LakeshoreCommunityServices history

In May of 1988, the agency, originally organized under the auspices of Home Health Services of Erie, became an independent 501c3 nonprofit corporation.

In 1993, Lakeshore broadened its mission to include semi-independent living for persons with serious and persistent mental illness, once again creating a program not otherwise duplicated in the local service system.

In 1994, the agency added Supported as well as Family Living services for persons with intellectual disabilities.

In 1997, Lakeshore initiated a contract with Cameron, Elk and McKean Office of Mental Retardation to open a facility in Kane, Pennsylvania for two persons with intellectual disabilities residing at Warren Sate Hospital.

A second home was opened in Kane and two more in DuBois, Pennsylvania in 1998, in response to the joint efforts of Cameron, Elk, McKean, Clearfield and Jefferson counties to bring a number of their residents home from institutional settings.

In the fall of 2003, Lakeshore took on a new role as a provider of Intensive Case Management Services, greatly increasing the number of individuals with mental illness that the agency is able to support.

In the fall of 2005, Lakeshore Community Services was offered the opportunity to present its programs to a number of individuals and their families who resided in Warren, Pennsylvania.

In 2008, Lakeshore opened a small Adult Training Facility in Warren to serve individuals from these homes and from the community.