Member Rights
Our Members Matter & So Do Their Rights
Members have the same basic and fundamental rights of non-disabled persons. RFYP ensures the rights of members are honored both at home and in the community. Some of these rights may be restricted for health and safety reasons. Prior to restricting these rights due process must be utilized.
As a member of Reach For Your Potential, Inc., members can expect to receive the following rights listed below.
- Enter and use all areas of their home
- Use the telephone when they want
- Have visitors at their house
- Check and review their mail
- Privacy in their home
- Choose who to share their information with
- Have their personal items
- Manage their money
- Manage their own medications
- Participate in meetings about them and choose their goals
- Participate in activities in their communities
- Be involved in choosing their services
- Having the right to vote
- Having the ability to express their sexuality
- Deciding where to live and who lives with them
- Making decisions about their medical care
- Choosing healthy and nutritious foods
- Avoiding medications or objects that restrict their choices
- Being free from people hitting, hurting, and/or yelling at them
- People will respect their privacy and dignity at all times
- Participating in meaningful daily activities of their choice
- Seek employment and have a job they like
- Look at their files and ask questions anytime
- Have access to all information about investigations involving them
- All legal rights that all people have
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Reach For Your Potential has been a dedicated and caring community social services organization in Iowa City for over thirty years. And we’re happy to do it for many, many more.
