Rise Incorporated

Programs: Rise is a nationally recognized nonprofit leader providing services to the state of minnesota. Its mission is to unlock potential and open doors to success for people with disabilities or other challenges through creative solutions and customized support. Our vision is a progressive, supportive, and collaborative environment that fosters meaningful growth and provides opportunities to live a life filled with purpose. From its inception, rise has been a pioneer, offering the greatest possible level of community integration for people in our community. In 1971, when rise was founded, people with disabilities throughout the united states had few choices: stay home all day, move to an institution, or attend one of the few sheltered workshops providing production-type jobs. The goal of the rise founders was to give people with disabilities a greater range of choices through tailored vocational rehabilitation serves in anoka county-both center-based services for those in need of high levels of care, and job training and placement for those able to work in community settings. The vocational skill training and placement programs established in rise's earliest years were actually among the first community-based employment programs for individuals with disabilities in the united states. Over the decades, rise has added more services for a greater range of challenges. Today our service population includes people with developmental disabilities (e. G. Spina bifida, down syndrome, cerebral palsy), learning disabilities, mental illness, behavioral health diagnoses, brain injuries, autism spectrum disorders, sensory disabilities (deafness, hard of hearing, blindness), and other disabling conditions. Many of the people supported by rise experience more than one of these difficulties. We also offer programs for individuals facing other significant barriers that limit employment, such as previous incarceration, recent immigration, and poverty. In addition to an expanding service population, rise programs are shifting and developing in response to a number of factors. Indeed, recent years have brought unprecedented change in terms of behavioral health breakthroughs and public policies related to supports for people with disabilities. Nevertheless, the pioneering approach with which rise was founded continues to characterize the agency to this day, spurring us to ensure the greatest possible level of personal satisfaction and community integration for everyone. Rise offers programs in the twin cities metro area and across greater minnesota. In 2017, the agency served 2,736 people. In 2017, rise was able to place 825 people in new, competitive-wage jobs in our local community. The array of programs rise provides is designed to help each individual overcome the unique set of obstacles they face, achieve their goals, and reach their full potential.