LEAP Program
The Learn, Earn and Prosper (LEAP) program mission is to provide youth who are blind or visually impaired with the skills needed to become independent, confident, and productive young adults.
LEAP is an intensive, four-week program during which six youth live with an adult Crew Leader in an apartment-style suite. Throughout the experience, they learn skills that are essential to living independently. Members will learn to use adaptive equipment to cook meals, shop for groceries, use public transportation, do laundry, and live as a community.
Additionally, LEAP members will gain employment skills by participating in one of five vocational training programs at ReCycle North. Through these programs, the youth will learn professional and interpersonal skills while helping ReCycle North accomplish its three-part mission of waste reduction, job skills training, and poverty relief.
- LEAP is a partnership between the VYCC and the following organizations: