The shop has created training programs that help locals with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn valuable workplace skills.
When customers patronize a new coffee shop in East Denver, their money not only supports the nonprofit that runs it, but also training programs that help locals with intellectual and developmental disabilities learn valuable workplace skills., which aims to increase the number of people with disabilities in the workforce, started as a mobile truck before opening its first brick and mortar in downtown Littleton in 2018.
About 50% of DIRT Coffee’s staff is neurodivergent, Hughey said. Additionally, the shop offers an internship program that seeks to empower folks with intellectual and developmental disabilities, such as autism, Down syndrome, Tourette syndrome, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and mood disorders, with one-on-one job coaching. Interns not only gain work experience in the coffee shop, but also transferable skills they can use in jobs thereafter, Hughey said.
Through its Inclusive Workforce Employer Program, the organization also seeks to educate employers about hiring, promoting and retaining members of the disability community and to address the barriers to entry in the workforce.
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