About
Tierra Village is a Leavenworth, Washington-based Non-Profit connecting Adults with Developmental Disabilities to Nature and Community. We are a part of Tierra Learning Center. We specialize in Residential, Educational, Recreational and Employment Services.
The Entities that comprise Tierra Village are:
~Coyote House Adult Family Home~
~TRAILS Day Program~
~Tierra Employment Services~
Our mission is to provide people with Intellectual Disabilities, homes in a beautiful natural setting, & service in a collaborative, integrated, diverse community.
Board of Directors
Gracie Close
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Wendy Ptolmey
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Christina Davitt
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Scott Kellams
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Peter Fraley
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Susan Albert
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Matt Woods
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Tierra Village Mission, Vision and Values
Our vision is of a society in which people of all abilities live as equal citizens with full respect for their human rights, freedom & dignity. Everyone has the same choices & opportunities to live a purposeful & valued community life with the needed supports to do so.
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Our mission is to provide homes and services for people with developmental disabilities in a collaborative, integrated and diverse community located in a beautiful natural setting.
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Our values include self-determination, meaningful work opportunities, a celebration of diversity, the experience of lifelong learning and compassionate service.
Program Missions
Coyote House Mission:
To provide a flourishing person-centered,
financially sustainable home nested in a vibrant learning community.
TRAILS Mission:
Empower individuals to be leaders of their own lives through
vocational training, the arts, adventure education, and community connection.
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Tierra Employment Services Mission:
To hold participants to their highest potential through meaningful employment.
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Tierra Village's Version of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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All persons have equal dignity. Dignity does not depend upon physical, intellectual or other characteristics. Neither does it depend upon the opinions that other people have about these characteristics.
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All persons have inherent and equal worth. Our value as persons is neither earned nor accumulated. It is unrelated to health status or any genetic or other personal characteristic.
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All persons have inherent capacity for growth and expression. Every person has the right to be nourished physically, intellectually, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
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All persons are entitled to equal access and opportunity. Equality demands protection from all forms of discrimination or harm, and access to the supports necessary to enable equal participation.
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Tierra Village's Ten Principles
1. A person-centered organization commits to co-creating a community where each person’s life is as rich and wide as they want it to be.
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2. A person-centered learning community creates an environment that helps address feelings of loneliness, helplessness and boredom frequently experienced by people living with disabilities and/or living in isolation.
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3. The opportunity to contribute meaningfully, and give as well as to receive care fosters dignity, worth and respect.
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4. A lifelong learning community allows daily life to include variety and spontaneity within a safe collaboratively built context.
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5. Meaningful activity is essential to human health and well-being, and is fostered through person-centered opportunities for paid and volunteer work, recreation, social participation and creative arts.
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6. Person-centered support responds to the individual’s preferences, privacy, culture, beliefs and personal growth.
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7. A person-centered community honors its residents and care partners through its commitment to collaborative decision-making with clear roles and processes.
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8. Collaborative and democratic decision-making includes evolving systems, programs and policies responsive to changing needs of the community, and empowered residents, and their advocates, in exercising their personal, legal and human rights.
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9. Co-creating a nurturing community is an ongoing process dependent on open and non-judgmental communication, with support to learn and use these communication skills.
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10. Wise collaborative leadership, shared goals and a commitment to stewardship of self, others and home are the building blocks of an evolving resident-centered community.