Our Story
For five decades we have been developing the means and opportunities for individuals, companies, and communities to discover how well we succeed when belonging and access are opened to us all.
Imagine the best relationships in your life. The relationships in which you feel seen, heard, and valued for who you are. Relationships where you contribute as much as you receive. Just being around these relationships makes you feel more confident, more connected, more yourself; More equipped to contribute your all.
In reality, this community of connection is not accessible to everyone. Some individuals are not yet valued for their strengths, and when this happens, everyone loses out. At Viability, together with our program participants and employer and education partners, we prove daily that embracing different abilities is a super-power where everyone wins.
OUR MISSION
Build a world in which individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages realize acceptance, inclusion, and access.
OUR VISION
Be a community of program participants and staff making inclusion and access of individuals with disabilities or disadvantages a way for people, businesses, and communities to succeed together.
Our network of services are designed to promote access, equity, and inclusion for individuals with disabilities and other disadvantages. Our programs connect individuals’ choices, strengths, and goals with options for employment, job training, skill-building, and community living. The result is a community of connection that is richer for all.
Sum of Our Parts
Our agency’s strength lies in proven approaches for developing each individual’s capabilities while growing the capabilities of communities and employers to thrive through inclusion. Viability comprises 425+ caring, effective staff eager to welcome new program participants and members, alongside 4,000 current members who are served daily across 34 sites throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Oklahoma and New York. As an organization committed to high standards and best practices, we are GuideStar Gold, accredited by CARF and certified by Clubhouse International.
Featured Staff
Frederick Oballa
Our Board Of Directors
Francis Fitzgerald
CHAIR
Vice President, Property Management
Opal Real Estate Group
STEVE DEAN
Vice Chair
DC General Manager II
Advance Auto
THOMAS BIENKOWSKI
Secretary/Clerk
Retired Engineer
TIMOTHY J. MARINI
CHAIR EMERITUS
Hub International
CHARLENE SMOLKOWICZ
Treasurer
Commercial Credit Manager
Freedom Credit Union
COLLEEN HOLMES
Non-Voting Member
President and CEO
Viability Inc.
LIA SPILIOTES
STEPHEN L. SOBEY
Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C.
Melissa English
Senior Audit Manager
MP Group
Make a Positive Change
YOU can be a part of breaking down societal barriers and ensuring opportunities for our program members to live, learn, work, and thrive in their communities and the world by contributing your voice or making a donation.
