MISSION STATEMENT
The Nemasket Group empowers individuals and families of all abilities to live self-directed lives through innovative services, meaningful opportunities, and inclusive community connections.
Our Values:
Respect: We listen to each other and to the people we support with care and understanding. We speak kindly and treat everyone with dignity.
Collaboration: We share information and ideas so everyone stays on the same page. We help each other out and celebrate our wins together.
Passion: We show up with energy and a positive attitude every day. We try new ideas, cheer each other on, and go the extra mile for each other and those we serve and support.
Commitment: We do what we say we’ll do and take responsibility for our work. We keep learning and growing, and we help others do the same.
Excellence: We do our best in everything we take on. We give and receive feedback to get better and to support each other’s success.
Our “VISION for the future”………
The Nemasket Group envisions a vibrant, inclusive community where every person we support is regarded as the expert of their own life and is empowered to lead a meaningful, self-directed life, strengthened by connection, family, opportunity, and a shared sense of belonging.
The Nemasket Group shall conduct itself according to the following Guiding Principles:
Autonomy and Choice
- Ensure that people exercise as much autonomy in their lives as possible.
- Provide opportunities for people served and families to develop their capacity to speak for themselves and others, to initiate ideas, and to control what happens in their lives.
Individualized, Person-Centered Support
- Ensure that supports and services are individualized and guided by a person’s goals, preferences, skills and strengths.
- Provide supports within the program’s purview that will meet the needs of people in the actual settings that the person will function within. Supports should be provided so that the person’s time is spent in meaningful ways and is image-enhancing, through age-appropriate roles, settings, and timing.
- Acknowledge that it takes intention, perseverance, courage, faith, skills, and support to realize one’s potential.
- Provide opportunities to celebrate the ordinary and extraordinary events and rituals in people’s lives.
Inclusion and Community Connection
- Support people in settings with other community members, with occasions for interaction that will enhance the competencies each person has.
- Provide opportunities to develop/deepen relationships and valued social roles, while enhancing positive perceptions about the person’s value, status, roles, and competency.
- Enhance the community’s capacity to welcome and include people with disabilities.
- Promote inclusion, meaningful roles, and positive perceptions of people with disabilities.
- Ensure that people receiving employment supports have access to steady and regular work and are compensated and treated equitably in all regards.
Louis Nisenbaum, Founding Executive Director of The Nemasket Group, Inc. 1984 – 2011
It is crucial that The Nemasket Group remain true to the Mission of the organization, built by Louis Nisenbaum and the founding members. Lou left a lasting legacy of his own in all who knew him, but we want to be sure the next generation knows who Louis Nisenbaum was, and the impact he had during his time with The Nemasket Group. To honor Lou, we created an audio recording of interviews with people that Lou knew and the impact he had on their lives. We hope you enjoy the audio recordings and find inspiration in the words of those who had the pleasure of knowing Lou.
Audio Interviews from Louis Nisenbaum’s Legacy Video:
The Nemasket Group is a member of the One SouthCoast Chamber, ADDP (Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers), and a sponsor of The Arc of Massachusetts.
