Clark State expands partnership with The Abilities Connection to offer assessment lab

From the Springfield News-Sun By Brooke Spurlock     Clark State College has expanded its partnership with The Abilities Connection (TAC) to launch an assessment lab on the main campus in Springfield. TAC collaborated with Quest Inc. to offer a hands-on, performance-based vocational assessment for students with disabilities and other barriers through a PAES (Practical…

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Fresh Abilities employees to have new opportunities through Clark State partnership

From The Hub Springfield By Darci Jordan   Beginning this month, The Abilities Connection (TAC) will partner with Clark State College to launch a classroom portion of training for Fresh Abilities employees. TAC is an organization in Springfield that empowers people with disabilities and other barriers to reach their full potential through meaningful employment, training,…

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Sen. Sherrod Brown visits Springfield, discusses plan to update Supplemental Security Income

From the Springfield News-Sun By Lauren Mixon SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) – Senator Sherrod Brown visited The Abilities Connection (TAC), manufacturing plant in Springfield, on Friday to discuss his efforts to improve and reform Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Workers at the plant, many of whom have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities, manufacture cargo nets for the…

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Sen. Brown visits Springfield nonprofit that focuses on job training for those with disabilities

https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/sen-brown-visits-springfield-nonprofit-that-focuses-on-job-training-for-those-with-disabilities/XMTDOLKYJJAYDDIHU5G7GAU6BA/   By Hasan Karim, (Follow Hasan on Twitter)   Tour of TAC Industries ties into proposed legislation introduced in Congress.   U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, paid a visit on Friday to TAC Industries, known as The Abilities Connection, where he toured the facility and talked about legislation that aims to help people with…

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