During the nearly 50-year history of this endeavor, Gateway Center and its predecessor organizations have accomplished the following:

• In 1954, established a school program for developmentally disabled children who were ineligible for existing school programs.  The Monterey County Office of Education now operates this program.

• In 1963, developed an Adult Day Activity program that continues as one of the programs of Gateway Center.

• In 1963, began an infant stimulation program that is now operated by the Monterey County Office of Education

• In 1975, developed and continues to operate a Residential program at our Congress street location.

• In 1983, developed a workshop program and supported employment program that continues on through Hope Services.

• In 1985, developed the first Adult Development Program serving the severely to profoundly handicapped as a day program.

• In 1992, acquired and opened a six-bed semi-independent living home in Pacific Grove.

• In 2003, began a Senior Day Program in Salinas.

Our goal is to continue our programs and to find new and innovative ways of assisting the developmentally disabled to live in our community in surroundings compatible with their ability to live and work at the highest level possible.