TAC
History
History
TAC Enterprises - A Complete History
In 1960 the first educational school in the world for the mentally disabled was dedicated as the Town and Country School in Springfield, OH. A part of the school was the Adult Vocational Training Program. This program was renamed the Town & Country Sheltered Workshop in 1966. After a series of expansions to larger facilities, the workshop was incorporated in 1983 as TAC Industries.
As the number of enrollees increased more space was secured and new customers were added. In 1982 additional space was added with the purchase of a former department store on Leffel Lane. This facility was to be known as TAC II. TAC I was located on Thompson Ave. As the program continued to grow and the enrollees increased, TAC I moved first to Columbus Ave. and then finally in 2003 to the present location at 2160 Old Selma Road.
In 2008 TAC II changed its name to Quest. Quest employs 208 consumers at the Leffel facility. In 2009 TAC Industries changed its name to TAC Enterprises. TAC employs 319 consumers at the Old Selma location. This does not include production training staff and business support staff.
Vocational opportunities at the 52,000 sq. ft. Leffel Lane facility consist of document shredding, collating, assembly, packaging, weighing, craft, and mailing jobs through outside industry contracts and customers within the Springfield, OH area. The Quest consumers at Leffel also receive varying levels of adult services through the Clark County DD Board in addition to their vocational training and wages. The Leffel facility also provides habilitation only services to another 46 consumers through the Clark County DD Adult Services program.
Vocational opportunities, at the 90,000 sq. ft. Old Selma Road facility, consist of a Cargo Net repair, Cargo Net Manufacture, metal shop, welding, part setting, light assembly, heavy assembly, packaging, digital imaging / microfilming, and kitting contracts. These opportunities are provided by contracts with the US Air Force, Kinedyne, Trutec, Rittal, ITT, Sweet, YSI and others. Some of these contracts are with local companies but a few are international, national, Kansas, and California based. TAC also has manufacturing operations at the Columbus Ave. (56,000 sq ft) and Progress Ave.(42,000 sq ft) facilities.
The staff is Ohio Department of DD Adult Service Registered. They must certify annually on First Aid, CPR, Behavior Support Training, Infection Control, Civil Treatment Training, Hazardous Materials Training, Habilitation Training courses, and Counseling. Production staff is trained in specialized machinery, equipment, and fork truck operation. Administrative staff must have a minimum of 5 years production operations experience. Additional college level courses are required as well as CEC credits.
TAC Enterprises is a Not-for-Profit organization with a nine person board under contract to the Clark County DD Board. The hours of operation are 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM. This includes a second shift operation at the Old Selma location. The second shift was established to accommodate the choice of our consumer population.