Waban Recognizes National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Waban proudly joins the rest of the nation in recognizing National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Each year, America comes together to celebrate the contributions of those with disabilities in the workplace. This year’s theme, “The Right Talent, Right Now” perfectly embodies the vital role people with disabilities have in building and maintaining a strong and vibrant workforce.
Waban provides its program participants with a number of ways in which they can engage in meaningful employment to promote inclusion, normalization, and community integration.
Waban Works offers employment services to individuals with disabilities who dream of having a career but often face various barriers in making that dream a reality.
The Waban Works team connects the participant with employers and develops customized employment plans or individualized job placement opportunities to ensure the ongoing success of the individual’s career path.
In 2010, Waban launched SecureRMS as a social enterprise of the agency, meaning all proceeds fund the services and supports Waban offers to children and adults with disabilities. SecureRMS provides high-quality, nationally-certified paper shredding, document and hard drive destruction, and confidential information destruction services to over
200 customers throughout Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, including leading hospitals, banks, and legal firms. In addition to the top-notch services and competitive prices provided by SecureRMS, the company also takes pride in employing those with a range of disabilities. The SecureRMS team works hard every day to keep the facility’s day-to-day operations moving and are vital to the delivery of exemplary customer service.
Whether it’s through employment services, SecureRMS, or encouraging community engagement through volunteerism throughout its residential and day programs, Waban is committed to advocating for the inclusion of those with disabilities in the workplace!
Emily Spenser
Director, Communications and Development
Waban Projects, Inc.
5 Dunaway Drive, Sanford, Maine
Phone: (207) 324-7955
Email: espencer@waban.org
Website: www.waban.org
