Shriver Group Consulting

Case studies: the work behind the advice

Our consulting draws on firsthand experience building jobs, training, and community partnerships for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). These stories show what we built, what we learned, and how those lessons can help another community move forward.

Kelley and Joey smiling in their Rise Up Cafe aprons

Inclusive enterprise

Rise Up Cafe

A downtown cafe where people with IDD earned wages, practiced new skills, and showed customers what they could do. The experience also revealed what it takes to create opportunities beyond one shop.

Read the Rise Up Cafe story
Nicole and Chris beside a Sunnyside Village van with a cleaning brush

Community partnership

Sunnyside Village

Across a senior living campus, Inclusion Revolution, Sunnyside Village, and The Haven explore useful roles, support participants, and work toward good matches for paid employment.

Read the Sunnyside Village story