Gompers
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Mission Statement
Gompers provides innovative opportunities for people with disabilities. Seven key values are instrumental to achieving our mission: 1. Person-Centered: Acknowledging each person's right to determine and achieve his or her personal goals; 2. Dignify Others: Advocating that all people be treated with dignity and respect; 3. Enhancing Abilities; Seeing Possibilities: Focusing on abilities and encouraging growth through innovative opportunities; 4. Professional Excellence: Upholding the highest professional standard in every aspect of our organization; 5. Responsible Stewardship: Promoting fiscal and social responsibility toward those we serve, our staff and the community; 6. Collective Impact: Creating a culture of beneficial exchange through community collaboration and enduring partnerships; 7. Celebrate Daily: Celebrating the individual and group accomplishments of each day.
About This Cause
With a main campus in Phoenix and an Employment Services office in Glendale, Gompers serves 500 adults and students with physical and developmental disabilities in metro-Phoenix. Within our agency, individuals are served by three programs including a K-12 special education school, a Day Training for Adults program and an Employment Services program. An Assistive Technology (AT) program is embedded into student / members' daily program routine to provide individuals, with a diverse range of disabilities, access to various assistive or adaptive products, devices or equipment to help increase his/her communications and independence. The AT program is funded 100% by donations from the community. Brief Programmatic Overview: 1. Gompers Private School (GPS) educates special education students ages five to 22 with individualized academic, behavioral, therapeutic and transition programs to maximize skills and increase independence. 2. Gompers Day Training for Adults (DTA) serves individuals who require support in developing and maintaining life skills. The program is built around community integration and self-determination. 3. Gompers Employment Services (ES) is one of the finest employment readiness programs for people with disabilities in the Phoenix metro area.