For Local Business Owners & Managers

Partner With Innovative Academy

Give a student real work experience — at zero cost to your business.

Innovative Academy places students and clients with disabilities into structured, DVR-funded on-the-job learning experiences — Work-Based Learning Experiences (WBLE) and On-the-Job Training (OJT) — at local business worksites like yours. Every placement is designed to build real, transferable job skills toward competitive integrated employment.

Become a Worksite Partner See how it works

Why Businesses Partner With Us

What you get as a worksite partner

Zero Cost, Fully Insured

Hosting a participant costs your business nothing. Innovative Academy covers workers’ compensation insurance for every placement, so there’s no cost or liability exposure on your end.

Community Impact & Future Talent

Partnering positions your business as a champion of inclusive hiring in your community, while giving you a firsthand look at motivated, trained potential future employees — no obligation to hire.

Simple, Supported, Low-Lift

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us about your business

    Fill out the quick form below — it only takes a few minutes.

  2. 2

    We make the match

    We match a participant to your worksite and handle the agreement and paperwork.

  3. 3

    We support the placement

    Innovative Academy supports the placement from day one — you just provide the work experience.

Become a Worksite Partner