Life Enrichment
Community Day Services
Life Enrichment for adults: community life, education, job training, volunteer and employment opportunities, with a Blended Day where each person chooses what the day holds.
How it works
Blue Cap supports people with intellectual disabilities to live, work and choose their own day in Blue Island.
Day programs built around a Blended Day, supportive homes in the community, a Service Facilitator for families at home, and a food pantry every Tuesday.
My brother went to Blue Cap School, and it was life changing for him. Can’t speak highly enough about this place and the people here.
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“The ladies who run it along with the help of volunteers serves Blue Island, Robbins and the surrounding communities each and every Tuesday with style and grace.”
Mike Oliver, about the Tuesday pantry
A proud member of The Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities.
To the fullest
Blue Cap's Mission is to support people with intellectual disabilities to enjoy their life to the fullest.
Since 1967
Enriching lives for people with intellectual disabilities, in Blue Cap's own words.
2
Buildings in Blue Island: 2155 Broadway and the Instructional Center at 1962 Broadway.
1 plan
Per person. Everyone helps write their own Person-Centered Plan.
2155 and 1962 Broadway, Blue Island
Supports designed for each individual
Daily activities are built around each participant's own skills and goals. Whether a person's goal is to find a job, learn a new skill, or be an integral part of the community, Blue Cap helps them achieve and exceed it.
Homes in the community
Community Integrated Living
Supportive living arrangements in the community, with staff support for daily living, caring for a home and taking part in neighbourhood life.
How it works
Service Facilitation
Home-Based Services
A Service Facilitator for children and adults living at home with family: case management, Waiver and Medicaid State Plan access, and day-to-day oversight of the service plan.
How it works
Every Tuesday
Food Pantry
Every Tuesday, with volunteers working 9am to 2pm, Blue Cap's pantry hands out food and household supplies to neighbours in Blue Island and nearby communities.
Illustration of a stocked pantry, not a photo of Blue Cap’s own shelves.
Pantry detailsCommunity Day Services
Half a day volunteering, half in recreation
That is the Blended Day: an open environment where people choose which activities they would like to do for the day. Life Enrichment adds community life, education, job training, volunteer and employment opportunities around it.
Needs, dreams and desires
What each Person-Centered Plan reflects. Everyone takes part in writing their own.
Choice and peer support
Life Enrichment puts individual empowerment, community integration and job training next to them.
2155 Broadway
Room by room through Blue Cap
The best way to judge a place is to walk it. These are the spaces a tour passes through.
The courtyard
Pavers, planting beds and the playground
Outside 2155 Broadway, in leaf. The court opens onto the fenced playground with its red canopies.
The tree wall
A carved tree inside the building
2155 Broadway. Two pairs of carved children sit under its branches above a long wooden shelf.
The garden bricks
Where a Celebration Garden brick can go
Blue Island, in leaf. A brick here can mark a wedding, a graduation, military service, a birth or a loved one.
The front door
Where a tour starts
2155 Broadway St, Blue Island. Call the office, set a time, and walk through it yourself.
From Broadway
The campus from the street
Broadway, Blue Island, in full summer leaf. The second building, the Instructional Center, is up the road at 1962 Broadway.
Ways to stand with Blue Cap
Family & Friends Association
Started in the 1970s as the Parent Association. Funds raised go to a restricted Activity Fund.
Lend a Hand
A volunteer day for companies, with staff volunteering while paid.
Tuesday food pantry
Volunteers work 9am to 2pm. Ask for Marge Pyzik, ext. 102.
Share a Skill
Teach a class to the people Blue Cap supports.
Tag Days, the Golf Outing, the Auction, the Rose Walk
Annual events that need hands as much as they need donations.
The Infinity Society
Planned giving through a will or estate plan.
See it for yourself on Broadway
Enrolling starts with a visit. Call to schedule an appointment and a tour; if Blue Cap feels like the place, the team walks you through placement from there. What has to happen first.
- Main office
- 2155 Broadway St, Blue Island, IL 60406
- Instructional Center
- 1962 Broadway, Blue Island
- Office hours
- Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm