Promise Community Homes - formerly Rainbow Village

Subscribe to see more videos about Promise Community Homes, formerly Rainbow Village. In the 1960s, a group of nine parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) wondered what would happen to their children. Where would they live and who would take care of them? At the time, doctors encouraged parents to place children with IDD in an institution. Our founders wanted an alternative for their children, a new housing model. They came up with a housing model of community integrated neighborhood homes close to community centers and loved ones. After breaking ground in 1973, by 1978 they built a community center, a respite home, and 7 homes in a parcel of land in St. Louis County. Today, Rainbow Village, renamed Promise Community Homes in 2021, is now the largest specialty housing nonprofit in St. Louis for adults with IDD.