Vocational Visions

Vocational Visions enhances our community by developing the talents of adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. We create pathways to employment, life-long learning, and social inclusion.

Vocational Visions offers seven programs for adults with developmental disabilities in Orange County. Since 1974, Vocational Visions has had the opportunity to help thousands of men and women with disabilities to:

1. Find, train for and keep employment
2. Further their education
3. Contribute to our community in meaningful ways
4. Build and maintain social relationships
5. Build and reach their personal goals

So far this fiscal-year (2024-25) ...
Our Supported employment program placed 6 clients into job sites so far this fiscal-year (2024-25). Our ADP employment program placed 18 clients in job sites and 15 Volunteer sites. We enhanced community integrated experiences and opportunities for our clients. We hired on a new Volunteer Coordinator through a grant from the Department of Developmental Services to increase job and volunteer placement. Our goal is to continue placing our clients into new job sites and paid internships throughout the year. We would like to keep improving our client's goal achievements in all programs and  have our clients participate in community engagement activities.

We are continually looking to raise much-needed funds so we can keep providing quality programs and services for men and women with developmental and other disabilities. Our participants want to find a reliable and steady jobs. We have a need for board members with skill sets including: Fund Development, Financial Planning, and Diversity. In order to transport our many clients who are in wheelchairs, we are seeking funding for additional vehicles including wheelchair lift vans to enhance community integrated program opportunities for our participants with the most severe disabilities.

We primarily serve south and central Orange County, California.

I think what makes us unique is the people we serve.  Despite being dealt a difficult hand in life, they try everyday to achieve what you and I take for granted:  a nice place to live, meaningful work or activities, and people to share a life with.  Recently, during a focus group with some of the people we serve I asked them what kinds of activities they would like to do in the community and their responses were overwhelming:  help people who need food, help animals, beach clean-up and other service projects!  They want to be part of the community in meaningful ways.  We can all learn a lot from them.