GREEN COVE SPRINGS – Challenge Enterprises is excited to announce its participation in National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM). Led by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, the initiative celebrates workers with different abilities and emphasizes the importance of creating a workforce that supports those abilities.

Challenge Enterprises embraces this year’s theme, “Advancing Access and Equity”, to promote the power and potential of workers living with disabilities.

“Challenge Enterprises is proud to announce that employees with disabilities who work jobs on federal government sites in North Florida and South Georgia earned wages over $2 million last year serving active and retired military, veterans, dependents and other governmental agencies,” said Nancy Keating, CEO of Challenge Enterprises.

The organization is hosting a social media campaign to raise awareness of NDEAM and to foster conversations about disability employment. The aim is to empower employees and inform employers.

Challenge Enterprises invites businesses to join them as they champion the NDEAM 2023 Initiative. In doing so, businesses have much to gain. Embracing individuals with unique abilities impart their unique ideas, experiences and perspectives. Businesses would be taking steps alongside community organizations, government entities, advocacy groups and schools to make workplaces worldwide an inclusive, productive space for everyone.

“Kindred Hospital, Penney Retirement Community, Walgreens, Seagrass Village, WAWA and many other businesses have embraced Challenge Enterprises and inclusion in the workspace by providing internships, first-time job opportunities and on-the-job training programs,” said Katie Vineyard, COO for Challenge Enterprises.