Organization
Adelante Development Center
Albuquerque-based nonprofit founded in 1978 providing employment, residential, day programme, and vocational services to people with disabilities and older adults across central New Mexico. Adelante operates over 40 sites and runs a statewide assistive technology reuse programme connecting donated equipment to people who need it.
About
Adelante Development Center has provided comprehensive disability services in New Mexico since 1978. Operating across more than 40 sites in central New Mexico, it is one of the state's largest disability service organizations, serving more than 55,000 people annually.
What They Do
Adelante offers employment services, residential support, day programmes, vocational training, and life skills development for people with disabilities. Its Back in Use programme accepts donated assistive technology — wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds, communication devices — and connects those items to people across New Mexico who need them at no cost.
Who They Serve
Adelante primarily serves adults with developmental disabilities, mental illness, physical disabilities, and veterans with disabilities in the Albuquerque metro area and surrounding counties of central New Mexico.
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