According to LaunchAbility Trustee Steve Stodghill,
“The mission of LaunchAbility is to help children and adults with developmental delays and disabilities achieve their maximum potential and lead fulfilling lives within our community.
“Last year, LaunchAbility served more than 2,600 people in North Texas.
“The result of LaunchAbility’s work, increasing the opportunity for clients to become productive members of society and reducing need for social services, is a tax payer’s dream:
- “For every $1 spent on LaunchAbility’s Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program, $17 is returned to the community. ECI provides therapies and other services to babies and toddlers, birth to age three, who exhibit delays or disabilities such as autism, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, impaired vision, speech difficulties, fine motor skill delays, and hearing difficulties.
- “Every adult placed in a full-time job through LaunchAbility’s Supported Employment or Academy job skills training programs saves the federal government up to $47,000 per year. These programs help adults with cognitive disabilities, such as Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and traumatic brain injury, train for, obtain, and keep good jobs with good pay, consistent with their abilities and interests.
“To learn more about LaunchAbility, please visit their website at www.LaunchAbility.org.”
-Steve Stodghill
Graphic provided by LaunchAbility
Jocelyn White says
Bravo Steve for such an amazing program. As the aunt of an autistic young adult, I embrace programs that allow and encourage people with developmental disabilities to thrive and prosper!
Cathy Packard says
Thank you, Steve, for your incredible support! You and Anne are such a huge part of our ability to provide hope, confidence and independence to 3000 babies and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.
And thank you, Jeanne, for providing this opportunity for nonprofits to strut in the new year.