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Non- Profit
Puzzle Pieces’ mission is to provide a safe environment for individuals with intellectual disabilities and promote independence, life skills, community access and involvement, social interaction, communication, selfworth and trust-building relationships between clients, staff and families. There was much for Puzzle Pieces to celebrate in 2019. In August, organization officials announced that the non-profit would consolidate its Puzzle Pieces and Center Piece operations under one roof at 2401 New Hartford Road by the end of 2019 and then open the Owen Autism center in spring 2020. The expansion is expected to add about 30 new jobs over the course of the next several years. Puzzle Pieces founder and executive director Amanda Owen was also instrumental in establishing the OBKY Coalition for Workforce Diversity, an initiative to identify barriers to employment for people with disabilities and to support them in their effort to find work.
(from left) Kathy Hempel, business! director; Kelly Harper, social and! community programming director;! Quincy Tutt, residential and vocational training director; and Amanda Owen,! founder/executive director
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