Information for Business and Community Partners
>Why Hire a Worker with Disabilities?
>Services Provided by Achieve
>Work we do in the Community and Testimonials
>Our Inhouse Shop, types of Work we do and Testimonials
>Contact Information
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"Of course I like working at Achieve. I have
friends here and I'm a good worker. I like
geting paid, too, of course!"
– TIffany Johnson
>Why Hire a Worker With Disabilities?
Are you a business owner or manager who is thinking of hiring an employee with a disability?
You've come to the right page. There are 54 million Americans with disabilities and nearly 30 percent of American families have at least one member with a disability. Seventy percent of working-aged adults with disabilities are unemployed. Hiring workers with disabilities can provide a number of benefits to your business:
You Receive a Positive Return on Your Investment.
• Cost-effective wages – in some cases workers are paid below minimum wage.
• Time-effective task management – workers with disabilities complete specific job tasks, freeing other employees to spend their time on more complex tasks.
• One study showed that workers with disabilities rated an average of 90 percent or better in job performance.
• Research shows that workers with disabilities had fewer scheduled absences than employees without disabilities.
• Reduced hiring and training costs. These are often completed by Achieve at no cost to the employer.
• There are tax incentives available for businesses hiring workers with disabilities.
These are: The Work Opportunity Tax Credit, The Disabled Access Credit for Small Businesses, and The Architectural barrier Removal Tax Deduction.
Positive Public and Workplace Perceptions
• A large number of Americans (87 percent) say they preefer to patronize businesses that hire people with disabilities.
• People with disabilities are consumers representing a trilliondollar market segment. They purchase products and services from companies that meet their needs.
• People who have direct experience with people with disabilities as co-workers see this experience as positive.They also see people with disabilities in the workforce ashelping employees to have a better understanding of people with disabilities.
• Employers report that the work ethic of employees with disabilities has a positive effect on the morale and production of other employees.
• Employment is a critical step toward independence. Businesses that hire workers with disabilities are seen as helping those workers become more productive.
"Working at Achieve for the last 20 years has brought me
success and independence. I love it here.
It makes my life better."
– Tony Goetz
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>Services Provided by Achieve
Achieve has qualified workers ready to fill your specific needs. We provide support to ensure that Achieve workers are successful in their jobs. This includes:
• Learning about the specific job and job duties and matching these to a worker whose abilities match the job requirements.
• Work training and job coaching services.
• Ongoing involvement and communication with you, the employer.
Employer Options
There are job placement options, based on your business and your work needs.
• Some workers receive initial training and then work independently at their jobsite. Achieve provides periodic checks and ongoing communication with the employer.
• Workers may perform job duties together, as a work crew. In this scenario, a long-term job coach from Achieve may accompany workers at the jobsite.
• Workers may work every day, or just one or two days per week, depending on your businesses individual needs.
Hiring Achieve workers is cost-effective.
All Achieve support services are completed at no cost to the employer.
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>Work we do in the Community
• Cleaning - Janitorial
• Clerical
• Shredding
• Stocking
• Sorting
• Mail delivery
• Manufacturing
I like the jobs here and I like the pay. The staff are
all nice. It's a good place to work.
-Lisa Stilling
Testimonials about our Workers in the Community
"Achieve is very good. They care about their clients and the businesses they work with.
They want to make it a win-win situation."
– Kim Leroux, Owner, Lindwood Country Store
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>Our Inhouse Shop
Achieve has a full-service workshop in Blaine with capabilities to pick up and drop off contracted work. Achieve works with businesses to provide accurate and efficient completion of a variety of jobs. Achieve maintains a high level of standards for work quality an can offer competitive pricing to yoru business without jeopardizing quality.
Some of the work we've done recently:
Types of Work we do in our Shop
• Packaging
• Folding
• Shredding (with confidential area available)
• Labeling
• Collating
• Stapling
• Poly-bagging
• Heat sealing
• General assembly
• Envelope inserting
• And more
Testimonials about our Inhouse Shop Workers
Coming soon...
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>Contact Information
For more information on any of our services,
to see our shop or to request a staff person to visit your location,
please contact us:
Job Placement at Your Business
Pete Schlichtmann, 763-717-7840
email: Pete.Schlichtmann@achieveservices.org
Contracted Services at our Shop
Jim Huff, 763-783-4911
email: Jim.Huff@achieveservices.org