Contact Information

P.O. Box 1692
Salisbury, MD 21802-1692
Telephone: (410)749-6183
FAX: (410)749-1220
TTY: (410)543-5325
E-mail:
Web Address: http://www.lowershoreenterprises.org

Services Offered

Supported Employment, Vocational Day Program/Sheltered Workshop, Day Habilitation Program, Family Support Services, Individual Support Services, Transportation.

Individuals Have the Following Types of Disabilities: AIDS, Autism, Behavioral Problems, Blindness/Severe Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deafness/Severe Hearing Impairment, Epilepsy/Seizure Disorder, Head Injury, Mental Disorder, Mental Retardation, Muscular Dystrophy, Orthopedic Impairment, Specific Learning Disability, Speech/Language Impairment, Chemical Dependency, Muscular Dystrophy, Multiple Sclerosis, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury, other neurological impairments, and other undetermined disabilities,

Number of Individuals Currently Being Served: 93

Ages Served: N/A

Home Region of DDA: Eastern

Counties Served: Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester, Dorchester, Out of State.

Year Estabished: 1967

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Mission Statement

Provide persons with disabilities the opportunity to attain their greatest vocational potential through evaluation, training and support on a personal level.

Unique or Distinctive Qualities

Lower Shore Enterprises (LSE) is unique in it's primary focus on vocational assessment, training, and placement. LSE's staff focuses on the barriers that may hinder each individual client and works on creative way to work around or solve these issues. LSE also has a full time retention specialist whose job is to monitor clients that have completed 90 days or more of successful employment to ensure that problems are corrected and do not jeopardize their placement.

Discuss How Your Agency Has Utilized The "Ask Me!" Survey Results.

"Ask Me!" results have been utilized by LSE's quality Assurance team to see how client needs and desires could be better served by LSE.

The "Ask Me!" Survey Results is available for the general public.

Discuss your quality assurance practices, including any agency accreditations

LSE maintains a current QA plan which is updated yearly. LSE's QA team consists of clients and staff from each of its departments. The team meets quarterly to assure that LSE is meeting the needs of its clients and to continually work to improve its services.

How Does Your Agency Support People In Becoming Active Members Of Their Community?

LSE focuses on work and volunteering in the local community. LSE staffs a full time community. LSE feels a strong committment to its community and the need to have its clients function as an intergral part of that community. To This end, LSE continues to pay the clients while they are working in the community volunteer site. LSE's clients volunteer in local hospitals, nursing homes, humane societies, and non- profit organizations.

Steps Individuals Must Take to Apply for Services

Clients interested in services from LSE must go through one of its funding agencies. If the client resides in Maryland, they will be funded through the Division of Rehabilitation Services or the Developmental Disabilities Administration. If they reside in Delaware, they will contact the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation or Delaware Developmental Disability Services.

Funding Sources: Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration, Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services, Delaware Developmental Disability Services, Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

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