We are a small grassroots agency providing the support needed to individuals living with disabilities to live in the community of their choice.
We believe in the Supported Living model and have created ‘life management’ services to provide long-term sustainability for your independent life.
Let's talk and get to know each other!
Contact our Case Management Director, Stephanie, and she’ll help you learn more about starting A Happy Life.
We are parents of adults living with disabilities.
Like you, our loved one wants to live their life in a home of their choice, with people they know, and create a daily schedule based on their interests and strengths. As parents, we provide a great deal of support to make their person-centered plan a reality. We know in order to sustain the lives we have created for our loved ones, they require services that replace our role in the long-term.
Jane A. Gallery
Director, A Happy Life
Founder, Our Place
Jane is the founder of Our Place and continues to serve on the board. She is also a founding member of Our House Communities, an organization providing innovative community-based housing for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She’s been a volunteer at the New Trier Township Food pantry, with her son Frank, since 2009.
Susan C. Mack
Director, A Happy Life
Founder, TotalLink to Community
Susan is one of the founding parents of TotalLink to Community and currently serves as the Board President. She is actively involved in growing Engage IL, a grass-roots coalition focused on equity and reform in the Illinois Home-Based waiver program. Susan lives in Northbrook, about five minutes from her daughter Amara.
Janice Weinstein, PsyD
Director, A Happy Life
Founder, TotalLink to Community
Janice is one of the founding parents of TotalLink to Community, having served as its first Executive Director and continuing to be an active participant on many of its committees. Janice is a clinical psychologist/consultant and mindfulness and meditation practitioner. She is also the founder and CEO of I Just Am, a small art studio based in Northbrook.
A Happy Life is the operating name for Case Management Partners, an LLC created in partnership with Our Place, Our House Communities, and TotalLink to Community.
Meet Our Clients
We serve adults 18 years or older who experience life with an intellectual or developmental disability and are interested in living on their own.