Welcome!

Opportunity House, Inc. is a charitable not-for-profit 501(c)(3), community sponsored rehabilitation center, established in 1963.  We are located in Sycamore and DeKalb, Illinois.  Our service area is the northern 2/3 of DeKalb County.

Capital Campaign Update:

Construction of our new group home was completed in May of this year and 7 ladies moved into the home in June.  They love it!

We recently purchased an existing building to house our Developmental Training program.  The purchase is a change from our original plan to build a new facility, but was an opportunity we could not pass up.  The building we bought has more than twice the space than what we were planning to build and will provide us with room for other programs and future expansion.  Best of all, the building is just across the street from where we were going to build.  We are in the design stage and will begin remodeling in January 2007.

We are in Phase II of our Capital Campaign to raise funds for the remodeling that needs to be done to the interior of the new building to make it suitable for the Developmental Training program.  We are working with our local high school and the Park District's Special Recreation Program to design and build space that can be used by students in the special education program and by people with disabilities throughout the community.  We are excited about our project and thrilled to be able to coordinate with other groups - we feel it helps build a stronger community.

Mission:

Our mission is to help people with disabilities work, live in homes of their choice, and enjoy community life.

Persons Served:

We serve adults who have developmental disabilities (mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism), mental or emotional illness, and physical disabilities, including traumatic brain injury.