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more about "Tables For Tasks"!
Tasks
Unlimited is a group of not-for-profit A GOOD PLACE TO WORK Tasks Unlimited programs center around paid employment. Our clients value earning their own money so they can choose where and how to spend it. Having earned income opens up many choices in many areas of their lives. Tasks provides a range of employment support services including affirmative industry jobs. Clients can skip the slow and often frustrating job search activities and begin work the first day they are with Tasks. Currently Tasks Building Services provides a variety of employment opportunities from entry level through site managers in building maintenance, home and small office remodeling, mail room services, and van driving. Employees train on the job under the guidance of trained vocational specialists and with the support of peers. A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE Just over half of our clients choose to live in a Tasks Unlimited sponsored Lodge. Living in a lodge is like living in a small extended family. Lodges are peer run and managed. Residents share both the responsibilities and benefits of living with others in caring and supportive relationships. Lodges are located in regular houses and duplexes in desirable neighborhoods throughout the Twin Cities Metropolitan area. Other Tasks clients choose to live in apartments, with their families, or in other stable living situations that meet their needs. A few have bought their own homes. Tasks provides a variety of support services to assist clients in maximizing their success in the housing of their choice. A PLACE TO GROW IN RECOVERY No one chooses to have a major mental illness, but Tasks clients have made several choices about how they live and manage their illness. Tasks provides a wide range of supports to assist in their recovery. Five year follow-up studies document that Tasks clients reduce their risk of re-hospitalization by 95%. They maintain employment, increase their income level and enjoy a better quality of life. A PLACE TO PLAY AND LAUGH AND LEARN One client put it this way: "At Tasks you work a little, play a little, eat a little, sleep a little! It makes for a well rounded life." A range of recreational and wellness related activities that match the needs, interests, schedules and budgets of Tasks’ Clients are available along with supports to use other resources in the community. A few of the choices are sports, walking, classes, crafts, museums, fairs, theater, parties, camping and travel. There are one day and weekend trips. In recent years groups have taken longer vacations to such places as the Black Hills, Yellowstone, Orlando, Washington D.C., Chicago, Canada, and Colorado.
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organizations committed to helping adults with serious and persistent
mental illness and brain disorder improve their status by promoting their
self-sufficiency. Programs serve residents of Minnesota and are located in
Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties.
