History
The Specialized Living Center was completed in the summer of 1979 and was built by the Capital Development Board and the State of Illinois to serve the developmentally disabled adult in 34 counties of Southern Illinois. SLC was owned by St. Clair County and managed by St. Clair County Community Mental Health 708 Board. In January of 1982 the non-profit organization, Parents and Friends of the Specialized Living Center Inc. (SLC), with president Agnes Schloemann, was chosen by a special task force of the Mental Health Board to take over ownership/management of the SLC. The Center continues to be licensed and certified by the State of Illinois and Illinois Department of Public Health as an intermediate care facility for 100 DD adults. The Center was one of five originally set up in the State to provide services and care to individuals closer to home and at a lower cost than a state hospital. It is Located in a residential area of Swansea, IL. In 1987 SLC opened H.O.M.E. # 2, a group for 8 DD adult men, in Fairview Heights, on property owned by Our Lady of Assumption Chruch. Also in 1991, another 8-bed group home was built in Swansea.

As time has moved on, and executive directors have come and gone, wear and tear has taken its toll on Parents & Friends of the Specialized Living Center. In 2001, Parents and Friends of the Specialized Living Center received community development funding from the St. Clair County Community Mental Health 708 Board to renovate one of our buildings into a more home-like atmosphere for our clents. It was renamed "Schloemann House". SLC's goal is to continue renovating all the bulidings and providing that same atmosphere for all of the individuals that call SLC home. Recently, all of the homes have been painted, new blinds and new flooring has been installed to make things fresh and new.