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Work Transition Program

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Kids Matter has developed a Coffee Barista Program integrated with local high schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth community. The program focuses on mentally and developmentally challenged high school students and aims to teach skill-sets that they can use to find work after education.

Our pilot Coffee Barista Program launched in 2017 at Colleyville Heritage High School and Grapevine High School. Work Transition Coordinators guide and mentor the participating students in the working environment and help students with developing certain skill-sets to succeed in the working field, including responsibility and accountability, structure and organization, and communication skills.

Kids Matter believes all kids need the opportunity for mentorship and guidance to develop the knowledge and confidence to succeed in the world.

Today’s Kids. Tomorrow’s Future.

Marti Conner, President

Marti brings over thirty years of experience in marketing and strategic planning at an executive level, working with some of the largest for-profit and non-profit health care systems in the United States, including Cook Children’s Health Care System and Baylor Health Care System. Her expertise encompasses media and public relations, sales management, community and guest relations, telemarking, and research.

Marti has volunteered with Kids Matter for over seven years, in addition to Chairing the Marketing Committee and various fundraising activities for Kids Matter. She has always been a strong advocate for charitable work, previously working with Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, First Friday Women’s Group, Project Hand-Up, Fort Worth Children’s Advocacy Center, and the Arthritis Foundation.