[Headline] Make Atlantis Work

With a newfound militance mixed with not a little nervousness and a bit of tear, eight young persons recently moved into their first apartments.

What made them different? All possess severe physical handicaps; all moved from the protective atmosphere of nursing homes which they had grown to find stifling.

The little group moved into renovated apartments at Las Casitas complex in the 1200 block of Federal Boulevard. On July 1, they will be joined by six others.

Atlantis Community, Inc., as they call their new venture was born of a small sum of "seed" money from Dr. Henry Foley, director of the state Department of Social Services, and matching federal funding. If the program works—if the young people are able to successfully live in a semi-protected, semi-free community environment—it is hoped that it will be expanded.

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Wednesday 10 July 2013

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Friday 22 January 2016

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apartments, Atlantis Community, Dr. Henry Foley, Las Casitas Housing, nursing home, physically handicapped, youth

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