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Information for Community Organizations and Employers

You can play an important role in helping a person with a developmental disability take part in your community.
Overview

People with developmental disabilities want to be a part of their community, just like you. There are many ways to partner with OPWDD to make a difference in someone's life and help them be a part of their community.

You may choose to help a person with a developmental disability by assisting them in finding employment or hiring them to work in your business. You might choose to become a Family Care Provider where you take a person into your home and care for them as a member of your family. You may want to help people with developmental disabilities get the information they need to ease their transition from school into being community members.

Whether you are a person who wants to help or you work with a business, school, organization or faith community that cares about community inclusion and wants to get involved, there is an opportunity for you to make a difference.

Information for Businesses
Choose your next step? Meet job seekers who are matched to your business needs, host career development activities, and learn about the benefits and strategies to hire and retain employees with developmental disabilities.
Family Care
Become a Family Care Provider and be paid to open your home and heart to someone with a developmental disability.

Get Involved

OPWDD holds quarterly public meetings to share new information about services and supports, and to provide the people we support, their family members and the people who support them the opportunity to provide feedback. 

 

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