Choose Lifeworks

Our commitment to the people we serve guides everything we do.

Lifeworks is passionately committed to fostering a greater understanding of people with disabilities so that they are heard, their interests respected, and their contributions valued. To ensure the success of our mission, we focus our services on offering the five valued experiences as described by two leaders in the field of developmental disabilities, John O’Brien and Connie Lyle O’Brien. These experiences are important to all people regardless of ability or disability and they are the critical ingredients that contribute to living a satisfying, meaningful life:

• Building Relationships – supporting relationships with friends, family, and coworkers
• Sharing Community – enhancing the individual’s experiences in the community and at Lifeworks
• Honoring Choices – supporting choices that provide day-to-day meaning and shape one’s life
• Making Contributions – developing and contributing talents
• Fostering Respect – gaining respect and creating positive perceptions

With every service we provide, every program we develop, we are committed to providing our clients with an opportunity to grow through these valued experiences.

Our mission is to serve our community and people with disabilities as we live and work together. We strive to:

• Offer people with disabilities opportunities that lead to personal growth and meaningful experiences through work and learning opportunities.
• Ensure families and individuals receive fiscal support services that help make their lives easier.

Lifeworks supports adults with cognitive and physical disabilities in the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Mankato areas.