Mission
To empower teens and young adults with intellectual disabilities by providing employment and life skill training that supports meaningful, independent living.
Vision
Promote integration of teens and young adults with (mild) intellectual disability into society helping them become independent and evolve into working and contributing members in their local community.
Provide a curriculum focused training program to create greater opportunities for independence and to support meaningful job opportunities where these skills can be carried into an independent lifestyle.
Skills of Life Cafe is a program to strengthen employment and life skills towards more meaningful and purposeful independent living, through a customer service structure with work ethic and self-organization training, while enhancing self-confidence, self-expression, and the inclusion into greater life opportunities.
Goals
Provide Real-World Job Training
Offer teens and young adults with intellectual disabilities meaningful, hands-on employment experience in a supportive café setting.
Build Life and Employment Skills
Strengthen independence, communication, teamwork, and executive functioning through a structured, curriculum-based program.
Foster Personal Growth and Confidence
Help participants discover their strengths, set personal goals, and gain the confidence to succeed at work and in daily life.
Bridge to Long-Term Employment
Support transitions into community jobs or continued roles at Skills of Life Café, with résumé development and job placement assistance.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
Help keep our program strong and community united.