Employees and other stakeholders have the opportunity AND the responsibility to serve as our best ambassadors, community representatives and spokespersons. Our Employees are our most precious and largest investment – they are truly our Mission AND our Human Resources. Missy Blankenship

1. Rehabilitation and Employment & Training Services at Friendship Industries : Put Friendship to Work for You! Why Are We Here? And What is Expected?

2. Our Mission Friendship Industries develops and maintains employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in integrated work environments.

3. Friendship Industries Rehabilitative Services Department

5. Friendship Industries Rehabilitative Services Department Friendship Industries receives funding from state and local agencies to provide these services to our Clients. We are required to provide detailed reports to receive these funds.

6. Work Assessment / Work Adjustment

7. Testimonials “ The work I do makes me feel like I’m worthwhile. The work helps my physical and mental health by helping me to get up in the morning…and accomplish something….. Everyone gets along and works like a team at Friendship.”

14. Extended Employment

15. Testimonials “ The supervisors will show you what to do and then watch to make sure you know how to do it right. The people are nice and polite….. I also made a lot of new friends at Friendship.”

17. Extended Employment Many Clients who work in Extended Employment also work with a Case Manager at the local Community Services Board (CSB). This is not a requirement to be in Extended Employment with Friendship Industries .

18. Extended Employment Some individuals are privately funded and sponsored. To qualify as an Extended Employment worker at Friendship Industries , each Client has some basic, common abilities and goals required.

23. Pre-Vocational Medicaid Waiver

24. Testimonials “… when I tried to work on regular jobs my health would hinder me…I felt like all my life I couldn’t do anything right but staff members here helped me to see that I could do what they asked me to do – before, I had low self-esteem…. Friendship Industries is a good environment to work at. I really look forward to coming to work…”

29. Pre-Vocational Medicaid Waiver Prompt positive or constructive feedback for this group of Clients is especially important. Daily intensive training in specific areas of focus is conducted, progress is tracked daily, and formal reports are filed monthly.

30. Pre-Vocational Medicaid Waiver The Rehabilitative Services Instructor often has weekly progress consultations with each person’s Case Manager at Community Services Board (CSB), caregivers and family members – - the level of involvement is similar to having a personal guidance counselor.

32. Supported Employment

35. Supported Employment

39. CARF Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission

40. Testimonials “… it’s just a happy place to work…. If I had to go to work at (another business) everyone would pick on me – it would be hard to go back there.”

42. CARF Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission CARF auditors spend 2 days in our facility interviewing Board members, Staff, Aides, Clients and other Stakeholders. They are the accreditation monitors for 3 of our Rehab Programs.

47. CARF Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission So far, Friendship has earned two 3-year accreditations.

48. Transportation

51. From the Rehabilitation Department Staff George Homan, Vice President-Operations Paul McFarland, Rehab Services Director Colleen Mullen, Rehab Services Job Coach Kent Stoneburner, Rehab Services Coordinator Patricia Craft, Human Resources Manager [email_address] 801 Friendship Drive Harrisonburg VA 22802 (540) 434-9586