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- EIN 41-0871466
- (320) 251-0087
- Po Box 757 Waite Park MN 56387-0757 USA
- www.wacosa.org
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Mission: To provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to work and live in their community.
Programs: Program serviceswacosa's program services consist of wacosa's south program, north program, seniors program, sauk centre dt & h program and sauk centre ee program. Wacosa was estblished as a grassroots organization in 1963 by parents looking to provide services to their children with disabilities. Today wacosa has grown to serve over 600 adults with disabilities annually. Our clients primarily live in stearns, benton and sherburne counties, with site locations in waite park, sauk centre and whitney senior center in st. Cloud. Receiving referrals from county agencies, wacosa has increased the number of persons served by about 28 perscent from 2008 to 2017.
vocational serviceswacosa's vocational services consist of wacosa's community crews, production crews, thriftworks! And docushred. Wacosa serves people with a variety of mental, physical and cognitive abilities. Some of wacosa's clients live independently, some with families, and others in group home settings. Through wacosa's vocational services, clients are employed by local businesses, go out in the comunity in work crews or they work in one of wacosa's facilities. Wacosa's in house work is wide ranging. Wacosa does assembly, quality checking, mailing services, labeling, collating, packaging/kitting, re-work, document shredding, thrift store operations, recycling services and much more. Wacosa's clients enjoy working, are dedicated and take great pride in the work they do.