Our History
Check out our historical timeline to learn how Imagine the Possibilities has continually grown and expanded, year after year!
Imagine the Possibilities
1987
1987
A home was purchased in Bellevue, Iowa and was operated as a licensed Residential Care Facility for the Intellectually Disabled (RCF/ID). In the same year, Mahaska Diamond Shelter in Oskaloosa began providing hourly services to 4 individuals living independently under the Community Supervised Apartment Living Arrangement (CSALA) program.
1986
1986
Jackson County Developmental Activity Center officially changed its name to DAC, Inc. in March 1986. The agency at that time provided services to 25 individuals.
1981
1981
The board of directors in Oskaloosa realized their dream when a fifteen bed group home licensed as a Residential Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (RCF/ID) was opened on South 11th Street that would provide residential services to adults with disabilities.
1977
1977
Established under the name Mahaska Diamond Shelter in October 1977, Imagine the Possibilities was incorporated as a private, not-for-profit corporation in Iowa. For nearly four years following, the volunteer board of directors conducted research and fund drives with the goal that some day a facility would exist in Oskaloosa that..Read More
1973
1973
DAC, Inc. has been providing services to individuals with disabilities since 1973, when it was first incorporated under the name of Jackson County Developmental Activity Center.