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Programs designed for positive impact

Designed for individuals with special needs, our programming is compassionate, innovative, and essential.

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Connecting businesses to meaningful work

With enterprise services, we connect individuals with special needs to local and regional businesses, delivering high quality work that does good for everyone.

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Join the team, make a difference

Our compassionate team supports individuals with disabilities to help them lead their best life. With a variety of positions to fit many lifestyles, you can make a difference.

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Your donation creates life-changing opportunities

When you give, you support life-changing projects happening now or you can ensure services are available for years to come.

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Programs

Designed to help our participants achieve their individual best, our programs are innovative, inclusive, and ready to create opportunities and change lives.

Daily Discovery

Operating during the day at two different locations, Daily Discovery allows participants to choose from many different activities to learn skills and experience the community.

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Employment Services

Helping individuals with special needs learn work skills and find jobs. Prevocational classes are available, as well as job coaching for on-the-job support.

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Endeavor Living

Endeavor Living provides support to individuals to be as independent as possible in a house, apartment, condo, or somewhere else.

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Residential Center/Group Homes

The Residential Center offers a caring home to up to 60 people who have access to nursing and therapy services. Three group homes are another residential option for people who are looking for a supportive environment in a smaller home atmosphere.

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Enterprise

Looking for meaningful employment, or workers performing high quality work? This unique work setting allows people with special needs an opportunity to be hired as a regular Empowering Abilities employee and to earn a paycheck working for area businesses.

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Assembly & Packaging

Enterprise performs a variety of jobs including painting, cutting, drilling, inspecting, autobagging, labeling, packaging, sorting, and more.

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Screen Printing & Embroidery

Our Screen Print & Embroidery department has an artist on hand to design something for you, or you can bring in something of your own.

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Power the positivity

Help support our services as we empower more individuals with special needs

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Making a donation makes a lasting impact. Help fund life-changing opportunities for people with special needs.

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Get Involved.

Your support makes it all possible. Get involved by volunteering, advocating, or sharing your resources.

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Filling an essential community need

We’re dedicated to helping our participants achieve success and happiness.

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Our people are everything

Ask any participant what makes Empowering Abilities a great experience, and they will say it comes back to our people. Join our caring group of experts who change lives every day and find meaningful impact in their work.

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Events & News

Booster's Annual Bob Ott Memorial Nuts and Candy Sale

The Booster's Annual Bob Ott Memorial Nuts and Candy Sale!  NO PRICE INCREASES! Please send your order form to Lexi Keppy at lexikeppy@empoweringabilities.org Order Form 2024 Check out other places you can buy your favorite nuts and candy. K&K Hardware…

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HANDS Beat the January Blues Trivia Night

January 17th Hickory Creek Event Center 3504 Hickory Grove Road, Davenport, IA 52806 Doors open at 6 PM Trivia starts at 7-TBD Full bar available to purchase beverages (no external beverages allowed) Bring your own snacks/food to share with your…

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