KenCrest’s Employment programs help to guide young adults transitioning from school to career by providing various resources and trainings.
LifeSherpa Supports Employment Growth
Project SEARCH helps its interns learn valuable job skills through onsite training, classroom curriculum and the LifeSherpa app.
KenCrest Matches People with Disabilities to Their Dream Careers
The KenCrest Employment Program helps Clients gain independence, stability, and on-site job training through employment.
Project SEARCH Prepares Young Adults for Employment
Project SEARCH partners with Phoenixville Hospital and Ardent Credit Union to prepare young adults with disabilities for employment. By Aubrey Hoffert Project SEARCH, a transitional KenCrest youth program, prepares young adults with disabilities for competitive employment opportunities. Project SEARCH partners with Ardent Credit Union representative Heather Johnson, to help ensure interns of the Phoenixville Hospital Project SEARCH cohort become successful. Over…
Check Out These National Disability Employment Month Job Stories
KenCrest helps find jobs for people with disabilities by pairing them with local businesses through our employment program.
Each Step Moves Us Forward: It’s Time to Better Train, Credential, and Support DSPs
This month, the Administration of Community Living released an excellent history of home and community services. The report, called 30 Years of Community Living, chronicles the services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from 1987-2017. For me, this period of time represents all the years I had direct responsibility to develop these kinds of programs and ensure that the…
Each Step Moves Us Forward: There’s a Crisis in Human Services
Human services providers for individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) diagnoses are floundering across the US. They can’t afford to keep the people most vital to their success—those working in direct support positions. The pandemic has only magnified a workforce crisis this industry has tried to look away from for years, and now it’s standing right on our doorsteps. According to…
