Creative Enterprises on Nonprofit Nation

April 22, 2025 by Amanda Pearch

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Creative Enterprises on Nonprofit Nation

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This is Nonprofit Nation — where we bring the efforts shaping our community into focus! This podcast series highlights the meaningful work nonprofits are doing to strengthen our community. Each episode, we speak with Nonprofit leaders, volunteers, and advocates addressing real challenges and creating impactful solutions. Join us as we explore their stories, the obstacles they face, and the measurable change they bring to the people and causes they serve.

This episode:

Hear from caregivers and parents of Clients from Creative Enterprises
14C Certificate and Supported Work Environments
Vocational Rehabilitations & adults with disabilities
Georgia House Bill 1125
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Nicoles’s Mom, beyond Vocational Rehabilitation

November 26, 2024 by Amanda Pearch

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Nicoles’s Mom, beyond Vocational Rehabilitation

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Nicoles’s story, a client at Creative Enterprises.

Hear from Karen, Nicoles Mother, and how this 14C certificate impacts their family, firsthand. This short podcast explains the importance of supported work environments for working Adults with disabilities and options beyond Vocational Rehabilitation.

Georgia House Bill 1125 puts our supported work programs in jeopardy. Please take a moment to understand why the 14C certificate is beneficial for working Adults with Disabilities & organizations like Creative Enterprises.

The 14C of the Fair Labor Standards Act or sub-minimum wage certificate was created by the
Deportment of Labor in 1938 and permits paying people with disabilities wages below
minimum wage. The Department of Labor issues the certificates and the oversee
compliance to guard against exploitation. Over the years other laws have been enacted
like the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, to prevent discrimination and giving
people with disabilities the same right s as everyone else including the right to work and
make regular wages.

Each person who comes to Creative Enterprises is asked what their goals
are while they are here. If work is one of their goals, CE helps them go
through evaluation and training use the 14 C certificate. The Clients must go through
some education with the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency and sign a form
confirming they do not want to become employed in the community. Our Campus sets them up in different evaluation situations to see what skills they already have.

Creative Enterprises was Incorporated as a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) Community Rehabilitation Program in 1979, they provide employment opportunities along with social and life skills training to individuals with developmental disabilities. This is accomplished through on- and off-site work training, job placement assistance, educational programs, community involvement events, and a variety of additional resources.

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Adults with Disabilities & Supported Work Environments

September 23, 2024 by Amanda Pearch

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Adults with Disabilities & Supported Work Environments

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This episode we educate through the testimonies of Parents/ Caregivers who have loved ones at Creative Enterprises. Hear from Leigh McIntosh, CEO of Creative Enterprises and Parents of Creative Clients: Gail Green, Vernon McClain & Jeff Jansma

Each person who comes to Creative Enterprises is asked what their goals
are while they are here. If work is one of their goals, CE helps them go
through evaluation and training use the 14 C certificate. The Clients must go through
some education with the The Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency and sign a form
confirming they do not want to become employed in the community. Our Campus sets them up in different evaluation situations to see what skills they already have.