The Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services recently completed its licensing and certification survey of Alternatives' employment, day and residential services for people with developmental disabilities. Alternatives received very high scores and is licensed and recertified for the next two years. more

Alternatives' Kelley Gamble, Director of Mental Health Services and Stephanie Abate, Director for Program Development presented at Grand Rounds on the agency's Readiness for Change Project on January 3. more

Alternatives Executive Director Dennis Rice participated in the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) annual Legislative Awareness Day at the State House on Tuesday, Jan. 17. more

Miles and Sesona, who both have developmental disabilities, became involved with the project through Alternatives' Center for Personal Achievement, a skills-building day program the two attend in Hopedale. more

Need more culture in your life? Frank Bartucca's 4th Wall Stage Company is bringing theatre back to Central Massachusetts. The fledgling drama group will be performing its second play in February, "Savannah Disputation", a comedy-drama written by Evan Smith. more

Linda Palladino, LICSW, brings a wealth of experience to her new role as Director of the North Central Human Services outpatient mental health clinic in Gardner. She also brings a commitment to developing collaborative relationships with the business, school and medical communities to identify and address local needs. more

Alternatives hosted an international group of professionals from the field of human services on Thursday, Dec. 8. The group, composed of people identified as leaders in the field of mental health recovery and rehabilitation, attended a week long global institute hosted by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. more

Alternatives is kicking off its Annual Community Campaign this December. This campaign raises funds which go directly into Alternatives programs; helping people with disabilities lead successful and productive lives. more

The Fall 2011 issue of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal features an article highlighting the innovative work being done by Alternatives, in conjunction with the Department of Mental Health to help long-term residents of Worcester State Hospital prepare to transition to community settings of their choice. more

Alternatives and ValleyCAST will present "Two for Christmas," a performance of holiday readings featuring Dylan Thomas' "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory." more

In many ways, Cathy Avery of Foxborough and Phil Champagne of Attleboro are just like any civic-minded individuals eager to make a difference in their community, they volunteer their time and talents. more

"He really takes it seriously. It's the one time I don't have to hurry him up to get ready," comments Anne Adams of Mendon about her son Everett and his job at Shaw's in Franklin. more

Lanford Wilson is certainly a popular playwright on the local theater scene these days. While Gateway Players' "The Rimers of Eldritch" concluding its run this weekend, Pilgrim Soul Productions brought Wilson's "Serenading Louie" to Whitinsville on Friday night with all of the play's domestic despair fully intact. more