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Ron Ferris, Operations Manager at Mid-Hudson Works in Poughkeepsie, visits Radio Rotary to describe how this unique 75-year-old nonprofit helps veterans and persons with disabilities find work in the Hudson Valley. In 1947 as World War II veterans, many still in their early 20s or even younger, returned home and needed work, IBM (then International Business Machines) started a program to train these veterans, many of whom had never held a job outside the armed services. Today this work continues in a huge brick building on Washington Street in Poughkeepsie, a place that hires, trains, and places today\u2019s veterans along with others who may need training for such work as packing or assembling, skills useful in the many distribution centers of the Mid-Hudson region. Paying work also takes place within the building, providing a useful aid for local businesses.

Learn more:

Mid-Hudson Works: https://midhudsonworks.org/

Mental Health America of Dutchess Country: https://mhadutchess.org/

MHA Veterans Programs: https://mhadutchess.org/services/vet2vet/

Dutchess Country Veterans\u2019 Services: https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/Veteran-Services/Veterans-Services.htm

Think Dutchess (Dutchess Alliance for Business): https://thinkdutchess.com/

CATEGORIES

Business Assistance

Developmentally Disabled

Service Organizations

Veterans

WORDS TO LINK: Veterans, Training, Employment Opportunities