Company Overview

Opportunity for Work and Learning (OWL) was created in 1961. Our mission has always been focused on employing people with disabilities. Over the years, we broadened our focus to community-based employment services, offering competitive integrated employment and training opportunities to people who face barriers to those opportunities. We contract with the Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) as a Community Rehabilitation Provider (CRP) and organizations like Source America to provide supported employment services to individuals who face obstacles to gainful employment.

OWL impact lives and strengthen communities by building a supported and inclusive workforce. We discover our qualified job seekers’ strengths, develop their skills, and connect them to integrated employers. Our personalized approach allows us to tailor programs and supports to each participant, helping them achieve the best possible employment outcomes.

OWL offers a variety of services geared toward helping individuals prepare for, obtain, and maintain long-term employment. Through vocational assessments & evaluations, soft skills training, work experiences and adjustment, supported employment services, coaching, and ongoing support, we help participants build on their strengths, connect with meaningful employment, and achieve lasting success in the workforce.

Our sister company, Lexington Manufacturing Center (LMC), has long been apart of our mission by providing work-based learning experiences and employment opportunities.

While our vision and scope of impact changed some over the years, connecting people with opportunities for long-term successful employment and supporting them in obtaining and maintaining employment remains at the heart of everything we do.