REACH’s Supported Employment Program is a job skill development program for individuals experiencing developmental disabilities. The program provides jobs at REACH Shredding, REACH Custodial, and in various community-based employment sites.

REACH Employment Services

• Basic Job Skill Development -   a program teaching participants the basic job skills needed to be successful within the community

• Job Coaches – a trained coach is assigned to each program participant as they learn and improve their job skills

• REACH Shredding – an entry level job training program performing document destruction.

• REACH Custodial – a more advanced job training program for individuals who experience disabilities and who have acquired basic job skills

• Community Based Employment – placement and support for qualified individuals in jobs with outside employers in Juneau

• On-The-Job Support – ongoing support is provided to participants at community-based job sites to help them as or when needed

For more information, contact Dan Elstad at (907)586-8228.

REACH Custodial is an advanced job training site in REACH’s Supported Employment program.  Program participants are responsible for providing custodial services to a million square feet of state, federal, and other offices throughout Juneau and Southeast Alaska.  Full and part-time positions are available, with a minimum 20-hour work week.

REACH Custodial participates in the AbilityOne Program a federal program that employs more than 40,000 individuals who are blind or have other severe disabilities through federal contracts.

REACH’s Community Based Employment program offers on-going Job Coach support to individuals working within the community at various employment sites.  This support is individual-based around work-related goals that focus on helping the program participant obtain the maximum level of independence within their job.