Community Options believes that every person who wants to work can work.
It rejects the view that a disability means a person has to accept unemployment or below minimum wage jobs. It also rejects the view that a disability means the person must work in a sheltered workshop or a segregated work place.
Nine out of ten people with developmental disabilities live below the poverty line. Nine out of ten people with developmental disabilities have assets below $2,000. Despite these gloomy statistics, the 300 people with disabilities placed in jobs by Community Options earned $2 million in wages in 1999 alone.
Community Options is successfully placing people with severe disabilities in real jobs - at minimum wage or better. It is increasing the numbers of people with disabilities landing better jobs with better benefits in the competitive marketplace. Community Options' technology department works with employers to adapt and apply relevant technology to enable people with disabilities to work as effectively as possible.
Option Quest is a community-based alternative to traditional day programs. Option Quest activities include employment, volunteer opportunities, continuing education, civic, community and recreational activities.