Each year, Bridges helps hundreds of young people who are leaving high school prepare for the workplace and find what is often their first job.
- Since 1990, Bridges has worked with more than 11,500 young people, preparing them for vocational success and helping them find and maintain employment.
- Bridges has facilitated the placement of more than 8,900 youth with disabilities, most of them members of racial or ethnic minorities, in competitive placements with over 1,500 different employers.
- Expanded to seven metropolitan areas, Bridges currently serves an additional 1,100 young people annually.
- Employers express consistent satisfaction with Bridges; nearly 40% have made multiple hires through the program.
- The Foundation’s work has been widely recognized and honored, including by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao as one of a select group of “New Freedom Initiative Award” recipients.
- "Analysis of case managers' support of youth with disabilities transitioning from school to work" - Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Volume 26, Number 3, 2007.
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