Bridge to the Future Brochure

MRCI WorkSource
CREATING INNOVATIVE AND GENUINE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR DISADVANTAGES TO SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
Referrals accepted from VRS, SSB
and other sources including
schools. Space is Limited. For
more information, please visit
www.MRCIWorkSource.org or
contact:
Tom Rivers
Training Coordinator
(507) 327-2874
(507) 386-5659
trivers@mrciworksource.org
MRCI WorkSource
15 Map Drive, Mankato,
MN 56001
www.MRCIWorkSource.org
A Summer Training Program
MRCI’s Bridge to the Future Summer
Tr a i n i n g P r o g r a m w i l l p r o v i d e
participants with the tools they need for a
successful transition into the world of
work. The 4 weeks sessions will provide
training in job search/retention
techniques while building participants’
self-confidence and accountability. The
program offers a stimulating curriculum
as well as a solid, practical introduction
of the skills needed to achieve successful
employment.
Bridge to the Future:
Bridge to the Future: A
Summer Training
Program
Established in 1953, MRCI
WorkSource has grown to
become one of
Minnesota’s largest
providers of community
based and center-based
extended employment.
Throughout this growth,
the organization has
remained a not-for-profit
501(c)(3) human service
organization that values the people we serve, and the
relationships we create. By offering individualized
planning, interdependence, collaboration, leadership
and accountability, MRCI WorkSource follows a
mission of providing innovative and genuine
opportunities for people with disabilities or
disadvantages to support their community
participation.
Program Schedule
Session I: June 6 to July 1, 2016
Offered in Mankato and Fairmont
Session II: July 11 to August 5, 2016
Offered in Mankato
Daily Schedule
9:00 to 11:30 - Classroom Training
11:30 to 12:00 - Lunch
12:00 to 3:00 - Community work
experience at two sites in four weeks.
Participants will work with an on-site
training consultant providing
direction. They will receive an hourly
stipend.
9:00 to 3:00 - One day each week,
participants discuss what they’ve
learned. In addition, this day is used to
take field trips, visit business sites,
host guest speakers, and learn how to
use public transportation.
Cost
$2500.00 per session, intake fee $125
MRCI WorkSource
Bridge to the Future: A Summer Training Program
MRCI’s Bridge to the Future Summer Training Program provides both classroom instruction and real
world work experiences to help participants navigate our world of work.
Through the utilization of the “Why Try” program curriculum,
focus is placed on the concepts of boundaries, assertiveness,
goal setting, motivation and personal choices. Participants will
learn those tools needed to build self-confidence, independence
and accountability. The program will additionally include
techniques of basic computer searches, training in basic money
management and training in using public transportation systems.
Participants will have a community work site experience
four days a week; they will receive an hourly stipend. The
participants will go in groups of three to two different
community work sites in four weeks. They will be
accompanied by a training consultant who will remain
on site to provide direction and immediate feedback.
MRCI WorkSource recognizes the value in offering
programs that support people in navigating into the
world of work. Bridge to the Future is designed to provide
those necessary tools. It is grounded in the concept of building
meaningful and productive partnerships with participants,
their teams, families, school staff, Vocational Rehabilitation
Services and the private business sector. The Bridge to the
Future Program was developed to provide participants with
the option to learn, explore, learn socialization techniques,
identify interests and abilities and have solid exposure to
achieving success in the world of work.
A planning conference will be scheduled upon program
completion. A written assessment of participants’ work abilities
and interests will be provided for planning purposes.
www.MRCIWorkSource.org