Located in Soquel, California on five acres overlooking Monterey Bay, Camphill Communities California is a residential care community for adults with developmental disabilities. This exciting new venture opened in 1998 and has attracted wide interest and acclaim for its high standards, social innovation and organizational acumen. Well integrated in a region famous for its rich social, cultural and recreational opportunities, Camphill California is breaking new ground in interdependent community living.

An interdependent community, in which caregivers who are volunteers live and work in extended family settings with those with special needs, promotes social cooperation between individuals of different abilities. Such cooperation creates a rich cultural, social and vocational life, which includes opportunities for all to celebrate and learn. It seeks to support the unfolding of individual development on the basis of a social context that emphasizes giving as well as receiving.

Camphill Communities California provides residential, vocational, social, recreational and cultural services to meet the individual and collective needs of residents. Activities include baking, fiber arts, gardening, art, music, recreational and social excursions, cultural and community events and ongoing training in life skills and communication.