REED News
Greens Do Good and Finn Ban, our Workforce Development Program intern, were recently featured in NJ Spotlight News.
Check out the video by New Jersey Spotlight news that provides an inside look at the job opportunities Greens Do Good offers to adults with autism, training to teens REED Next is a nonprofit that provides assistance to adults on the autism spectrum. One of its latest initiatives is Greens Do Good,...
A ‘sense of pride and hope’: Hackensack farm employs adults with autism
This article was originally published on NorthJersey.com on April 19, 2021. The small, 3,000-square-foot warehouse at the end of Oak Street in Hackensack is filled with big ideas. It houses Greens Do Good, a vertical hydroponic farm where greens such as kale, basil and cilantro are planted, cared...
GREENS DO GOOD AWARDED GRANT FROM SOMEONE ELSE’S CHILD TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
The daily structure and personal fulfillment of a job well done is an integral part of life—one that is just as essential for individuals with autism as it is for any other adult. Yet, nearly half of 25-year-olds with autism have never held a paying job. A grant from Someone Else’s Child will...
This school for students with autism stayed open during pandemic and had no COVID cases
OAKLAND — While most schools continue to wrestle with virtual learning and hybrid schedules because of COVID-19, a school for students on the autism spectrum has managed to remain open, offer daily in-person learning, and all without any COVID cases. REED Academy in Oakland had no choice but to...
