| 1957 |
EPI is created to provide program
planning, service coordination, and advocate for people with disabilities. |
| 1960 |
EPI establishes Goodwill Industries
to provide vocational skills to those with disabilities. |
| 1961 |
Goodwill Industries spins off as
a separate and independent agency. |
| 1961 |
EPI begins transportation services
for children and adults with disabilities. |
| 1969 |
EPI establishes a group home for
men. |
| 1971 |
EPI opens a group home for women. |
| 1972 |
EPI begins lending durable medical
and adaptive equipment to people who do not have insurance, allowing
them to stay in their own homes. |
| 1974 |
EPI establishes Key 7, which
later becomes Adults Care, Inc.,
which later becomes Adults, Inc., which is now North Star
Community Services |
| 1976 |
Adults, Inc. becomes a separate
and independent agency. |
| 1976 |
EPI starts offering Child Care Resource
and Referral services. |
| 1982 |
EPI begins Supported Community
Living Services for people with mental retardation or
developmental disabilities. |
| 1983 |
EPI offers its Counseling program
for people with mental disabilities and their families. |
| 1983 |
EPI becomes the administrative agency
for the Child and Adult Care Food program. |
| 1984 |
EPI begins residential and counseling
services for people with traumatic brain injuries. |
| 1988 |
EPI begins residential and counseling
services for people with both mental retardation and mental illness. |
| 1989 |
EPI first offers Respite services
for families who have children with disabilities. |
| 1991 |
EPI begins an Early Intervention
program, for families who have a child up to age three with disabilities. |
| 1995 |
EPI creates CHOICE Adult Day Care
and Supported Employment programs. |
| 1996 |
EPI becomes licensed to provide
counseling services to Medicaid recipients. |
| 1998 |
EPI assumes the operation of Independence
Haven, an organization providing services to people with mental
illness. |
| 1999 |
Exceptional Persons Foundation is
established. |
| 1999 |
EPI purchases an 8-plex on Paige
Drive in Waterloo. |
| 2000 |
EPI purchases three residences for
use as HCBS program sites. |
| 2001 |
EPI completes construction of an
8-plex providing additional housing to people with disabilities. |
| 2002 |
EPI purchases an additional residence
in Waterloo. |
| 2002 |
EPI celebrates 45 years of service
to the community. |
| 2004 |
EPI becomes accredited by CARF
for Community Living, Respite, And Personal And
Social Services. |
| 2005 |
Child Care Resource and Referral
program achieved Quality Assurance in consumer education. |
