St Marys Capabilities Community Clubs are hosting a dance party in partnership with Moon City Music & Event Center! All are welcome to this family-friendly event. If interested in being a sponsor, please contact Community Club Consultant Renee Donati at (419) 394-0003 ext. 6101.

We proudly announce that all employees who receive their CESP (Certified Employment Support Professional- apse.org/cesp-central/) credential are eligible for a $1000 bonus at Capabilities. We are always happy to find ways to reward our employees. #CESP #employeeappreciation

We are proud to be a Google user. We encourage our employees to utilize Google Meet because of its accessibility features. See how they are celebrating #NDEAM in this video. youtube.com/watch?v=1eJFMB…

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Learn more at dol.gov/NDEAM. #NDEAM

We are still celebrating #NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) at our OhioHealth O'Bleness Project SEARCH. Here are a few pictures of the flowers the interns delivered to their internship sites.

Thank you to the City of St. Marys, Ohio for issuing a proclamation in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. We are proud to live and work in an inclusive community. #NDEAM

In celebration of #NDEAM, we visited Jayna in Troy, Ohio. They have hired multiple people with disabilities. They do a great job of supporting their employees. In this picture is our Branch Manager in Piqua, Tracy Morris, and the owner of Jayna, Soha Shah.

One final push for our #NDEAM Celebration is from our Circleville, OH office. We went out and delivered care packages to Taco Bell, Ace Hardware, OhioHealth, Hallmark at Ohio Christian University University, Rural King, McDonald's, Texas Roadhouse, and TJ Maxx. Happy #NDEAM to all!

We want to let you know that we appreciate Julie at the Brethren Retirement Home in Greenville. She is patient and kind to everyone who crosses her path. Thanks to Julie and the entire Brethren's Retirement Home team!

We are proud to announce that we have received a CARF Three-Year Accreditation for the following (programs/services): Employment Supports, Job Development, Employment Planning Services, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy. We believe that accreditation improves our services.

Last week, two of our managers (Bryan Lynch and Michelle Daniels) were able to attend the Leadership Launchpad event from OADSP. They thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a great deal.

Here is Capabilities comments on the proposed rule for Employment of Workers with Disabilities under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act from the U.S. Department of Labor.

We were very happy to host Steven Cook, the Director of Constituent Services for Senator Jon Husted, at our corporate office in St. Marys today. We talked about the need for investment in services for people with disabilities. We look forward to continuing to talk about our services!

To keep the promise of community living for people with I/DD a reality, we must invest in—not divest from—the Medicaid program. Rep. Bob Latta, we urge you to reject cuts to Medicaid and protect I/DD services: ancor.org/amplifier. #SaveMedicaid ANCOR

Today, our Chief Innovation Officer, Justin Blumhorst, testified in favor of the state budget allocations for both Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.

Our managers gathered today to work on consistency and maintaining excellent services.

Thank you to Representative Angie King for coming out and touring our corporate office today. She was able to have great conversations with members of our community club. Thank you, Representative King, for visiting us today!

Here are some behind-the-scenes pictures from our recent video shoot with Silfies Media . Dan was great. He captured our job development service and Lucas's success story. We look forward to sharing the finalized version of the video with you!

Thank you to Senator Susan Manchester for visiting us at our corporate office in St. Marys last week to discuss our services. Here is a picture of her meeting with our Community Clubs.

We are all moved into our new Marysville office location and are ready to help you connect the dots.