Easter Seals Disability Services

The Story of Easter Seals Work Resource Center

Easter Seals Work Resource Center believes in the power of work to change lives.

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Work provides financial independence, builds self-esteem and enables people to contribute to society. Our organization has extensive experience in creating opportunities for nearly 10,000 people with disabilities and disadvantages each year to gradually transition into the workforce and experience career success. Our participants are:

• Individuals with developmental, sensory or physical disabilities 
• People who are chronically unemployed or underemployed, including those moving from welfare-to-work
• Youth at-risk who need a support network to connect to work

Our goal is to give each participant work skills that allow him or her to be self-sufficient for life. Our outcomes speak volumes to our ability to work with difficult-to-place populations: 62 percent of our referrals achieve job placement within 60 days and 80 percent remain there after 90 days of employment.Our unique approach to job training has won many awards, including:

• 2009 ONE Award (Cincinnati Business Courier and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation)
• 2008 Greater Cincinnati Benefits Grant (Humana Foundation)
• 2008 Program of the Year - Building Ability (Southwest Ohio Rehabilitation Association)
• 2007 Torch Award (Better Business Bureau)
• 2004 Nonprofit of the Year (Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce) 
• Thomas H. Kidd Award of Excellence (Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services)
• New Century Community Service Award (United Way Foundation)
• Rehabilitation Organization of the Year ( Southwest Ohio Rehabilitation Association)
• Sara Lee Leadership Award (Sara Lee Foundation)
• Achievement Award (National Association of Counties)

Easter Seals WRC is certified by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

Leadership

On December 1, 2011, Pam Green became president and chief executive officer for Easter Seals Work Resource Center and its subsidiary, Building Value, both private non-profit businesses that enable people with disabilities and disadvantages to succeed in employment. She had been with the agency since 2003, and in her previous role as vice president of development and community engagement she was accountable for fundraising, community outreach, marketing and public relations.

During her time at the agency she has grown contributions significantly (nearly 500 percent), generated start-up funding for the agency's social enterprise, Building Value, and co-authored a business plan named runner-up winner in the Yale School of Management/Goldman Sachs Foundation National Business Plan Competition.

Prior to joining Easter Seals WRC, she served as national director of business development at Kelly Law Registry, a specialized legal recruiting firm, and led Kelly Services' offices in Raleigh, NC; Austin, TX, and Decatur, IL.

She currently serves on the national board of directors for the Creating IT Futures Foundation and as past president of the board of Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati. Pam was recognized as a YWCA Rising Star in 2003, and was selected as a member of the Chamber of Commerce's inaugural WE Lead class in 2007.