Road to Responsibility (RTR), one of the region’s largest and most successful nonprofit organizations supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, is getting high marks from employees for its education program.
RTR offers discounted tuition rates to employees taking undergraduate courses at Massachusetts state-supported schools. In addition, full-time employees have access to special reduced tuition funded by RTR for selected online bachelor’s programs.
Liz Taylor, a case manager with RTR, recently received her Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Management from the SNHU College for America Program as a result of RTR’s scholarship program.
“I’m a first-generation college graduate thanks to the support of RTR,” said Taylor. “I am truly thankful to RTR for giving me this opportunity as I never would have been able to afford tuition on my own.”
Several RTR employees have earned Master’s Degrees in Autism Studies and Applied Behavior Analysis from Endicott College, including Program Director Kelly Cichocki who said, “I began working at RTR after receiving my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and considered continuing on for my Master’s, but the idea of going back to school while working full time and raising a family seemed impossible.”
When RTR began to offer employees the opportunity to receive a Master’s through Endicott College with a more than generous tuition package, Cichocki “couldn’t pass it up.”
“Thanks to the support of RTR I have my Master’s Degree in Autism and Applied Behavior Analysis, allowing me to expand my knowledge and better serve the individuals we support at RTR,” she said.
“From associate to master’s programs, RTR can help employees pursue personal learning and career goals,” said Christopher T. White, Ed.D., president and CEO of Road to Responsibility. “We are delighted with the number of staff members who have, are, and will take good advantage of these educational opportunities.”
About Road to Responsibility, Inc.
Celebrating over 30 years of making lives better, Road to Responsibility, Inc. (RTR) was established in 1988 with the overarching belief that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve to have full, rich, and rewarding lives in the community, and therefore works to provide the means, the opportunity, and the support necessary to allow citizens with disabilities to take their place as productive members of the community. RTR offers residential, work/employment, day habilitation and other day supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RTR supports individuals with very diverse needs, including those with significant challenges who would otherwise go unserved if not for RTR. It succeeds where other organizations often fail, through the use of an integrated clinical behavioral approach. This model has proven successful and yielded positive results for the organization and the individuals served.
Road to Responsibility offers services to almost all the towns and communities throughout the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts, operates 49 residences as well as co-operative and supportive living apartments, and manages nine day-service locations that focus on education, employment, and community enrichment. Road to Responsibility’s main office is located at 1831 Ocean Street, Marshfield, MA. For more information, please visit www.roadtoresponsibility.org.
