Central Valley Training Center

Central Valley Training Center, Inc. (CVTC) is an organization of service providers committed to and empowered by a sense of responsibility, ownership and pride in their efforts to train and support people who have intellectual disabilities. As a private corporation, CVTC has implemented this approach by developing one of the first day programs located in California targeted to specifically serve and support individuals who may need behavioral management services. This program is located in Stockton, California. As our services became established, CVTC opened additional behavior management programs in Fresno, Modesto, Merced and Visalia. All programs offer services in Employment Training, Community Integration and Self-Advocacy. As CVTC continued to grow, we opened satellite offices in Modesto and Stockton to further promote community-based training. As part of our day program designs, these satellite offices provide walls-free programs and services that maintain services in the community throughout the day. While not all day programs have physical satellite offices, all provide this walls-free programming serving individuals in metropolitan as well as outlying and rural areas. As a follow-up to consumer demand for individual support, CVTC implemented a Supported Living Service in San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties and an Independent Living Service in Merced, Fresno and Tulare Counties. This program is called Another Way. This program provides direct independent living skills training and intensive supports in all aspects of daily living to individuals in their homes and communities to help them maintain their independent living situations. The organization established the first Behavioral Support Service in this area supporting families so that they may continue to maintain their family member with behavioral challenges in the home. This service is called CARES. The importance of recognizing individual needs and providing high quality, progressive services remain in the forefront. Central Valley Training Center, Inc. has demonstrated experience, financial stability and a service focus necessary for the success of the day programs and supported living services in the greater Stockton, Modesto, Merced, Fresno, and Visalia areas. Since 1982, this organization has continued to adapt and improve services for individuals served in the Central Valley. Our goal as an agency is to provide training and support by performing our work in the arena of excellence, integrity and empathy for the people we serve.