Larimer program aims to lower jobless rate for disabled

FORT COLLINS — A nonprofit group in Larimer County is hoping to lower the unemployment rate for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Those adults face a startling unemployment rate – between 80 percent and 90 percent, a number that stands in stark contrast to Larimer County’s low unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Fort Collins-based Arc of Larimer County, through its Everybody Works Initiative, is aiming to close that gap with a training series called “Human Resources and The Americans with Disabilities Act.”

Training sessions will be held Oct. 28 and Nov. 11…