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Triform Camphill Community, located in New York’s rural Columbia County, is a therapeutic residential and vocational training community of seventy people, about half of whom are young adults with special needs.
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Through daily practical work, a rich social and cultural life, and a supportive home life, young people are helped to find meaning and direction in their lives, and to make steps toward independence.
A youth guidance community, Triform endeavors to accompany the young person (age 18-25) on his or her unique path toward adult independence and self-awareness. The sequence of (1) an education and work program, followed by (2) a work apprenticeship — provides the structure that challenges young residents to discover their strengths, and develop skills, self-confidence and responsibility.
Life in Triform offers the warm, consistent social support of extended family households. It provides a rhythmic structure of daily work and activities. It encourages, through constant social interactions with peers and coworkers of all ages, the development of helpfulness, reliability and respect for others. Finally, it nourishes the inner life of each resident with the joyful celebration of a yearly cycle of Christian and seasonal festivals.