Aspire Launches Food Services Employment Training Program for People With Disabilities

Aspire, a local nonprofit organization working with people with disabilities, has launched its first cohort of trainees for ...
Daily Breeze

Job training program for youth with disabilities gets $10,000 culinary grant

Kids and young adults who get hands-on training in food prep, baking and customer service in the South Bay just got a boost to their social enterprise business by way of world-renowned chef Jacques ...
CSR Wire

Aspire Wins $9.2 Million Grant To Revolutionize Job Training for Young People With Disabilities

HILLSIDE, IL, June 18, 2025 /CSRwire/ — Aspire, a Chicagoland nonprofit empowering people with disabilities, has received a $9.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation ...
The New York Times

Job Training Exists for Students With Disabilities. Many Never Get It.

Washington makes money available to the states to help young people with disabilities enter the work force. New Jersey has the worst record of helping connect families with such help. By Meredith ...
The Hechinger Report

Hundreds of thousands of students are entitled to training and help finding jobs. They don’t get it

Kim Brooks and her daughter, Zoe, spent months searching for college options but didn’t receive college counseling from the program that’s supposed to support students with disabilities. Credit: ...