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Meet the Team
At 1st Choice Connections, we are committed to cultivating hope through empowering our clients to achieve their unique goals. Understanding the many challenges of life, we strive to not only serve our community with dignity and respect, but to approach each life event with compassion and empathy. We take pride in our work every day and because of this, we help make miracles happen.
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Meet The Team
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Mariah Foster, Founder
Meet Mariah. She is dedicated, compassionate and has been assisting disabled individuals in achieving their goals for almost a decade. Having aged out of foster care as a young adult, Mariah experienced the challenges of homelessness firsthand. Her personal experiences of overcoming hardship and adversity inspired her to found 1st Choice Connections. With a background in nursing, Mariah now serves her community as a Community Choice Guide, helping each of her clients make a comfortable housing transition. Through her own struggles, Mariah understands that accessing essential resources can be difficult. Her unique perspective and insight enable her to offer empathetic and compassionate guidance to help others obtain the programs they need.
Fun fact about Mariah: Evergreen trees are her favorite thing ever!
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Mariah Foster, Founder
Meet Mariah. She is dedicated, compassionate and has been assisting disabled individuals in achieving their goals for almost a decade. Having aged out of foster care as a young adult, Mariah experienced the challenges of homelessness firsthand. Her personal experiences of overcoming hardship and adversity inspired her to found 1st Choice Connections. With a background in nursing, Mariah now serves her community as a Community Choice Guide, helping each of her clients make a comfortable housing transition. Through her own struggles, Mariah understands that accessing essential resources can be difficult. Her unique perspective and insight enable her to offer empathetic and compassionate guidance to help others obtain the programs they need.
Fun fact about Mariah: Evergreen trees are her favorite thing ever!
PO Box 2076 Port Orchard, WA 98366
Phone
(206) 485-3639
At all times, 1st Choice Connections provides services in a manner consistent with protecting and promoting health and welfare appropriate to the individual's physical and psychological needs. All actions taken by 1st Choice Connections comply with professional rules and scope of practice, as defined by law or regulation.
Our primary funding source is the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) along with other local state agencies