National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Clear The Air does all their product assembly and shipping at Partnerships With Industry (PWI). Since October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we would like to share what PWI does for our community.The following information is from Partnerships With Industry’s website and their October Newsletter.

PWI provides supported employment opportunities to adult with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities living in San Diego Country. It is PWI’s mission to successfully create win-win partnerships between San Diego County businesses and adults with disabilities who want to work. PWI clients have a wide range of intellectual, developmental, and/or other disabilities; however, at PWI, we like to focus on their many ABILITIES rather than disabilities.

Here is the impact that PWI is making on the community:

• We serve 750 adults with disabilities daily

• We employ 1,000 adults with disabilities annually

• We have a staff of 118, 70 of whom are Employment Training Specialists (aka job

coaches)

• Our oldest client is 72 years young

• Our youngest client is 18 years old

• 100% of those we serve were unemployed prior to coming to PWI

Across the US 77% of adults with development disabilties are unemployed. PWI and our amazing staff are working against that statistic every day, to help adults with developmental disabilities let their many ABILITIES shine and prove to everyone that they are more than capable of employment.

Click here for the entire newsletter from PWI