THE OCCUPATIONS, INC. SYSTEM

The OCCUPATIONS, INC. 2006 Annual Report in PDF Format.

Occupations, Inc. was founded in 1963 by the parents of seven developmentally disabled youth desiring employment opportunities for their children. The parents worked with area educators to establish a place where their children could learn valuable, marketable skills. They contracted for jobs with area businesses and established a work center specializing in packaging and assembly. The primary goal of the program was to help their children become as independent as possible, earning their own way in the community, resulting in increased self-esteem and pride in a job well done.

Now, to nearly forty years later, the Occupations, Inc. System, one of Orange County’s largest human services providers, is a successful, complex, highly respected, progressive and competitive community-based rehabilitation agency that provides over 14,000 children, adults and families each year with high quality care and confidential treatment. All of Occupations, Inc.’s services can be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through one toll-free call to the Service Access Center at 1-888-750-2266. 

CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Three entities comprise the Occupations, Inc. system:

• Occupations, Inc. (OI) is a community-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit rehabilitation organization, dedicated to improving the lives of over 12,000 Orange County residents each year. With over 440 employees at multiple locations throughout Orange County, Occupations, Inc. is led by 11 senior staff members and a 17-member Board of Directors. 

• New Dynamics Corporation (NDC) is a not-for-profit sister corporation of Occupations, Inc., formed in 1997. New Dynamics provides employment opportunities for more than 40 disabled and non-disabled employees through its government and commercial contracts for products and services. NDC is governed by a 7-member Board of Directors, and managed via agreement by Occupations’ executive staff.

• Orange County Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (OCRS) is the not-for-profit parent corporation of Occupations, Inc. and New Dynamics Corporation. OCRS was formed in 1997 to offer oversight to Occupations, Inc. and New Dynamics Corporation and is governed by a 9-member Board of Trustees.

SERVICES

Unified by shared values and a common vision, the Occupations, Inc.’s network of services is broad, diverse, complex and seamless. We take pride in offering wrap-around services for our consumers and frequently coordinate with other agencies and providers to ensure the best possible outcome for our consumers.

ADMINISTRATION 

The entire Occupations, Inc. System is guided by a vibrant vision that is upheld by tremendous board and staff leadership and talented, dedicated, professional employees who make it their life’s mission to provide individualized and caring services to each person with whom they work. 

Two executive leaders and a senior leadership team of nine bear primary responsibility for crafting and implementing a collaborative and results-oriented Corporate Plan, and for providing strategic leadership to over 500 staff, including middle leaders, clinical, child welfare, rehabilitation and industrial professionals and other direct care and administrative staff. Occupations, Inc. takes pride in its highly effective fiscal administration, managing with integrity the public and private funds with which it is entrusted. Administrative costs are 11% of the total budget, and fully 89% of the $25 million budget in 2005 was expended to provide services benefiting people in need. The multi-corporate budget for 2006 is $36 million. 

With more than 500 employees at several locations throughout Orange County, the Occupations, Inc. System is a fast-growing and flexible organization combining professional and career development with a positive, creative, enthusiastic and family-friendly environment. The Occupations, Inc. system achieves community visibility through its fund raising, education and advocacy efforts, the activities of its staff (many of whom hold positions of leadership within professional organizations), its lead role as a service provider for many county, state and federal contracts, and the unique depth and breadth of services offered to the community.