Uniquely Abled Project

EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITY: CREATING INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE UNIQUELY ABLED ACADEMY MODEL

The $10,000 payment covers the license fee from the Uniquely Abled Project to teach a 16-week in-person training program at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. This is the fourth license that HAAPE has funded such that Drexel joins Broward College, Palm Beach State College and AMSkills, Inc., where autistic adults can learn how to become a Computer Network Control (CNC) Operator. Once a student successfully completes the course, follow up includes finding full-time career employment for all graduates of the program. For the training of CNC operators, our investment activity actually slowed somewhat because of the difficulty in coordinating an appropriate and sustained teaching infrastructure with qualified instructors, as the process is necessarily slow. Hopefully there will be more opportunities to expand this program in the near future.

SCALING UP: CREATING INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES BY BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO REPLICATE THE UNIQUELY ABLED ACADEMY MODEL ACROSS THE USA

The two $10,000 grants pay for the license fees from the Uniquely Abled Project to teach a 6-week in-person training program at (1) Palm Beach State College and (2) the AmSkills, Inc. Training Center in Tampa, FL. These programs are designed to teach qualified adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder the fundamentals to become a Computer Network Control (CNC) machine operator. Follow up includes finding full-time career employment for all graduates of the program.

SCALING UP: CREATING INCLUSIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES BY BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY TO REPLICATE THE UNIQUELY ABLED ACADEMY MODEL ACROSS THE USA

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