{"id":177,"date":"2013-05-22T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T14:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:52:49","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/","title":{"rendered":"We ARE:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alternative Center is an integrated community based day program for extraordinary people with extraordinary abilities. We work with adults with developmental disabilities and special needs. We pride ourselves in providing high quality care with a focus on security and dependability.<\/p>\n<h3>Our Beginnings<\/h3>\n<p>The Alternative Center was founded in 2008 by Carol Peifer. \u00a0Carol is blessed with a daughter with Downs Syndrome, and it was through this blessing that her passion for this work began. \u00a0The Alternative Center&#8217;s\u00a0vision is to be a place where each person\u2019s abilities can be encouraged and strengthened through the love and commitment of our devoted staff and volunteers. \u00a0We seek to show the world what we CAN do and WHO we truly ARE! \u00a0Disability does not mean inability! \u00a0Each person&#8217;s ideas, perspectives and input is valued and integral in making our community shine!<\/p>\n\n\n<p>WE ARE CURRENTLY HIRING! PLEASE CLICK APPLICATION TO DOWNLOAD \u2014&gt;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/APPLICATION-FOR-EMPLOYMENT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT<\/a>.&nbsp; ONCE COMPLETE, PLEASE MAIL TO :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alternative Center ATTN Chymaya Jones, 1329 Cherry Way Drive, #600, Columbus, Ohio 43230&nbsp; \u2013 OR \u2013 Email to chymaya@thealternativecenter.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now offering Homemaker Personal Care! To learn more about this program, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/hpc\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n<!-- NgfbSharing::get_buttons content filter skipped: buttons_on_index not enabled -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alternative Center is an integrated community based day program for extraordinary people with extraordinary abilities. We work with adults with developmental disabilities and special needs. We pride ourselves in providing high quality care with a focus on security and dependability. Our Beginnings The Alternative Center was founded in 2008 by Carol Peifer. \u00a0Carol is &hellip; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7V8rK-2R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thealternativecenter.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}