The Arc Minnesota’s Peer to Peer Mentor Program helps people with disabilities and their support networks as they explore job options. Through supported exploration, people with disabilities make informed and self-directed decisions about their future.
As Minnesota employers move away from subminimum wage and into a competitive integrated employment (CIE) model, we are creating a Minnesota that honors everyone by advancing the leadership of people with disabilities and employment.
Competitive integrated employment (CIE) is any job where people with disabilities earn the same pay and opportunities as those without disabilities.
Led by The Arc Minnesota, the Peer to Peer Mentor Program is a multiagency effort to further the Minnesota Transformation Initiative Technical Assistance Center (MTI) contract with the Department of Human Services.
We’re actively searching for both individual and family mentors! Read on for more information.
If you want to become a mentor please contact Olivia Lape at olivialape@arcminnesota.org
We need your help! Mentorship is flexible and based on your needs and schedule. Peer mentors and family mentors receive training for their new role and a stipend for their time. A stipend is a fixed amount of money to cover costs or time.
The Arc Minnesota is looking for people with jobs that pay at least minimum wage to become peer mentors.
Peer mentors help other people with disabilities on their job journeys. A peer mentor gives support to people who are exploring their job options.
Mentors offer support by sharing their own job success stories. They also listen to people’s stories and answer their questions about employment.
The Arc Minnesota’s Peer to Peer Mentor Program is looking for family mentors! If your family member is competitively employed, consider becoming a family mentor. By sharing your family’s stories you help others see that competitive employment is possible.
Family members of people who are competitively employed are also part of the Peer to Peer Mentor Program.
Family members share their journeys. They also share job resources, information, and success stories.
Sharing stories and information encourages and supports other families navigating employment options.