Bayaud Enterprises

Since 1981, Bayaud Enterprises has been creating jobs for our constituents, providing training for future employment, and generating revenue to support programming and general operations. Current ventures include:abilityone federal contracts that provide integrated competitive employment for disabled adults who work alongside non-disabled workers to perform the same job duties. More than one dozen federal agencies contract with Bayaud to provide custodial, mailroom, warehouse management, and patient transport among other services. More than 75% of Bayaud's 120 abilityone employees have one or more significant disabilities, and all have access to Bayaud services.document & hard drive destruction services provide permanent jobs for employees living with disabilities that also generates revenue, new employment opportunities and has a positive environmental impact. Of the more than one dozen adults employed by this venture, 33% (6) have one or more documented disabilities. This nationally licensed operation serves 2,300 businesses to recycle and bale enough paper and other materials to save 25,000 trees and 10 million gallons of water annually.bayaud works creates jobs and job training to provide essential services that include: Bayaud Enterprises staffing team (best) a "try before you hire" temporary competitive staffing approach for commercial employers that reduces barriers for hiring a permanent employee by minimizing time commitment and costs to employers in comparison to other temporary staffing companies;environmental services include custodial and make-ready (unit-turn) services for residential and commercial, private, public and non-profit customers; that has created 18 new jobs for Bayaud participants; andunarmed security services for private, public and non-profit customers.workforce development center (rehabilitation) provides individualized assessments for job placement including development of compensatory skills, resume/interview preparation, and vocational guidance for 300 adults with disabilities or other barriers to employment to become "competitively" employable. This program area also operates a product assembly microbusiness to provide temporary on-the-job training opportunities for people with disabilities to learn and grow work-related skills that produces 17,000 products for sale.

Navigation services offer a variety of resources to 600 participants on their path to self-sufficiency via:public benefits acquisition: Bayaud navigators assist participants with applications for public benefits, such as aid to needy disabled (and), temporary assistance to needy families (tanf) for 250 clients, including social security insurance/social security disability insurance (ssi/ssdi). Ssi/ssdi applicants were approved for benefits at rates that exceed the national average.housing & resource navigation: housing navigators assist 70 long-term at-risk residents living with mental, physical, or intellectual disabilities by helping them remain sheltered in permanent supportive housing. Resource navigators link constituents to external community resources for health care, housing, and other services.mental health counseling: licensed therapists provide mental health and substance use counseling and connect participants to long-term counseling services. Emergency/supplemental food and personal hygiene supplies are provided weekly to 100 households per month, which includes approximately 200 children and adults.

Center for opportunity, rehabilitation, and employment (core) offers a variety of employment services that include:job placement: employment specialists work with 200 participants to complete a battery of assessments to define employment goals with a laser-like focus on job placement, either within Bayaud social Enterprises or with 100+ employer-partners. Employment specialists placed 100 adults in permanent jobs and provided one-on-one job retention support or address employer concerns for the first 90 days. Assessments of long-term job retention experience are used to evaluate program outcomes. Dayworks: partners with cities and counties to provide 500 adults experiencing homelessness with transitional work experience with same day pay, on-the-job-training, job placement, case management, and other essential services. This program has operated in denver since 2016 and also operated in adams county, at the denver airport, and the city of lakewood.mobile community services: mobile laundry and shower services alleviate barriers to job search, housing security, and school attendance for more than 2,300 single adults and families experiencing homelessness with clean clothing and personal hygiene. In fy2023, the trucks and trailers traveled accross the denver metro area to 10 sites on a weekly basis.enterprising women giving circle provides scholarships for 15 women seeking to advance self-sufficiency through education, employment, or small business ownership.