|
To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE
'No Limits': New Jersey Restaurant to Train and Employ Adults With Disabilities"When you turn 21, it's called falling off the cliff. And there's not a lot of meaningful employment for people with intellectual disabilities, not a lot of college programs. So we decided, let's figure out something to do." -Stephanie Cartier
While adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) often are willing and able to work, a majority of them are underemployed or unemployed. The Arc, an organization that is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of the intellectually and developmentally disabled, asserts that adults with I/DD comprise "one of the most overlooked talent pools in today's labor force." According to PIX11, the restaurant has hired numerous employees who will prepare and serve meals to paying customers. The employees are trained by professional chefs and volunteers. The cafe plans to serve lunch daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reservations for the No Limits Cafe, which had its soft opening on February 5th, can be made through their website. Other information on the cafe is available on their Facebook page... Stephanie Cartier, one of the co-founders, has a 21-year-old daughter who has Down syndrome. Cartier told PIX11 that the concept for the cafe arose after her daughter graduated from high school... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading here. 
To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE
Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News 'The Resurrection and the Life': Navy Vet Comes Back to Life After Family Prays Are Weight Loss Medications Right for You? Pros and Cons of GLP-1s Company Issues Voluntary Recall of This Specific Kind of 'Pedigree' Canned Dog Food Prayer Alert: Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Burn as Fires Spread in West HHS Announces $281 Million to Expand Addiction and Mental Health Programs Charlie Kirk Conspiracy Theories Suddenly Disappear as Video Evidence is Shown in Court Donnie Wahlberg: 'The Most Important Thing I Ever Did Was to Give My Life to Christ' Christian Hollywood Star Exposes the Perverse, 'Demonic' Fraud Inside Foster Care System Brazilian Judge Sentences Parents to Prison for Homeschooling Their Daughters Little Sisters of the Poor Return to Court Again over Obama Contraception Mandate WATCH: State Fails to Investigate Daycares with No Children Despite Media Reports Trump on Iran Ceasefire, MoU: 'I Think It's Over'—US Retaliates after IRGC Attacks Civilian Ships 'Young Washington' Delivers Record Opening Weekend for Angel Studios After an Emotional Loss to Belgium, the US Men's Team Continued to Give God the Glory A 'Miracle': CCP Releases Pastor Ezra Jin House Speaker Johnson Braces for a High-Stakes July with Everything on the Line Why the NATO Summit in Ankara Matters to the US |
Subscribe to
|
[
All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.
Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.
| Home | Store | Subscribe | Facebook | Article Archive |