Community Spotlight

Promoting Dignity and Worth of Individuals with Disabilities and/or Disadvantages

Valley Packaging Industries, Inc. is a positive difference maker in the Fox Cities communities VPI is a community rehabilitation center that provides a variety of education, human services, and vocational skills training to Fox Valley residents. With the belief that those with special needs and/or disadvantaged circumstances can lead more independent lives, VPI was created over 60 years ago with parents of people with disabilities, local manufacturers, educators, and human service providers.

They operate two production facilities that provide custom packaging and manufacturing services to local manufacturers in order to provide funding and a training platform for many of its vocational skills training client programs and disadvantaged employees. By consistently meeting clients’ needs, VPI has grown into the successful service organization it is today with a uniquely blended workforce that educates and integrates hundreds of individuals with disabilities with technically trained production workers and provides stand alone programs for those in extreme need.

What does VPI offer businesses? Known for affordable pricing, consistent quality and on-time delivery of their contract packaging and assembly projects, Valley Packaging has earned a strong reputation with its manufacturing-related customers. How does the community benefit? When you partner with Valley Packaging, you provide extensive rehabilitation and vocational services for those with disabilities or disadvantages in the greater Fox Valley community. How does VPI do it? To help individuals develop “Skills for Work, Success for Life,” Valley Packaging offers a variety of rehabilitation and vocational skills training services and employment opportunities to those with disabilities and/or disadvantages.

More than 2,700 individuals with Disabilities or Disadvantages are Served Annually

VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING IN VPI FACILITIES OR IN THE COMMUNITY 244 Individuals obtained vocational skills training, coaching, and support to overcome employment barriers in VPI facilities and/or in the community

EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT PROGRAM 178 Individuals developed job-seeking skills and obtained temporary work experiences leading to permanent employment with a community employer

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS TRAINING & EDUCATION PROGRAMS 67 Individuals obtained employability skills classroom instruction and internships on college or employer campuses

COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER 145 Individuals obtained FREE mental health services from WI certified peer support specialists at VPI’s Community Outreach Center

EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM 646 Children birth to age 3 and their families received comprehensive early intervention services for developmental delays

COMMUNITY DAY CENTER 98 Individuals received clinical services and social support for profound impairments or multiple disabilities

EMERGENCY RELIEF SERVICES COMMUNITY 2000 PROGRAM 1,140 Individuals and Families received emergency relief supplies, food, apparel and service referrals

VPI EMPLOYMENT 209 of 550+ individuals with disadvantages employed full-time

WHY SUPPORT VPI?

VPI is a positive difference maker in the Fox Cities communities! VPI consistently delivers its mission day-in and day-out, which translates into meaningful life and vocational improvements in the clients they serve. All VPI clients with special needs and/or employment barriers receive: • Individualized services in a supportive environment • Quality of life improvement, resulting in optimal levels of independence • Service with personal integrity and professionalism • Education that capitalizes on abilities while minimizing disabilities The VPI team believes so strongly in its mission and the difference they make to thousands of lives and families each year that 100% of its Board members and staff employees have contributed their time, talent, and/or treasure to the organization.

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