The Possibility Project · Founding Partners
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Why this exists
"You will not handicap my child. Nobody will."
Whitney Hancock is a behavioral therapist and the mother of a son with Down syndrome. Four hours after he was born, a nurse listed everything he might never do. This campus is her answer.
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00:00 I'm Whitney Hancock and I'm the founder of the WorkAbility Group. I just wanted to give you a little rundown of why my husband and I have started the WorkAbility Group. We were surprised to have a child with Down syndrome. We didn't know. There were no signs on any of our ultrasounds or anything that he
00:20 would be born with Down syndrome. And so on the very first day, we found out. And it is shocking to find out that your child will have a disability. And I just remember telling the nurse, because she was very negative. And I was really surprised about the negativity that she was talking about, because I've known people with Down
00:45 syndrome and they're amazing people and they do so much. But her whole main thing was, "Your child might not ever walk, might not ever talk. Your child might not ever get to do any of this. You don't know." And I looked her in the eye and I said flat
01:04 out to her, "You will not handicap my child. Nobody will. He will be able to do whatever he wants." And so that has been my philosophy from literally 4 hours after he was born, because he went to the NICU. So I didn't get to see him right away. And so to have people in this world not see the ability that people with disabilities have is what we
01:32 want to change. We want to show the capability of everyone. I have been a behavioral therapist for the past few years and I've worked with a variety of clients and I could see the need for a program like this, because there is nothing out there like this. This was built because I want to see my child succeed
01:56 and for my child to have the opportunities to be trained to have a job, and also to see my clients who had the negative space of "I can't do that" to also see their abilities and what they can do, and be given an opportunity to showcase their abilities. The WorkAbility Group is a nonprofit organization that we provide on-the-job,
02:27 therapy-based training. So we will be opening up a coffee shop here in Spanish Fork and hopefully in other places, fingers crossed, soon. And our goal is to give our friends with Down syndrome and autism and mobility and any disability that wants to work a job. And they will have therapists that will be right there next to them that
02:55 will help them all along the way. We want to build this bridge because a lot of the support that our kiddos with special needs get in school ends in their 20s. And it's kind of sad because they're given all of the support and then all of a sudden it disappears and they don't have it anymore and they get
03:23 lost. They call it the transition cliff. And the transition cliff is the cliff that they fall off of because they don't have their support from schools and they don't have support from their job programs after schools, because they only get a certain amount of time there. And so we want to be the bridge for that
03:45 transition cliff. We want to give them the support, give them a job, help them find a job if they don't want to work in a coffee shop. That's just our flagship. If they don't want to work in a coffee shop, that's fine. That's just our training ground. We wanted something simple yet complicated. We wanted
04:06 customer service face to face. And we wanted to make it so that this is something that they could do. And our goal is to make them the best that they can be, that they go out and they find other jobs and they can take what we've taught them, or they can take their therapist out to other jobs with them to work. This is building supports that we
04:34 hope they will be able to independently go on without their therapist or without a mentor. We just want to see everyone succeed. And our program is based on love, life learned, and just the love of the community and just wanting to see everyone succeed, because not everyone's given the opportunity. And we hope that
05:00 we will be able to provide jobs for as many people that want to work, anybody that wants to work. If you're nonverbal, we got it. We've got something for you. You can come and work. We will have it. You'll be able to help customers because we know that you can. And we just really want you to feel loved and supported and
05:26 be a part of the WorkAbility Group, because we're working with your ability.
A letter to our founding partners
I've been a behavioral therapist for years. I've watched clients who were told "you can't" find out they could, given the chance. I've also watched what happens at the transition cliff: school supports end in their twenties, the job programs run out of time, and people who were growing get lost.
There is nothing out there like what we're building. A working café, Whole Latte Love, where our friends with Down syndrome, autism, mobility differences, any disability, work alongside neurotypical teammates for real wages, with a therapist right next to them. The café is our flagship and our training ground, not the endpoint. The goal is that people leave us for other jobs and don't need us anymore.
Founding partners get something no later sponsor can: your name on the first campus of a model built to travel. The wall, the rooms, the grounds, the building. Every gift gets a place on the founding sponsor wall. And every naming gift gets a written agreement, so what we promise is what you get.
— Whitney Hancock, founder
Registered Behavior Technician · mother of a son with Down syndrome · Spanish Fork, Utah
Founding partner tiers
Six ways in. One wall with every name on it.
| Tier | Gift | What it names or funds |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy Possibility Project Partner | $5M+ | Naming rights, entrance monument, lifetime recognition |
| Building Partner | $3M | Naming rights on the therapy and training building |
| Land Partner | $2.5M | Naming recognition for the campus grounds |
| Innovation Partners | $250K – $1M | Sponsor the café, a sensory room, or a training space |
| Community Builders | $25K – $250K | Equipment, furnishings, and program supports · employee volunteer day at the café · early access to our hiring pipeline of graduating participants |
| Founding Friends | Every gift | A place on the founding sponsor wall |
Naming opportunities and sponsor recognition described above are illustrative and subject to availability, board approval, and execution of a written gift agreement. Final recognition terms, including duration and scope, will be set forth in that agreement.
Recognition follows IRS sponsorship-acknowledgment rules: your name, logo, and a thank-you, never advertising.
Gifts under $1,000 can be made instantly on our Donate page.
WorkAbility Group is a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN 41-4787223). Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please consult your tax advisor regarding your specific situation. If your gift includes event tickets, meals, or other benefits, the deductible portion will be stated in your written acknowledgment.
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