Residential Care:

Personal Care Homes

Christian Residential Opportunities and Social Services (CROSS), Inc. was founded in 1985 to provide residential services to adults with developmental disabilities The residents have 50 year old bodies and 8 year old minds. Presently, we have three group homes –Grace Home in Shippensburg ( 8 residents), Griffith House in St. Thomas ( 6 residents) and Cumberland Vista ( 8 residents). Respite care is provided through individuals homes in the community.

Fee’s paid by the residents account for 60% of the budget. The additional 40% is raised through individuals, churches and organizations of the community. CROSS has a broad base of community support. We accept Social Security and SSI for payment. We do not want anyone to be denied housing due to lack of resources.



Recreational Care:

Camping

Children and adults with special needs love an opportunity to go camping. Each year an amazing group of volunteers from throughout the United States come together to provide an amazing experience for our campers. There are a myriad of activities to engage the campers and lots of one on one attention. The key to the success is the intergenerational staff working together for the well being of the campers and to the Glory of God.

Camp is not respite care so we ask that our campers have the mental ability to grasp the concepts presented in our daily Chapels and Bible classes.

In the summer, we provide several weeks of camping for youth and adults with physical and mental disabilities. We rent a camp in Mercersburg and one in Carlisle and have campers from Franklin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Adams and Dauphin counties.

Camper fees cover about 50% of the expenses. We depend on the community for the remainder.


Coffee Houses:

Recreation and socialization
Throughout the year, CROSS sponsor and churches host evenings where we have a Coffee House for adults (14 and up) with physical and mental disabilities. There is no charge and we provide this as a service to the community. It becomes a great place for friends to visit with friends in a warm supportive environment


Education

The Staff of CROSS are available to come to your church and conduct a training on disabilities awareness and the “how to’s” of working with people with disabilities.