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Abilities at Work is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with employers to support wage-based work opportunities for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

Step Up delivers compassionate support to people experiencing serious mental health issues, and persons who are experiencing chronic homelessness, to help them recover, stabilize, and integrate into the community. Through dynamic partnerships, we provide positive social and learning environments, vocational training, permanent supportive housing opportunities, and recovery services to empower individuals to cultivate lives of hope and dignity. We exercise innovative leadership and advocacy to increase public understanding, support and acceptance of all people living with serious mental health issues.

Redwood guides children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities to achieve independence and reach their highest potential throughout their lives, by providing enriching educational, therapeutic, and vocational services. At Redwood, children and adults flourish, prosper, and are empowered to achieve the quality of life they deserve.

Oasis - A Haven for Women and Children is a charitable, non-profit organization dedicated to providing food and clothing to women and their young children, and offering educational and other opportunities to help women compete in today's marketplace. 

Founded in 1974, Homeward Bound of Marin strives to end homelessness in our community with training, housing and hope. Our programs range from emergency shelter to permanent supportive housing for families and individuals, combined with services like counseling and job training that help residents build a sustainable, independent future. We also operate several social enterprise businesses, including production of Wagster Treats dog biscuits and The Key Room event venue, that offer hands-on work experience to students and graduates while earning revenue to support our programs. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Homeward Bound plans to open 50 new units of housing for veterans and people moving back into the workforce.

Lambs Farm serves a mission of helping people with developmental disabilities lead productive, happy lives and connecting with the human spirit in us all. Lambs Farm is a non-profit organization serving adults with developmental disabilities and offering vocational, residential, social, and recreational services based on each person's interests, strengths and needs, both on-campus and in the community. Programs are continually enhanced to meet the changing needs and desires of the individuals served.

Real Change exists to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people while taking action for economic, social and racial justice. JOBS - Low-barrier, immediate work opportunity for anyone who needs it. JOURNALISM - Our weekly, award-winning newspaper covers issues that impact our community. JUSTICE - Anti-capitalist advocacy that centers the voices of those most impacted.

An India rich in hope, justice and the compassion of Christ.

Cara's mission is to unlock the power and purpose within our communities and ourselves to create real and lasting success. Through its personal and professional skills training and access to employment opportunities Cara serves as a leader of poverty alleviation in Chicago and beyond. Since 1991, we have helped more than 7,500 people find more than 11,500 quality jobs. We help motivated men and women break the barriers of poverty (and often the interrelated challenges of recovery, domestic violence, episodic homelessness, and incarceration) to get and keep good jobs, and more importantly rebuild hope, self-esteem and opportunity for themselves and their families in the process. Learn more at www.carachicago.org

Helping Refugees and Georgia Thive

PROVIDES COMPETITIVE AND VALUE ADDED SERVICES TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCE INCOME TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DISABLED

Our mission is to build a movement to achieve economic justice, by engaging directly affected women to improve working conditions.