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Opportunities with KAN - We are looking for...

We are hiring NOW!

Interested in working with us? Click here to learn more about the Direct Support Professional open now, and it unique opportunities and benefits that include:

Start at $25/hour, increasing up to $28.60
Flexible schedule, and paid orientation & training
Innovative teaching programs & community-based partnerships
Get involved in groundbreaking initiatives in health and environmental conservation

We can help families NOW!

Know someone in our region, already enrolled in an IDD waiver, and looking to get healthy and active? You can join our Kennett Family NOW - click here to contact us!

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Our Blog

KAN's impact in 2025: More than 2 1/2 tons of food distributed to Kennett families

This represents more than 25000 individual servings. As described in an earlier post , KAN strives to build on the wonderful network of volunteer organizations in Kennett to help people like Margot - whose more significant disabilities makes competitive employment much more challenging - to have a meaningful impact in critical areas of need. We can now report on one such area: getting foods to families struggling to make sends meet. Margot and other adults like her distri

Feb 243 min read

KAN's impact in 2025: More than 12000 books distributed in Kennett and Coatesville

More than 4000 of these books were taken, most of these for children and adolescents. As described in an earlier post , KAN strives to build on the wonderful network of volunteer organizations in Kennett to help people like Margot with Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities and/or Autism (IDD/A) - adults who might lack the potential for competitive employment - to have a meaningful impact in critical areas of need. We can now report on one such area: getting books into

Feb 74 min read

Chapter on health benefits of walking reviews the many barriers parents face in getting the support they need

Gaps in services magnified by challenges recruiting and retaining direct support staff undermine the potential of walks to help people...

Sep 12, 20254 min read

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