Work Light

For years we have known and understood that children coming out of the foster adopt system, especially those from background of suffering abuse, had extensive areas of mental, emotional and physical issues to deal with. Some times a student may pass through the entire foster system having no clear or visible issues of concern until placed into a position of servitude under a manager or supervisor in the work place. Then, unfortunately, deep seated issues may surface once the child perceives that he is being unfairly subjected by his superiors.

Real or perceived, this can become a very damaging situation. We have found that children can be further scarred emotionally as a result. Valued job contracts utilized for placement of foster children can be soured as a result of irrational behavior, thus losing valuable positions of service that could help others transition into life as a working, tax paying, productive member of society.

Even violence or property damage can result from these uncontrolled experiences. While we believe all children essentially want to assimilate to social norms to understand and work through their personal issues in the work place.

Work Light will serve in that area preciously unserved in other agencies either because the student was never classified as handicapped, or the student is no longer in the foster system because they "aged out" or grew too old for system service (usually 18). Work Light will secure job positions where staff can clearly complete the contracted goal but will utilize the opportunity to place teens in work environments where they can learn simple trades and benefit from loving, compassionate yet firm instruction. It will lead them through those hard times ultimately to be productive in society and have full independence.

Work Light currently holds labor agreements with housekeeping, landscaping and film productions and is working to grow into other areas of trainable expertise.