About

Developing Potential is a nationally accredited CARF Day Habilitation program that began providing support services to adults with developmental disabilities in Jackson County in 1993. DPI’s program focuses on building strengths, fostering independence, changing lives, and developing potential. This mission drives DPI’s program services and the commitment DPI has to helping individuals achieve an adult, dignified lifestyle.
 
Developing Potential opened its doors to eight clients in 1993 in order to bridge a gap in community services. By 1996, DPI had reached and exceeded the fifty person capacity the original facility would enable services, and a wait list for services was started. In 2002, DPI East was opened in Independence, Missouri, more than doubling the space and the services that were offered at the beginning of the agency’s inception. Today, DPI continues to grow and the program continues to evolve to meet the needs of families throughout Jackson County.