The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) has announced 6 awards statewide, and a Manitowoc business made the cut.
Ascend Services is one of the six businesses statewide who received the “Partners with Business” awards, which aims to help local businesses hire and support workers with significant disabilities.
The initiative was signed into law in 2018 and is based on a successful, cost-effective strategy from BPDD’s Let’s Get to Work youth employment project that shows businesses how employees can provide support to coworkers with disabilities on the job.
Ascend Services plans to implement the Partners with Business model with people with disabilities who receive long-term care through IRIS (Include, Respect, I Self-Direct).
By implementing the model with IRIS participants, Ascend will learn how to use the strategies effectively in Wisconsin’s self-directed services option.
