Employment Solutions is a non-profit organization which assists people with significant employment barriers throughout the Bluegrass Region to become self-sufficient while providing companies with effective ways to meet the needs of business.

Description:
Employment Solutions operates seven divisions that assist people with barriers to employment:

Fresh Approach processes fresh vegetable and fruit products that are sold to restaurants and food distributors.

QBox produces corrugated boxes and packaging materials and performs assembly operations for local manufactures and businesses. The workforces of both Fresh Approach and QBox are primarily composed of people with severe disabilities.

One World Studio provides opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in various forms creative expression as well as an entrepreneurial outlet for the sale of artistic creations.

Moving and Improving provides health and fitness programming for people with severe disabilities.

Bluegrass Career Services (BCS) provides permanent job placement and on-the-job support to people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.

Employment Solutions Personnel (ESP) provides temporary employment for various needy persons and in particular Hispanic residents who speak limited or no English.

The College for Technical Education (CTE) provides occupational within three skill areas that include Administrative Assistant Culinary Arts and Building & Maintenance Technician.

History:
Our organization was originally created by the Bluegrass Association for Retarded Citizens (today Arc of the Bluegrass) and was known as Metro Industrial Services. The mission of Metro Industrial Services was to provide sheltered workshop employment for people with mental retardation. In 1982 this entity was spun off into an independent organization known as Metro Industries. Having greatly expanded that original mission, our corporate name was changed to Employment Solutions in 1998.

Contact people:

Rick Christman, Chief Executive Officer, (phone), (email) Sharon Marsee, Director Employment Solutions Personnel, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (859) 272-5155

Address:

1165 Centre Parkway, Suite 120 Lexington, KY 40517 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.employmentsolutionsinc.org,www.cte.edu