Vocational Training Services

Bridgeway provides vocational training and employment services to persons over 16 years old who have a physical or mental disability, to adults recovering from substance abuse problems, or adults who have any disability limiting their ability to be gainfully employed.

Bridgeway Training Services (BTS) is a leader in the development of “affirmative businesses” created with the primary mission of employing persons with disabilities. Bridgeway’s affirmative business model provides an integrated work-force setting in which persons with disabilities work alongside non-disabled individuals providing a wide array and variety of work experiences. By providing a supportive business environment which models the world of work, persons with disabilities can learn necessary job skills, build self esteem, and become more financially independent.

What We Do

Bridgeway is a not-for-profit community based employer with over 35 years of experience in providing Solutions to Businesses. Bridgeway businesses produce needed products and services in addition to providing a wide range of contracted services. Bridgeway can provide a flexible labor force, guaranteed product quality, responsive turn-around, and competitive prices.

Our Products:

• Trash Can Liners
• Ursa Major Stencils

Our Services:  

• Janitorial Services
• Secure Document Destruction
• Recycling Center
• Data Entry
• Medical/Transcription Services
• Packaging and Assembly
• Mail Services
• Metal Fabrication
• Sandblasting/Powder Coating

Bridgeway contracts and provides high quality products and services to government entities and private companies. Our governmental customers include the following departments in the State of Illinois:

• The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR)
• The Illinois Department of Health Care and Family Services (HCFS)
• The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS)
• The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
• The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS)
• The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT)
• The Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC)
• The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
• The Illinois Toll Highway Authority (ITHA)

The Bridgeway companies have contracted with industry and business throughout the country and world. Our customers include: