Our House of Minnesota began providing these services in 1975 through the grass-roots efforts of parents, relatives, and friends of individuals with mental retardation. These people were some of the original pioneers of the concept of meeting the needs of people with retardation in small home-like environments in the communities in which they lived and near their families, rather than the large disconnected institutional settings available at the time. Our Board of Directors continues to be made up of individuals who represent a cross section of our community, possessing the same commitment to the values and goals held by those who originally made this dream the reality it still is today.
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