Every weekday, for eight weeks at a time, a team of four or five Easterseals Arc Employment Readiness Academy participants arrive at the Holiday Inn Purdue – Fort Wayne and set to work. Throughout their five-hour daily shifts, they help employees in the housekeeping and laundry departments accomplish more and get real experience that could... Read more »
Every Monday for several weeks, veteran restaurant manager Mike Ringley has come to Easterseals Arc and given participants a taste of the restaurant business. The five young people in this first group to use the new Hospitality Learning Lab pack a lot into their Mondays. They’re divided into two groups. One group begins the day... Read more »
Like so many area businesses, Covington Box & Packaging can’t find enough workers to keep pace with demand from its customers. What it has found is a new source of help: two teams of workers from Easterseals Arc and Easterseals RISE. Since September 2021, these teams have helped the Waterloo company keep pace with an... Read more »
As part of the Medicaid Waiver redesign, the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) is prioritizing improvement in case management services to support individuals and families. Case Management Companies All case management companies were invited to submit proposals for delivering quality case management services. Based on those proposals, six companies have been selected to... Read more »
Chauntesse Philpot loves to learn, and she works two jobs helping other people learn and overcome obstacles, too.
Each day, about 45 people with disabilities arrive at the Easterseals Passages Creative Learning Center for a day of activities, learning and fun. Christina Sipe rolls with it all.
Jorge Ruiz has worked many jobs in his 43 years, but he’s come back to being a Direct Support Professional, or DSP.
Kathy Simons has spent more than half her life working with people who have disabilities. The work still brings her satisfaction every day.
Workers from Easterseals Arc’s Projects Drive Group helped put General Motors pickup trucks on the road.
Carroll High School student Makayla got a semester-long introduction to what it’s like to work in the preschool at Hickory Center Elementary School.
Several of the 13 students in the Pre-ETS program at Homestead High School worked in retail stores during the 2018-2019 school year. They saw firsthand the behind-the-scenes effort that keeps the stores running.
Students at Wayne High School are working in area businesses, thanks to a collaboration with Easterseals Arc.
Easterseals Arc consumers are much like other workers when it comes to deciding to retire: Some take it easier, while others like the idea of more leisure time.
Music therapy can look like a party, but there are serious goals behind the fun.
Class sizes at the Pre-Manufacturing Academy at Easterseals RISE may be small, but the goal is not. These classes could become a path to jobs in manufacturing for people with disabilities.
An enclave of Easterseals Arc participants has been at work in a Fort Wayne factory since April, helping to brighten outdoor furniture in the United States and Canada.
Easterseals RISE participants joined the workforce at Mastercraft Inc. during a national emergency, as companies turned their machinery and expertise to making supplies for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Easterseals Arc has reshaped many programs to reduce the chances of spreading COVID-19. The career exploration activities run by the employment services team are no exception.