The California Community Foundation recently awarded Villa Esperanza Services with a twoyear $100,000 grant to support operations of the organization's Adult Day Program with an emphasis on expanding programs and services for adults age 60 and over who do not have developmental disabilities.

The grant will supplement program fees to allow lowincome seniors to attend the program free of charge.

Villa Esperanza is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and education of children, adults and seniors with developmental and other disabilities. Among other services, it operates an adult residence home in Thousand Oaks.

Villa's Adult Day Program is a community integrated program that offers individualized, quality services to adults with developmental disabilities, vulnerable adults age 60 and over, elders with dementia and their families.

The program serves 35 individuals and is licensed to serve a maximum of 60.

The program serves all ethnicities, and scholarships are offered to lowincome participants.

The California Community Foundation began in 1915. Each year it gives about $125 million in grants to nonprofits.

For more information, call (626) 449-2919 or visit www .VillaEsperanzaServices.org.