Heart of the Village

About Heart of the Village

Heart of the Village (HOV) is a new program in NW Rochester, MN whose focus is to offer services to individuals with brain injuries, neurological disorders as well as those with mental health disorders. HOV hopes to provide a professional yet home like environment for participants to feel comfortable and accepted as they work to regain some if not all of the sense of self they had prior to their brain injury. Our program offers support and guidance to participants that have an interest in improving on skills needed to be more independent in areas of personal growth, relationship building, cognitive abilities, community involvement and independent living. Through group activities designed to challenge each individual at their own speed and interest level HOV staff will guide growth with budgeting, use of community resources, prevocational skills, self-awareness, health, and life skills development. Participants will be expected to have clear goals as they enter into the program and will be encouraged to participate in activities that will help them to achieve these goals, though involvement in daily groups and presentations by staff and community speakers and resources will always be optional to each participant. As HOV is designed to promote independence to the highest level, this program may not fit the needs of all individuals with brain injuries. The program does ask that each participant be independent in basic mobility, have a managed incontinence program, be free of communicable diseases, and require no more than one person assist. Participants will also be expected to show skills needed to comply with company, program and state licensing policies.