That question lives quietly in the homes of families raising an adult with autism or a developmental disability. Carma's Place exists to replace that fear with a plan.
Across the United States, hundreds of thousands of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities live with a primary caregiver who is sixty years old or older. For these families, the loss of a caregiver isn't a question of if, but of when — and when it comes, it can mean an abrupt move into emergency placement, a skilled nursing facility, or homelessness, simply because no appropriate home was ready.
Carma's Place answers that question with bricks, staff, and structure — a real home, a real path toward employment and community, and an organization built to outlast its founders and keep its promises long after they're gone.
Most organizations in this field are founded to solve one family's problem. The family advocates fiercely, their loved one finally secures housing or a program, and — understandably exhausted — their advocacy turns back toward their own family. The systemic shortage remains untouched, and the next family starts over from zero.
Carma's Place is designed against that pattern from the beginning: not a single home, but a documented, replicable model built so that another community can open a location without reinventing the organization.
"We celebrate every individual success, but we measure ourselves by how many families we can help — not just our own."
The Pathway to Independence turns this conviction into a structured, measurable path for every resident who walks through the door.
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