Incorporated in 1991, ADI is an entrepreneurial, non-profit corporation dedicated to assisting disadvantaged, disabled and non-disabled people in Colorado, by creating meaningful career opportunities for those who may lack such opportunities in the existing job market. ADI's goal is for its employees (consumers) to achieve their highest potential while working toward self-sufficiency. Currently, ADI has over 200 employees of which over 50% are disabled - mostly with mental illness.

ADI's mission is not to create fleeting job experiences, but to promote lasting career opportunities for its consumers in an integrated, normalized environment. ADI is neither an employment agency nor a sheltered workshop. It is a vibrant business providing relevant training, steady and meaningful employment, and skills for life. ADI's service lines are diverse including:

• Vocational Services
• Training Services
• Education Services
• Career Opportunities

ADI pays market rate wages and offers an attractive benefits package. Accompanying these paychecks and perks is a sense of pride and status. ADI consumers are valued for their individual contributions to the business and to the community. In pragmatic terms, ADI means real jobs in a respected business where the value of workers' productivity is apparent. For local businesses it means more wage earners and a new pool of potential employees who understand the value of hard work. For the community it means a practical, proven way to get people off of government assistance and become productive members of society. Remarkably, over the past two years close to 10% of ADI's disabled employees have moved off of public entitlements.

Prior to the establishment of ADI, employment opportunities and training for persons with mental illness in El Paso and Teller Counties were limited to traditional vocational services such as developing job placement skills and job coaching. Although these services can be beneficial in their own right, they are most effective when embedded into a more comprehensive program - one that develops and supports consumers after employment is obtained. ADI, with its broad array of training, certification and service lines, offers such a program. ADI also is unique by providing an integrated, normalized work environment for its consumers. Disadvantages do not set mental health consumers apart from other employees. Unlike traditional, sheltered work settings offered by many vocational programs where 100% of the workforce is disabled, ADI's disabled and non-disabled employees work side by side to get the job done.

• ADI will deliver a strong financial performance resulting in a diverse, growth oriented organization.
• ADI will provide high quality services that exceed the expectations for our Customers.
• ADI will excel in providing cost effective, efficient and professionally competent services.
• ADI will sustain a working environment that attracts, retains and develops committed employees who share in the success of the organization.