LEAP (Learn, Earn, Achieve, Practice)

Employment preparation for youth with disabilities

LEAP is a comprehensive employment preparation experience for youth with disabilities, ages 16-21, who attend school and are eager to work and earn a paycheck. It combines workplace and independent living skills instruction with paid work experience to provide participants with the skills they need to transition more successfully into adulthood.

This year we are adding a summer session to our program offering. There will be the usual Spring and Fall sessions, and two new summer sessions. See brief descriptions below. The program is offered in partnership with the Office of Vocational Rehabilition. Students should have an open OVR case in order to enroll, but we will enroll a limited number of students without OVR cases if funding is available. LEAP is offered at no cost to participants.

Spring 2024
Groups meet one day for a two-hour orientation (April 6) and then six Saturdays, 9am-5pm, for interactive curriculum and coaching in the morning followed by an afternoon of paid workplace experience in the community.

Dates:
April 6, 8:30 - 10:30am (orientation, required)
April 13, 9am - 5pm
April 20, 9am - 5pm
April 27, 9am - 5pm
May 4, 9am - 5pm
May 11, 9am - 5pm
May 18, 9am - 5pm

Berks County:
Location: OppShop, Penn Plaza, 3045 N 5th Street Hwy, Reading
To be accepted into the program, contact: Andrea Merrick at 610-621-5814 or by email.

Lehigh Valley:
Cancelled.

Summer 2024
Sessions will run for one week meeting daily Monday through Friday. We anticipate offering a week in June and a week in August. Each day will include interactive curriculum and coaching along with paid workplace experience in the community.

Dates: To be announced
Locations: To be announced

Fall 2024
Groups meet one day for a two-hour orientation and then six Saturdays, 9am-5pm, for interactive curriculum and coaching in the morning followed by an afternoon of paid workplace experience in the community.

Dates: To be announced
Locations: To be announced

Cost
Offered at no cost thanks to funding from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and donations made through the EITC program.

Questions?
Contact: Emily Gonda
610-775-1431 x209
egonda@esep.org

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