Politics & Government
Cumming Approves Special-Needs Adult Program
The program is designed to help with job training and socialization, as well as identifying work opportunities.
CUMMING, GA -- Cumming's city council has approved a new program for special-needs adults.
At its March meeting, the council unanimously voted in favor of a lease agreement with Creative Enterprises, a Lawrenceville-based nonprofit that provides day programs for special-needs adults.
Under the agreement, Creative Enterprises will start a satellite program for residents of Cumming and Forsyth County in the old Cumming Recreation Building on Pilgrim Mill Road.
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The group will pay $1 a year for the lease.
The Cumming program will be overseen by Lisa Bennett, who taught special education at Forsyth County schools for 20 years and served as an administrator for the school system's special education department for another 14 years.
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The program is designed to lessen the barriers to employment for special-needs adults through training, socialization and work opportunities.
"This is something families in the city and county have needed for a long time," Bennett said at the meeting.
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