The majority of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are either unemployed or underemployed, despite their ability, desire, and willingness to work in the community. One aspect of the difficulty in obtaining employment is that students with intellectual and developmental disabilities may not translate skills learned in a classroom setting to work and community settings. Through IMPACT 100 funding, Jeff’s Corner Garden will provide hands-on horticultural education, job training and experiences providing real world skills for clients, translating into jobs and job readiness with increased opportunities for employment at the Garden and elsewhere. With an opportunity to contribute toward self-support through earned wages, clients are not only able to provide for themselves but also contribute to the local economy. In addition, with the Jeff's Corner Garden project as a new "microenterprise" selling to the community, The Arc Gateway will provide an additional healthy local food source. Nutrition Education on-site will be added once crop production is fully underway, providing another community benefit to education as well as health and wellness. Students with disabilities enrolled in The Arc Gateway’s post-secondary program (PALS), working in Jeff’s Corner Garden, will achieve further job readiness since the expansion will also provide career training and internships such as business administration, marketing, retail sales/service, maintenance, delivery driving and auto detailing.