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title: Georgia
description: 'Karen Lynn Age: 53 Hometown: Tucker Cause: Job training for adults with developmental disabilities and autism Sixteen years ago, Lynn was managing a post-production video…'
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published: '2014-06-28T00:00:36.000Z'
modified: '2014-06-28T00:00:36.000Z'
section: Housing
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![Georgia](https://img.money.com/2014/06/140619_her07_071.jpg?quality=85&w=764&h=569&crop=1)

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Sixteen years ago, Lynn was managing a post-production video company when she noticed that the recently-hired people with disabilities were not always prepared for the work. She implemented a training program and in a month, these same employees went from packing 35 pieces an hour to 350. Inspired, Lynn started Hands for Hire in 1999 so that 18- to 25-year-old developmentally disabled adults could get job training. Today, the organization, renamed WOW In-Sync, teaches 175 students — most referred through state agencies — community integration and money skills. They get exposure to different workplaces, and those who move on to jobs have a 95% retention rate. WOW’s newest addition: MisterMigs.com, where her students earn an hourly rate to design, produce and sell “Seriously Cool Dog Gear.”

### Says Lynn:

> *Typically, workplace training is on-site, but not everyone is ready for that pressure. Our focus is to help them get prepared. Then they go to work.”*

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