Easter Seals Disability Services

Workforce Development and Training

We are happy to introduce our newest service and programming, Workforce Development and Training.  This wonderful addition to our already existing core services was through the recent merger with the Waukesha Training Center (WTC) in early January. 

Our mission at our new Waukesha Center is to provide job training and employment opportunities for adults with disabilities and to support individuals in overcoming vocational barriers that exist due to their special needs.

Our Waukesha Center is a place where the commitment to excellence supports opportunity and achievement. 

Our emphasis is on learning transferable work skills that effectively address the demands of the world of work and provides the opportunity for people to lead productive lives through the experience of work.  We primarily serve Waukesha County, but we also provide services in Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Jefferson and Racine counties. 

Our primary workforce development and training programs include:

• Vocational Evaluation
• Training
• Life Enhancement Opportunities Program
• Job Placement Services
• Contract Sales
• Shipping and Receiving
• Innovative Program for individuals with disabilities.

LilyWorks Commercial Services of Easter Seals
Our commercial services offer opportunities for individuals to develop work skills in areas of catering, cleaning, recycling and lawn maintenance.  These work environments offer community based integrated work skills training across the area that are translatable to a variety of independent community job opportunities.
Services provided at our Waukesha Center and in community locations across our six county service area.

• LilyWorks Food Services and Catering
• LilyWorks Cleaning Services
• LilyWorks Landscape Maintenance

What kind of impact does the Waukesha Center have in the community and for its clients?

• The impact on the workers cannot just be measured in wages and productivity. Access to and participation in work is an essential and anticipated part of adult life and we believe that everyone can work!
• Over the past 46 years we have grown and currently serve 390 workers each day in 100,000 square feet of training space.
• The Waukesha Center provided 470,235 service hours to 390 workers in 2009.  
• Currently our worker demographics range in age from 16-65 with a number of disabilities that include:
  Developmental Disabilities, Mental Health Issues, Physical Disabilities and Co-Occurring Disabilities
  

For more information on our Waukesha Center, please contact us and we will happily provide you with additional information and a tour of our facility.

Easter Seals Southeast Wisconsin
Waukesha Center
300 South Prairie Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53186-5984
262-547-6821
262-547-6883 Fax