Treasurer Frerichs’s Visit to Gateway to Learning

Employment training is front and center.

Treasurer Frerichs recently visited Chicago’s Gateway to Learning (GTL) to observe participants with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they build job skills in food preparation, baking, and customer service in GTL’s commercial kitchen and Dorothy’s Can-Do Bakery & Cafe. While there, he heard first-hand from the program’s participants about their work and the impact of GTL’s programs.

After stopping by the bakery, Treasurer Frerichs welcomed attendees to the Employment, Benefits, and IL ABLE Accounts – How They Can Work Together for You presentation, featuring IL ABLE’s JJ Hanley, Jocelyn Romasanta from the Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, and GTL’s Employment Services team.

Serving Chicago’s North Side since 1974, Gateway to Learning provides lifelong learning for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, promoting active inclusion at home, at work, and in the community. To learn more about Gateway to Learning’s programs, visit gatewaytolearning.org.

Visit the Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities website to learn more about its services.