Buddies
When our amazing friends with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) time out of school (age 22 in Florida), they often lose the social interaction opportunity that school environments provide.
Our Inclusion Revolution Buddy program helps fill that gap by connecting people with IDD with their typically-developing peers.
Partnerships
For too long, people with IDD have been excluded, forgotten, bullied, and even institutionalized.
Through our integrated jobs program and by partnering The Haven’s REACH program and All Friends Network with local high schools, we are proud to offer opportunities where people with and without IDD work and socialize side-by-side and embrace the chance to form one-to-one friendships that are crucial to a healthy and happy life.
Please consider a donation to support our programs.
83% of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities do not have a paid job in the community.
We need to fix that.
Of the 17% who have a paid job in the community:
33%
Have an Individually Supported Job
Receiving publicly funded services or support.
39%
Have a Competitive Job
Not receiving publicly funded services or support.
28%
Have a Group Supported Job
Receiving support, works in a job mainly done by a group of people with disabilities.
Marketplace Employment Comparison
People with no disability vs. people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD)
People with no disability
65.8%
Percentage of people with no disability who have a paid job in the community
People with IDD
17%
Percentage of people with IDD who have a paid job in the community
People with no disability
34.3hrs
Average number of hours worked per week
People with IDD
14hrs
Average number of hours worked per week
People with no disability
$34.91
Average hourly wage
People with no disability
$11.97
Average hourly wage
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Jobs Program