Program: HPS, Helping People Succeed, Inc.
Contact Person: Suzanne Hutcheson
Website: www.tricountytec.org
HPS, Helping People Succeed, Inc. provides unique and valuable services that lead to improved quality of life and independence through community based employment, education and training programs for citizens of Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee, Highlands, Polk, Glades, and Hendry counties. HPS's goal is to help each person have a successful future enjoying their life fully participating as productive taxpaying citizens. HPS also helps improve the community's economic viability and diversity through programs that assist children to become ready for school, and assists adults to find and maintain employment. Specific areas include Prevention and Early Intervention for families with children from birth to age five; Behavioral Intervention for families with children from ages five to twenty-one; Employment, Community Living and Supported Living services for adults with disabilities and adults who are transitioning from welfare to work or individuals who have other barriers to independent living.
Strategies to address barriers: Organizational | Individual

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