Lucile Lynch is the president and chair of the board for Beacons, Inc., a nonprofit based in Carlsbad that provides programs and services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Lucile Lynch wasn’t the only one who had noticed. There was a lack of options after high school, along with roadblocks in the paths of the people whom she and some other parents loved and cared for who had intellectual or developmental differences. Yes, there were organizations providing services throughout San Diego County, but the demand for those services exceeded what was available.
“Kitchen table meetings turned into board meetings, and the board meetings turned into what Beacons is today,” she said of the founding of, a nonprofit based in Carlsbad that provides postsecondary options in North County to adults with a range of intellectual abilities. “I did this, personally, because of the struggles I had experienced fighting for ‘appropriate’ services for my son at educational institutions.
The organization opened its doors in November 2018 and created its own curriculum, which demonstrated the kind of growth that resulted in receiving state funding to expand their programming and provide a lot of it for free to participants. As demand for their services has grown, they currently serve about 100 people each year and are on their third expansion in five years, Lynch says.Lynch, 62, lives in Carlsbad with her husband, Brian. They have twin sons, Chase and Wesley.
I needed to learn the system. I started out as the district’s parent rep to a consortium on special education and later became a member on the community advisory council executive board. I was appointed to a committee to collaborate with the district on solutions to empower families, resulting in a parent manual to help families navigate the special education world and onsite activities to increase awareness about disabilities. I reached out to families whose children were in my sons’ programs.
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