Orion Industries

Training & employment servicestraining & employment services provides vocational counseling, case management, instruction in customer service and math skills, job placement, and job coaching to program participants to meet their employment goals. Participants include individuals referred by the washington state department of social & health services division of vocational rehabilitation, other government and community organizations, including labor and industries, veteransadministration, and king and snohomish county agencies in partnership with the washington state department of social & health services development disabilities administration division and community not-for-profit programs. Auburn: 4 individuals participated in our custodial training program, 29 in clerical customer service & admin training program, 93 participated in job development / job retention services, and 53 were supported into jobs. During 2024, the boeing strike impacted orion's capacity to fill training positions due to work statement. Our enrollment dropped 40% in the months prior to the strike and remained 40% below goal through the end of the year. Mukilteo: we supported 75 individuals in snohomish and king county providing individual employment services, community inclusion and school to work support, 54 participated in individual employment, 68% of participants were employed at the end of the year (37), 32 participated in community inclusion services, and 12 participated in job foundations / school to work. We supported 11 individuals to locate new employment through this program. We provided case management and job placement support to 81 individuals in the community who are low income / at risk of homelessness through snohomish county. We supported 31 individuals into jobs from this program.