Pathfinder Services, Inc.

Street Address:
1152 E. State Street
Huntington, IN 46750
Mailing Address:P.O. Box 1001
Huntington, IN 46750

Phone: 260-356-0500
Fax: 260-356-3141
Website: www.pathfinderservices.org

Jan Baumgartner, Community Connections Director
John Niederman, President

Contact Name: Jan Baumgartner
Phone: 260-356-0521x18
Fax:
Email: jbaumgar@pathfinderservices.org


  

Background
Pathfinder Services, Inc. began in 1966 to provide vocational services to Huntington County citizens with developmental disabilities. Since that time, several programs have been added for individuals with and without disabling conditions, including Community Connections which provides home buyer education and counseling, downpayment assistance, transitional housing, Individual Development Accounts, and foreclosure prevention. Pathfinder Services, Inc. has a daycare center/preschool, after-school and summer programs for students, an employment placement division, manufacturing center, and residential services. We have programming in 16 counties and serve over 200 individuals each year.

Mission
Our Mission is: To enable people experiencing developmental or economic challenges to achieve independence and inclusion by providing social, educational, residential, and work related supports; To look for opportunities to grow and support programs and services that contribute to the community at large; To use a strategy of business diversification to ensure a financially healthy organization.

Total Operating Expense (9/30/2007): $14,583,899

 Lines of Business
  • Community Based Economic Development

  • Community Building and Organizing

  • Home Ownership Promotion Services

  • Lending and Loan Portfolio Management

  • Real Estate Development




    • Board of Directors
    NameBoard Role/TitleSectorCompany/OrganizationJob Title
    Craig JohnsonBoard ChairPathfinder Services, Inc.Board Chair

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