WE BELIEVE IN
Empowerment through Employment
Open Avenues has been providing employment opportunities & programs for people with disabilities in Northwest Arkansas since 1975
Capable People. Quality Work.
We believe people with disabilities are a vital part of our community. Our programs are focused on meeting people where they’re at and empowering them to achieve personal and vocational goals.
Our Programs
Our mission centers around “opening avenues” of opportunity for our participants by facilitating personal growth and attainment of vocational goals. We do this through prevocational training and job placement through our on-site training center & classroom, community employment, and transportation services.
Prevocational TRAINING CENTER (ADDT)
Our training center is a well-respected example of an employment and learning environment for people with disabilities. This is made possible by support from business and industrial partners who outsource packaging & assembly work to meet their production needs.
COMMUNITY EMPLOYMENT
The community employment program offers job placement, supported employment and employee-1st career pathways. Through the community employment programs, clients receive a career plan and support tailored to suit their individual needs.
PREVOCATIONAL CLASSROOM (ADDT)
Our classroom program focuses on building skills based on daily living, socialization, and self-help. Participants are instructed and guided through building these skills in order to prepare for transition into our training center and live more independent lives.
TRANSPORTATION
Transportation is one of the biggest barriers people with disabilities face in achieving community inclusion. Our fleet of buses travel throughout Benton and parts of Washington County to transport participants between their homes and our facility.
Our Impact
100+
participants served daily
in our on-site training center, prevocational classroom, high school transition program, and in community employment programs.
48+
Years Serving Northwest arkansas
by providing employment opportunities and an inclusive community for people with disabilities.
70%
of open avenues participants use our accessible fleet of buses
to get to and from work each day.
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