians, social service agencies, governmental entities and advocates may also contact the Center regarding the enrollment of an individual. Customarily, all interested parties are directed to the local school system if they are under the age of 22 and to the Division of Intellectual Disabilities Services local office if they are over the age of 22, since they are seeking public support for the individual to attend.
There are instances where a family or guardian may be interested in supporting the individual privately, and in this case the Center would process the application and establish the necessary fees.
For information and assistance related to enrolling a student under the age of 22, you may contact Jann Davis, School Social Worker, at 629-1451, ext. 2576.
For information and assistance related to enrolling an adult over the age of 22, you may contact any of the following:
- Darcy Owens, Director of Education and Training, 423-629-1451, ext. 2938
- Tera Roberts, Director of Community Supports, 423-629-1451, ext. 2207
- Chattanooga Regional Office of DMRS, 423-634-6149
For information and assistance related to residential services you may contact any of the following:
- Ruth Toon, Director of Residential Habilitation, 423-629-1451, ext. 2957
- Bev Witt, Director of Intermediate Care Facilities, 423-629-1451, ext. 2953
- Chattanooga Regional Office of DMRS, 423-634-6149
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