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The mission of Cedar Lake is to provide residential options, housing, services and supports designed to meet the individual needs of persons with intellectual disabilities.
founded in 1970
Cedar Lake is a private not-for-profit association that originally incorporated out of common concern for persons with mental retardation and the lack of adequate residential facilities within our geographic area.
Cedar Lake was founded in 1970 by Louisville-area parents of persons with intellectual disabilities. Cedar Lake Lodge began providing campus services in 1974, and added "community-based" service options, Cedar Lake Residences, in 1989. Cedar Lake is a faith-based organization, and is formally affiliated with the Lutheran Church.
Collectively, Cedar Lake operations employ more than 360 staff members and have an annual operating budget in excess of $22 million, providing services to approximately 240 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Cedar Lake's Mission
Cedar Lake's mission, while only one sentence long, has had broad and serious implications built into its two components: First, to provide residential options to persons with intellectual disabilities. Second, is to meet their individual needs. Over the course of our 40 years of service, we have come to learn that the first part, while important, is often not that difficult. The real key is meeting the individual needs of those we serve, and that aspect is far the more complex and professionally challenging because the needs of individuals vary so dramatically. In fact, it is what drives us every day to make sure that our residents' needs are placed above every other concern, and that they are being met.