NYSID grant helps purchase equipment, continue vocational training

Putting the new machine to work!

Recently, our agency received a grant from New York State Industries for the Disabled -- or NYSID -- to help purchase a brand new liquid filling machine.  This machine will not only replaced a much older one, but also greatly improve the agency's abilities to help the people we serve gain more vocational skills and greatly increase production time.

The partnership between Ontario ARC and NYSID has provided work for hundreds of people with varying disabilities for nearly three decades.  Countless amounts of bottles of bath oil, geriatric shampoo, aloe body wash, skin lotion and tearless shampoo have been filled by Ontario ARC participants and then sold across NY State.  These bottling operations have also given our vocational program the chance to pursue private contracts and provide even more opportunities for people with disabilities.  The skills learned at these program help people find employment in community-based environments for competitive pay.  Which gives National Disability Employment Awareness even more to celebrate.