December 26, 2005Vocation Celebration, by Jed Kirschbaum, The Baltimore Sun & BaltimoreSun.com
November 17, 2005Pax hosts first Disability Mentoring Day, by Jim Jenkins, Naval Air Station Patuxent River TesterNaval Air Station Patuxent River's Equal Employment Opportunity Office, participating in Disability Mentoring Day for the first time, paired DORS consumers with mentors for job shadowing in areas ranging from Communications to Chemistry.
October 21, 2005Job seekers with disabilities find new careers, by Alison Walker, Frederick News-Post For Disability Mentoring Day, Ft. Detrick gave DORS consumers the opportunity to meet with representatives from 13 government agencies who reviewed their resumes and conducted mock interviews.
October 20, 2005DORS helps disabled explore career possibilities, by Monique Lewis, The Daily TimesDORS provided 27 high school students and young adults with the opportunity to visit Salisbury area business professionals as part of National Disability Mentoring Day.
October 1, 2005DORS at Winters Mill High School Pilot Program Brings a Transition Counselor In-house by Nancy Knisley, Baltimore's Child: A Special Edition 2005-2006DORS transition counselor Meghan Lintz has an office at Winters Mill High School as part of a DORS pilot program to aid high school youth with disabilities transitioning to work or college.
October 1, 2005The Division of Rehabilitation Services Helps Young People with Training and Employment by Amy Landsman, Baltimore's Child: A Special Edition 2005-2006The family of Prince George's Co. 10th Grader Amy Boluda explores the services DORS has available for transitioning youth.
October 1, 2005Independent Living: A Residential Program Teaches Community Living Skills by Amy Landsman, Baltimore's Child: A Special Edition 2005-2006A tour of WTC's Community Living Skills Training facility, which teaches and enhances skills for independent living to help people with disabilities prepare for their lives after high school.
September 30, 2005Three Oaks starts cooking by Susan Craton, The EnterpriseDORS consumers participate in a new culinary arts training program taught at the Three Oaks Center for the homeless in Leonardtown.
August 1, 2005RISE to the Occasion by Jo Ann Goldberger, ChamberWORKSThe Carroll Co. Chamber of Commerce profiles four men with cognitive disabilities (Matthew Adler, Adam Dunn, Mark Kendall & Greg Prater) who started their own businesses with the help of RISE and DORS.
July 27, 2005Breaking down job barriers for the deaf community by Jamie Rosen, The Montgomery County Gazette After two years as a pilot program, Project Career will become a permanent Montgomery County employment resource. Project participants Shawna Jackson, Lya Rueda, Siau K. Lioe and Christiana Wurjaningrum, who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, are profiled.
July 18, 2005Turning Point Receives Participation Award, Hagerstown Morning HeraldTurning Point of Washington County has received an award for its participation in the Johnson & Johnson - Dartmouth Community Mental Health Program to help people with mental illnesses join the workforce.
June 30, 2005Businesses Honored for Their Work with Turning Point by Marie Gilbert, Hagerstown Morning HeraldTurning Point of Washington County honored area employers participating in a program to employ workers with cognitive disabilities and mental illness.
May 22, 2005Virginia Ave. business owner honored by SBA, Cumberland Times-NewsThe Small Business Administration honored Robert Sinclair, who with DORS help started his own art gallery and gift store after a long sereis of physical and mental illnesses, as a runner up for Disabled Small Business Owner of the Year.
May 20, 2005Prater win business award, Carroll County TimesGreg Prater, who started Greg's Vending Machines with the help of DORS, the RISE Program and the Arc of Carroll County, is named the Small Business Administration's Disabled Small Business Person of the Year for 2005.
May 6-12, 2005SBA Awards: Disabled Small Business Person of the Year by Lauren Himiak, Baltimore Business JournalGreg Prater, who started Greg's Vending Machines with the help of DORS, the RISE Program and the Arc of Carroll County, is named the Small Business Administration's Disabled Small Business Person of the Year for 2005.
February 2, 2005Education department forms new office for visually impaired, The Calvert IndependentMSDE/DORS announces the formation of the Office for Blindness & Vision Services.
January 27, 2005Arc accomplishments: four men open businesses through RISE by Carolynne Fitzpatrick, The Carroll County GazetteFour consumers of the Arc of Carroll County start their own businesses through the RISE Program.