Way2Work
Community-Based Employment and Career Development
Way2Work’s mission is to assist people with intellectual disabilities and autism find paid employment that is meaningful to them, valuable to their employer, and inclusive in the community.
Way2Work has earned international recognition from the prestigious Zero Project and has achieved the highest employment rates of any program in Vermont for 15 consecutive years. For over two decades, we’ve developed a model that helps people with disabilities find not just jobs, but successful careers, and even launch micro-businesses. By partnering with Way2Work, employers in all sectors are finding workers who meet their needs for a skilled and diverse workforce.
Bridging provides an academic-year experience to high school students with intellectual disabilities that includes pre-vocational skills building and career exploration as a key component.
Bridging offers an incredible diversity of opportunities to connect with the community, as well as organizations and individuals that can serve as resources.
Students build the foundation, confidence, and skills to enthusiastically engage their futures for work and for life.
School2Work is a youth career development and job placement initiative that prepares high school students with disabilities for successful transitions to the competitive workplace. CCS coordinates this innovative and collaborative project, building on its expertise and employer connections developed through our adult employment program.
The results are meaningful jobs in the competitive economy – jobs that are rewarding personally and financially to the employee and meet the needs of the employer or marketplace.
Adult Employment
Adult Employment remains the “flagship program” for CCS, a Specialized Services Agency focused on employment. It has earned national “Best Practices” recognition and achieved the highest employment rates of any program in Vermont for 14 consecutive years.
Over more than two decades, we’ve developed a model that has helped people with disabilities find not just jobs, but successful careers and even launch micro-businesses. And we’ve built robust partnerships with businesses in every sector of the economy, as well as schools, colleges, non-profits, and community members to make that happen.