TRICO Opportunities, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities build skills, gain confidence, find meaningful employment, and become as independent and self-supporting as possible.
Serving Dickinson and Iron Counties in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Florence and Marinette Counties in Wisconsin, TRICO provides vocational rehabilitation, skill-building, employment support, community-based services, transportation, and other opportunities designed around the unique goals and abilities of each individual we serve.
At TRICO, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to participate, contribute, grow, and feel valued within their community.
Our Story
TRICO Opportunities was founded in 1968 by local parents and concerned community members who recognized a need for greater employment opportunities for those living with disabilities.
More than five decades later, that purpose remains at the heart of everything we do.
Today, TRICO serves approximately 100 Program Participants each year throughout our service area. While our programs and services have continued to grow and evolve, our focus remains the same: helping people discover their abilities, develop meaningful skills, increase independence, and pursue opportunities within their communities.
TRICO Opportunities, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
What We Do
TRICO provides a variety of services designed to meet individuals where they are and help them work toward their personal, vocational, and community goals.
Our services and programs include:
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Vocational rehabilitation and career exploration
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Skill-building services
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Community-Based Supported Employment
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Job development and placement assistance
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Job coaching and workplace support
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Youth and school-to-work transition services
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Community-Based Day Services
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Transportation for vocational training and employment
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Customized employment opportunities
Our approach is person-centered. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, we work with each individual to identify their strengths, interests, abilities, needs, and goals and develop services that support the life and future they want to build.
More Than Programs — Real Work and Real Opportunities
An important part of TRICO is creating opportunities for individuals to develop practical skills through meaningful work.
Through our Recycling Center and contract services, TRICO works with businesses, organizations, schools, agencies, and members of the community while creating valuable training and employment opportunities for the people we serve.
Our Recycling Center accepts materials including paper, newspapers, magazines, books, junk mail, and cardboard. We also provide confidential document destruction services, including secure shredding and baling of sensitive materials.
TRICO also partners with businesses to provide contract services such as assembly, packaging, collating, lawn care, and general cleaning. These services accomplish more than getting a job done. They help create opportunities for individuals with disabilities to develop workplace skills, gain experience, build confidence, and become more connected to their communities.
Supporting TRICO Supports Our Community. TRICO is unique because the services our community and local businesses use can directly help support our mission. Our programming, products, and services are supported through sources including fee-for-service partnerships, product and service revenue, grants and charitable contributions. That means choosing TRICO for recycling, document destruction, contract work, or other services can have an impact that reaches far beyond the service itself. You are supporting an organization working every day to expand opportunity, independence, inclusion, and meaningful participation for people with disabilities in our local communities. Strong community partnerships are essential to what we do.
TRICO works alongside local and regional businesses, school districts, rehabilitation departments, government agencies, social service organizations, mental health agencies, families, and other community partners.
These relationships help us connect individuals with experiences, resources, training, and employment opportunities while helping local employers discover capable individuals who are ready to contribute to the workforce.
Every person who comes to TRICO brings their own strengths, goals, interests, and abilities.
Our responsibility is to recognize those strengths and provide the support, resources, experiences, and opportunities that can help each person move toward greater independence and success.
We are proud to have served our region since 1968, and we remain committed to building a community where people of all abilities have opportunities to work, participate, belong, and thrive.
TRICO Opportunities, Inc.
Building our community through inclusion for a brighter future.