Transition Programs
A pathway from classroom to career.
Transition should not be a countdown. It should be a curriculum. Our programs move students from discovery to focus to launch — with the skills, hours, and confidence to step into working life.
Ages 16–19
Career Discovery
Students rotate through the academies, build a working vocabulary of professional skills, and begin a portfolio. The emphasis is exposure, confidence, and identifying strengths.
- Academy rotations
- Workplace communication
- Portfolio foundations
- Self-advocacy
Ages 18–21
Career Focus
Students commit to a pathway, take on production responsibilities inside the student-operated businesses, and step into community-based learning experiences.
- Chosen academy focus
- Community-based learning
- Documented work hours
- Interview preparation
Ages 21+
Career Launch
Young adults refine their craft, take leadership roles on campus, and prepare for placement with employer partners and independent living milestones.
- Leadership roles
- Employer experiences
- Independence skills
- Placement planning
The Framework
Six pillars behind every student's plan.
Career Exploration
Structured exposure to nine fields before a student ever has to choose one.
Work-Based Learning
Real production, real customers, real deadlines inside student-operated businesses.
Employment Preparation
Résumés, interviews, workplace culture, transportation, and follow-through.
Independent Living
Money, time, communication, and the daily systems that make adulthood workable.
Community-Based Instruction
Learning that happens off campus, in the places students will one day work.
Family Partnership
Regular progress conversations so families always know what comes next.
In developmentProgram tracks, schedules, and partnership structures are being finalized as Hope Harbor Works prepares to open. We are actively working toward the partnerships and approvals that support district placement — none of which are complete today. Follow our launch.
Career Readiness Prep
The skills that turn training into a paycheck.
Alongside the academies, every student works through a career readiness curriculum: building a résumé, practicing interviews, and becoming genuinely capable on the computer programs today's workplaces run on.
Résumé & Portfolio
Every student leaves with a real résumé, a cover letter template, and a digital portfolio of the work they produced inside the academies — photographed, written, and formatted by the student.
- Résumé drafting and revision
- Cover letters and references
- Digital work portfolio
- Job applications, online and in person
Interview & Workplace Skills
We rehearse the moments that decide a hire: the handshake, the questions, the follow-up email — and the daily habits that keep a job once it starts.
- Mock interviews with employer partners
- Professional communication
- Self-advocacy and disclosure choices
- Attendance, schedules, and follow-through
Computer & Digital Skills
Technology instruction is hands-on and job-shaped. Students learn the programs employers actually open on day one, at the pace and with the supports they need.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook
- Google Docs, Sheets, Slides & Gmail
- Canva and design basics for real client work
- Email etiquette, file management & cloud storage
- Point-of-sale, scheduling and inventory systems
- Online safety, passwords, and digital identity
Financial & Independent Living
Career readiness only holds if the rest of adult life holds with it — money, transportation, and the systems that keep a paycheck working for the student.
- Banking, budgeting and pay stubs
- Transportation and travel training
- Time management systems
- Benefits awareness with family support
Our Continuum of Support
We start at 16. We don't stop at 21.
Hope Harbor Works serves students ages 16–21 and young adults 21 and older. We walk with each person through career preparation until they are ready to transition into work — and we keep walking with them afterward, guiding them through supported employment and ongoing case management.
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Ages 16–21
Enrollment & Career Discovery
Students join us at 16 and stay through 21. They rotate through the academies, build a portfolio, and grow the professional habits that transition planning is supposed to produce — alongside their IEP team and family.
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Ages 21+
Adult Career Programs
Turning 21 doesn't end the relationship. Young adults continue with us in adult career programming — deepening a craft, taking on leadership, building independence, and working toward the level of readiness their goals require.
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When they're ready
Transition Into Work
We don't push students out on a calendar date. When a student is genuinely ready, we walk them into employment — résumé, interviews, employer introductions, transportation, first day, first ninety days.
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For as long as it's needed
Supported Employment & Case Management
After placement, we keep walking with them. Job coaching on site, check-ins with the employer, problem-solving when something changes, and ongoing case management so a student never has to start over alone.
Coming Soon
Be part of the beginning.
Hope Harbor Works is preparing to open. Founding families receive launch updates, private information sessions, and the first invitations to campus tours.
See the village for yourself.
Tour the academies while students are working. Bring your questions, your IEP, and your hopes for what comes next.