The Mifflin-Juniata Special Needs Center is proud to have served disabled individuals and their families within the Mifflin, Juniata and Huntingdon areas for the past 56 years. And we're looking forward to the next 56 years!

Please excuse our website at this time, as we are just in the process of rebuilding it. Upon completion, we hope you will find it gives insight into the many facets of the MJSNC. Also, we hope caretakers and clients find it a valuable resource for many of their needs and concerns.
Twenty First Annual Lip Sync' Contest
Friday, December 14, 2007

The 21st annual Lip Sync Contest is set to take stage at the Lewistown Area High School Auditorium on Saturday, February 23, 2008 beginning at 6:00 PM.  This year's event will feature a new Corporate Challenge division for competitors. Get your co-workers together to represent your company and vie for this new award.  All other categories will remain the same as in previous years. Young or old, there is always a place for you on our stage.

All proceeds benefit the continuing work of the Center.  Tickets go on sale in mid January.

If you or your group would like to enter the event, documents can be downloaded below.

Download Rules 
Download Application
 
ComPASS Building Project
Monday, November 19, 2007

In November 2005, the Board of Directors and Staff of Mifflin-Juniata Special Needs Center, Inc. (MJ- SNC) held a strategic planning retreat to establish & prioritize goals for the future. During the retreat the dream of building/renovating a new multipurpose facility to accomodate future growth first emerged.  For the past year MJ-SNC has diligently been working to make this dream a reality.

Board member Art Wirrick was the first to introduce the idea of a site location in downtown Lewistown at the corner of Dorcas and Montgomery Avenue. Building & grounds chairperson, Randy Harshbarger, quickly jumped on this thought and facilitated discussions with the property owners.

Since the Fall of 2006, this dream has blossomed into a collaborative project with a number of local non-profit corporations. The facility will be known as ComPASS (Community Partners Allied Service System) to demonstrate the collaborative effort. As the owner of the new facility, MJSNC is projected to lease space to The Abuse Network, the Juniata Valley Tri-County Drug & Alcohol Abuse Commission and the Tuscarora Intermediate Unit allowing all agencies to benefit from shared space, utilities and common resources which this project will provide.

Updates will be posted as this exciting new venture unfolds. Watch here for further details!