Enabling adults with disabilities and their families to live happy, full, independent lives.

Young woman smiles while holding a spatula and a pan full of vegetables over the stove in her kitchen.
Young man with disabilities sitting at a table at a restaurant. He is holding a fork and smiling.
Young woman with disabilities smiles as she shows off her beaded crafting project
Two friends smile together in their kitchen, each of them holding full plates of food. One man is giving the thumb up sign, the other is giving a "rock on" sign.
Young man with disabilities is standing on the basketball court, holding a ball in both hands
Two men with disabilities smiling in their kitchen, one man is waving at the camera and serving food from the pot to a plate
Woman with disabilities smiles with her hands over her heart

We bring together knowledge, resources, tools, and networks to organize, train, and inspire you to think about “independence” with a fresh perspective.

This work supports families in developing housing, employment, and volunteer opportunities for their loved ones with disabilities.

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Featured
February Resource Meeting (via Zoom): Getting Your Own Place: Myths and Facts, Part 2
Feb 24
February Resource Meeting (via Zoom): Getting Your Own Place: Myths and Facts, Part 2
Peer-To-Peer Workshop (via Zoom)
Feb 27
Peer-To-Peer Workshop (via Zoom)
Families CCAN Cook (via Zoom)
Mar 4
Families CCAN Cook (via Zoom)

Our Services & Programs

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Woman with disabilities cooking dinner

“Sarah and I are very thankful for Families CCAN Cook. These sessions are better than anything else out there that I have found for cooking together.”

Sybrina and Sarah
Collegeville, PA

Looking for a more personalized consultation?

Try our Family Navigation Services!

An adult woman with disabilities and a social worker working together.

Our Family Navigators are knowledgeable and caring consultants.

A Family Navigator can guide your family through all phases of transition and planning for your loved one to reach their dream of independence, with the supports they need to succeed.

“Mara, our Families CCAN counselor, has embraced us and our situation wholeheartedly with experience and knowledge. She is helping Claire and us all to prepare for more independence. Mara’s care and competence has eased our minds and lessened our fears as we move forward.” 

Andrea, Larry and Claire
Penn Valley, PA

Man holding a measuring cup and standing over a pot on his stove
Young woman sits on the floor of her bedroom smiling at the camera and petting her cat
A family of four sits around a kitchen table snacking and playing games
Young man with disabilities smiling while playing on an iPad
Young woman with disabilities pouring sliced apples into a casserole dish
Young man with disabilities giggling while exercising on a stationary bike

We envision a world where all individuals with disabilities

  • are welcomed neighbors, friends and colleagues

  • live and work in the community

  • are valued for their contributions. 

Two people biking together outside
Young woman with disabilities walking on a treadmill at the gym
Adult man with disabilities smiling from his porch, next to a presentation on a posterboard
Young man with disabilities and his mother cooking dinner together in the kitchen
Young woman writes on sticky notes at her kitchen counter
Young man with disabilities smiling and playing on a swing in a park

We couldn’t do this work without our staff & Board

  • Sara Crimm headshot

    Sara Crimm

    Co-Founder & Director

  • Abby Martucci headshot

    Abby Martucci

    Program Director

  • Mara Dorff headshot

    Mara Dorff, MSW

    Facilitator and Family Navigator

  • Mary Matcovich headshot

    Mary Matcovich

    Families CCAN Cook Instructor

  • Bob Stineman

    Bookkeeper

  • Allan Crimm headshot

    Allan Crimm

    Board Chair & Co-Founder

  • Sherrie Eisman headshot

    Sherrie Eisman

    Board Vice President

  • Caryn Becker headshot

    Caryn Becker

    Board Treasurer

More About Our Team

“Every time I listen in a meeting with the Families CCAN peers, it makes me more able to visualize my daughter moving towards independence and being totally successful.”

Jacque, Parent
Broomall, PA

Man with disabilities drying a dish in his kitchen
Two men sit together between a laptop and keyboard
A man with disabilities and a woman laugh together at a table on the porch
Woman with disabilities smiles in her kitchen with a tray of decorated, chocolate covered pretzels
Young woman with disabilities sits on the floor on her yoga mat
Man with disabilities sits on the couch using his iPad to communicate

Have additional questions? We can help!

Woman with disabilities cuts and cores apples at her kitchen counter.
Young man with disabilities smiling while playing on an iPad
Two men laughing together in their home. One man is in a wheelchair, the other is holding a guitar
Adult man with disabilities working at the grocery store
Adult woman with disabilities preparing dinner over the steaming stove
Young man with disabilities, wearing a mask and a collared shirt, commutes on the bus

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