Director, Jerry Motter
PH: 954.577.4135

ARC's Workforce Development Division is comprised of a variety of business enterprises; each designed to provide training and jobs for people with disabilities. The following enterprises work together to help ARC meet its core purpose, "Enriching the lives of people with disABILITIES". Meet the Workforce Management Team and feel free to contact us either by email or phone if you have any comments and or suggestions for improving our services.

Manager, Matt Leachman
PH: 954.295.8366

ARC Broward operates an Electronics Recycling service that employs individuals with and without disabilities. Residents, small businesses and governmental entities are able to responsibly handle end of life computers and other electronics equipment while providing job opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Services can include picking up and packaging, disassembling, rebuilding old computers to wiping hard drives clean to assure no proprietary or otherwise sensitive information remains on the donated units. Funded in part by a grant from Broward County's Waste and Recycling Services and Partner Cities, the service also relies on private contracts from businesses with more than 27 employees.

Manager, Ghada Aly
PH: 954-579-8043

ARC Broward provides community-based Employment Services for individuals with disabilities, who want to enter the workforce, develop their job skills and earn a competitive wage. Participants work with an employment specialist that provides the support and assistance necessary to obtain and maintain employment. Participants work with an employment specialist who provides the support and training necessary to develop their independence. Areas of support include job development, community mobility, job placement, job coaching and follow-along. Services are provided at varied days and times to accommodate work schedules for individuals served.

Manager, Elizabeth Kloss
PH: 954.577.4165

Calypso Grill serves ARC and its stakeholders by:

1. Providing industrial standard on-the-job training for consumers interested in working in a commercial kitchen.
2. Providing transitional employment opportunities for consumers.
3. Providing great food at great prices for consumers, staff and the local community.
4. Becoming a model social enterprise, thereby putting ARC on the cutting edge of today's non-profits, able to develop mission-driven business enterprises capable of contributing unrestricted funds to the organization.

Co-Managers:

Mathias Louis, (left),
Program Manager
PH: 954.746.9400 ext. 3533

Russell Giles, (right),
Production Manager
PH: 954.746.9400 ext. 3531

The purpose of The Skill Center is to provide eligible consumers with opportunities to learn work/life skills and habits while earning money for the work they perform. The Skill Center teaches the consumers to increase productivity so they can earn more money and develop the work skills they need to become employed. While learning these work skills, consumers are paid at a "piece rate" which means they are paid for the amount of work they do and how fast and accurate they do it compared to other experienced people in the community doing the same job.