About Life Unlimited

The merger of the these four nonprofits offers a broader scope of services with enhanced quality to all of the individuals it supports. Life Unlimited provides the same exceptional programs and individualized supports everyone has come to expect from all three of its founding organizations.

The main house and carriage house were the residences for 28 women until capital campaigns in 2001 and 2006 were successful in raising over $2,000,000 to build 5 fully accessible homes.  Today, the Main House is used for administrative purposes.  In September 1986, the newly constructed Broadacres Recreation Center opened to provide a safe, comfortable space for the residents to participate in year-round activities designed to enhance their health, education and quality of life. In January 2000, My Day, the Manor’s community integration and day habilitation program opened in the Broadacres facility and in July 2013, a second My Day location opened in downtown Liberty, Missouri. In April 2016, Immacolata Manor established the Employment Services Program to help individuals with developmental disabilities find and maintain meaningful jobs in their community.

In 1975, CCI began looking for more independent living opportunities for some of its clients and a Supervised Apartment Living Program was implemented. Responding to the needs of individuals living on their own or with families, the organization established the Community Recreation Program in 1976. Transportation and supervision was provided for both CCI residential clients and other individuals. The 1980’s saw growth and expansion for both residential and recreation programs.

In 1991, CCI pioneered the newly designated Individualized Support Living Program with the Department of Mental Health. The ISL program serves individuals who require 24-hour to only minimal supervision in an apartment setting. The agency earned accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

The 1996 purchase of a historic bank building in North Kansas City provided permanent space for administrative offices and gave the agency much needed visibility. Funded through a HUD grant, the Lloyd & Carol Brown Opportunity Apartments opened in 2004 and provides 18 one-bedroom apartments for low income persons with developmental disabilities.

Open Options supported the important shift in residential services for people with disabilities as “Individualized Supported Living” became the preferred funding model in Missouri in 1990. Supported Living separates services from facilities, limits households to four or less persons served, and establishes customized staffing supports for people living in a home of their choice. Beginning in 1990, Open Options assisted many persons served living in group home with moving from houses with seven to eleven people into apartments with one or two roommates.  These smaller settings allow for more individualized, person-centered supports and represent a positive philosophical shift away from larger group living environments.

In 1992 the mission of Open Options was expanded to include services to people whose  capacity for independent living is challenged by illness or age, as well as disability. This brought the addition of the SeniorLink program that provides assessment, referral, coordination and follow-up of a cadre of senior services to help people remain independent in their homes.  This program presently serves over 80 senior citizens in Clay County, Missouri.

On January 1, 1998, Open Options, Inc. and United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Kansas City completed a legal merger. In February, 2000, the organization registered with the Secretary of State to “do business as” United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Kansas City.

In January 2015, the organization rebranded as “Open Options UCP” for an interim period of time before permanently returning to the Open Options name in December 2015.  At this time, the organization discontinued our affiliation with the UCP national organization, believing the Open Options name best reflects the diversity of the people we serve.

January 1st of 2019 Open Options joined the Life Unlimited Team knowing that together all of these long-standing organizations could provide even better services if they work together.