Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants

Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants Kessler Foundation awards Signature Employment Grants yearly to support  non-traditional solutions and/or social ventures that increase employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Our success is in stimulating ideas from the field that spark new models that are adaptable to replication and scalability. Kessler Foundation’s flexible funding dollars encourage organizations to pursue promising approaches and concepts beyond what they might have done without our support. What We Fund Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects or social ventures that lead to the generation of new ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. Preference is given for interventions that overcome specific employment barriers related to long-term dependence on public assistance, advance competitive employment in a cost-effective manner, or launch a social enterprise or individual entrepreneurship project. Signature grants are not intended to fund project expansions or bring proven projects to new communities, unless there is a significant scale, scope or replicable component. Innovation lies at the core of all signature employment grants. Our Population Interests Since affiliation with rehabilitative medicine is a significant part of Kessler Foundation's history, a priority is placed on serving individ...
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