Parkview Services

Our History

Norman and Stella Chivers incorporated Parkview Homes for the Mentally Retarded on June 15th, 1967. The Chivers purchased the Capitol Hill home in 1967 where Parkview still provides residential services. With live-in parents and support staff, the mission was to provide families with a community-based alternative to institutional care for their child with a disability.

Highlights

	1967		Parkview founded as Parkview Homes For The Mentally Retarded.
	1968		Name was changed to Parkview Homes for Exceptional Children.
	1973		Parkview built two group homes to provide residential support for 12 children.
	1994		The state changed its approach to services to children from the therapeutic approach Parkview used to a more custodial approach.
	1995		Parkview leased out the two group homes and changed the Capitol Hill program to serve adults.
	1997		Parkview sold its two group homes and began working on its Affordable Housing Program. Since 2003, Parkview has acquired 32 homes.
	1998		Parkview took over the New Horizons summer camp program on Vashon Island and renamed it Camp Parkview.
	1999		Parkview started Stepping Out for Fun, a program to match people still living with their families with interested volunteers, to go out and have fun.
	2000		Parkview changed the name it had for 32 years to Parkview Services to reflect the current diversity of the agency.