GBC serves individuals with "high risk" behaviors who present some danger to themselves or others. The Agency believes that its mission is to balance the individuals' rights to pursue healthy, pro-social goals as positive community members, with due regard for community safety. The model GBC employs to balance these dual pursuits is constructed around a "holding" model. However, the application of this model is less rigid and more tailored than those historically employed by group-care environments.  

GBC utilizes a therapeutic approach (cognitive-behavioral) that is less clinically provocative and more concrete than those employed by traditional "treatment" programs. Often, individuals referred for placement with GBC have already exhausted the benefits of "treatment" modalities; and in many cases they have displayed sufficient resistance to treatment approaches to negate consideration of a continuation of those methodologies. These individuals have a demonstrated need for active assistance in the long-term life maintenance of their presenting issues. Rather than risk creating a veneer of wellness by mistaking compliance with participation, GBC encourages growth through channeled, supervised participation in the community.

Additionally, GBC works with individuals who have brain injury or autism as the underlying referring diagnosis and have a history of behavioral issues. Utilizing an amalgamation of whole sensory learning methodologies, alternative communication strategies, and differential reinforcement structures, programs are designed to serve the individual needs of the consumer within the context of an environmentally modified community residence. Individual tailored programs are implemented to support each individual at their peak functioning level.

Each individual enjoys the support of a highly trained staff team. These teams support the individual as they learn positive ways to contribute first to their home and ultimately their community. This "stake" or investment becomes the backbone of the model. While each of our homes is extensively alarmed and each of the assigned staff, highly trained, the "security" aspect of the homes is purposely transparent to reduce anxiety and reinforce "safety". Rather than "point and level" systems, "Positive Expectations" drive day-to-day interactions. A more natural approach to reinforcing positive behaviors, this shift attempts to instill personal ownership while reducing fruitless, counter productive, power struggles. Supports are provided on a one-to-one basis, maximizing each individual's opportunity for inclusion in the larger community.