Students are admitted into the program based primarily on the individualized education plan done with the student, parents, and the staff of the school. Once accepted into the program, the students begin class instruction and the activity. Instruction consists of social skills training, employment searching, skills for maintaining a job, appropriate peer interactions on the job, computer keyboarding, life fitness, and residential living skills. In addition, the actual job experience is built in as a half or a full day depending on the individual student's needs and aptitude. All of the work activities are selected based on student interview, parent interview and needs assessment, local employer needs assessment, adult care providers, and the local school staff.
Students usually volunteer until a successful match between a student and an employer is made.
The students work 5 afternoons and attend classes in the morning. Typically the students are in the program one or two years. During the final year, students work full-time. The number of students in the program vary. At the time of publication, there were 19 students in the program all of whom are in community based opportunities.