The Challenge Many of the consumers, who work in the community, have the skills needed for entry-level positions and are able to be independent at their work site.
Most individuals have high self-esteem and a good work ethic.
Our staff work closely with these individuals to devise systems so that each of them develop the capability of doing more than one task at a time. Our consumers who live in their own apartments generally take public transportation to travel to and from where they need to be. Our goal is to find appropriate housing for them on a bus route so it is easily accessible to them. The difficulties our consumers find is that it takes an extended period of travel time to get from one appointment or work to another place, because they need to wait for the scheduled buses. Many of our consumers are working on problem solving skills and participating in their communities.