The Radford L. and Patricia Crocker Foundation was the dream child of Radford LeVoy Crocker. In the early ‘90s, Radford became a successful business owner in the healthcare industry. Mr. Crocker introduced Preferred Care Developmental Centers of Mississippi and Florida, serving the population of individuals who had been diagnosed with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (ID/DD). The ID/DD Program continues today providing a highly-structured, safe, supervised “home-like” atmosphere that meets the needs and provides the support for each individual to maximize their potential to live as independently as possible.
Mr. Radford Crocker was a pioneer in this area and very instrumental in developing and introducing this concept to the ID/DD population in Mississippi and Florida. In addition to providing a home-like environment with person center support services, a broad range of other services were also offered to meet the complex needs of the individual such as medical, dietary, psychological, vocational and social needs. Mr. Crocker’s goal was to assess what the individual’s capabilities, providing support to the individual to maximize their potential, and to do so with professionalism and compassion.
With the help of state representative, Tan Parker, Texas House Bill 2189 established the Radford Crocker Memorial Act in 2015, amending the Government Code to require the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to establish and maintain a program for inmates and state jail defendants confined in a correctional facility who are suspected of or identified as having an intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning, and whose adaptive functioning is significantly impaired.
With assistance from occupational therapist Lori Stelter, programs were designed at a level to accommodate those with learning disabilities. The goal — build skills and confidence preparing the offender for life outside the prison walls and successful reentry into the community. With their newfound knowledge and fundamental skills, these men and women are provided a platform to live a normal and productive life.
VISION
Releasee’s with delayed developmental impairments who encounter the Texas justice system will be supported to live successfully in the least restricted environment possible.
MISSION
The Radford L. and Patricia Crocker Foundation’s mission is to work collaboratively as a catalyst to build a continuum of services and supports for releasees with cognitive impairments who encounter Texas justice systems beginning in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and extending into the community both for newly released inmates and eventually as a resource for diversion programming.
