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The Only Thing Constant is Change

From the beginning, we focused on placing persons with developmental disabilities into competitive employment: something that wasn’t a widespread practice in the eighties. We focused on producing goods for industry and reinvested in our people and services. This method evolved as our way of doing business and simultaneously funding our mission. Today we are, by definition, a ‘social enterprise.’
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