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Aitkin County

Developmental Achievement Center

Cultivating Success

Our Mission

The DAC helps plant the seeds for success by fostering growth for people with disabilities through creative solutions and customized support. We are dedicated to providing exceptional supports to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve success.

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Would you or someone you know like our support?

Give our administrative office a call!

(218) 928-8138

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Services

Our many available services include:

A community based employment program supporting individuals as they choose career paths, participate in work and develop entrepreneurial opportunities.

Life Enrichment Program

The life enrichment program offers a variety of activities, event participation, community outings, and opportunity to make and sell creative projects at the DAC Mart and  DAC Works stores. 

A community and site based program that allows individuals to explore and train on work skills, develop life skills to achieve greater independence and allows support for employment opportunities at the DAC sites to those who choose that career path. 

Independent living skills training

The skills program helps develop, maintain, and improve community living skills of individuals. The program takes place in the individuals home or community. 

This program receives referrals from the VRS and State Services for the Blind (SSB). The program is designed for individuals who meet eligibility for rehabilitation services and are seeking employment. Services include situational assessments, job seeking, shadowing, and job placement. 

transportation

The DAC provides transportation for leisure and employment needs.

Contact
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locations

Our thrift store employs our vibrant customers who are interested in customer service, retail, and artistry work. Our incredible team runs the cash register, keeps the store clean and well stocked, organizes donations, and upcycle unsellable jeans into gorgeous, quality rugs that are for sale! You will also find our Straight Up Unique crafter's corner. This area features beautiful, hand made seasonal crafts that are created by our artist contracted clients. The inventory is always changing, making it an exciting adventure every time you stop in. You will find a multitude of treasures including clothing, home décor, small kitchen appliances, shoes, accessories, toys, books, and more.

Our DAC location within Growth Innovations houses not only our   main rug looming area (loomed in various sizes and colors, all made with donated material), our life enrichment area (a place of leisure, crafting, and laughter), and our North of Ordinary production space.
 
It is a very versatile, busy building stock full of productivity, smiles, and incredible amounts of love.

Our Better Worms and Gardens team get their hands dirty in a variety of different ways. In their in-house worm nursery, they raise African Night Crawlers for angling, as well as composting Red Wigglers for our incredible worm towers to help any garden thrive. All castings are harvested and packaged for sale, as well as potting soil - all jam packed full of organic, nutrient rich, magical worm poop! In addition to that, gorgeous, generously oversized, and customizable trellises and other various projects are created within our wood working shop. Our artists are also hard at work in our art shop, creating gorgeous seasonal décor for sale at both DAC Works and DAC Mart!

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