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Residential Mission:
To create financially secure, long-term homes in safe, family-like settings where there is respect for the individual in a holistic sense, and fun and creativity are revered as basic human needs.

Vocational Mission:
To provide agricultural facilities for individuals who prosper with supported employment; to nurture integration through community interaction; and to cultivate a spirit of volunteerism within our community.

Homefields is a nonprofit organization, 501(c)3

EIN: 23-2744180

Homefields, Inc. was founded in 1993 by parents of adults with mental retardation, along with professionals from within the Lancaster County community. Families pooled their resources, incorporated, and purchased an 8.7-acre farm property in Millersville, PA in 1994.

Two separate programs co-exist on the land: a residential and a vocational program. One acre is dedicated to homes for adults with mental retardation with Community Services Group as the agency responsible for staff and programs. Goodwill Industries Keystone Area is the vocational provider agency partnering with Homefields to form Goodwill at Homefields Farm.

Homefields is an all-volunteer organization, donating land, buildings, labor, equipment and tools. We are dedicated to creating new options for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. All of the money we raise through fundraising is channeled back into the programs and planning for the future.

In Millersville, PA exist two homes, an 1800s stone farm house and a modern ranch-style home, both nestled on an eight-acre property. The adult men and women who live here travel to daily vocational programs and then return to this quiet place where fun and recreational activities are always emphasized. Funding for staff is through the Lancaster County Office of Mental Health/Mental Retardation and the waiver program.

Homefields, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, is the benevolent landlord with parents and community leaders comprising our volunteer board of directors and Community Services Group is our residential provider. Through this innovative structure, on-going fundraising activities, volunteerism, and community involvement, Homefields has great depth that offers a secure and pleasant life for the residents.

Goodwill at Homefields Farm is a community-supported agricultural (CSA) program for people with disabilities and other disadvantaging conditions. It provides employment opportunities to adults who wish to work in an alternative context. It links the trainee farmer to the community in a real-world business relationship, and supplies the community with healthy, fresh, organically grown food options.

Homefields is the benevolent landlord, and our volunteer board raises monies to rehabilitate existing buildings, build new structures, and purchase necessary equipment.

Web site design and maintenance donated by friends of Homefields.