Jeff Industries, Inc

Jeff Industries is dedicated to creating research-driven, life-improvement services for persons and their families who experience the effects of chronic mental illnesses and those with coexisting disorders, as well as at-risk youth and families. In 1983, Jeff Industries was formed by the parents of a young man named Jeff, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was placed in a State Mental Facility and, after seven years, he was released to his parents home with no community support. Jeff sadly committed suicide. The note he left behind said I had no reason to wake up. Jeff Industries was incorporated to fill a need for meaningful community-based programs that assist persons with mental illnesses in the transition from hospital to the community. Jeff Industries helps persons with chronic mental illnesses and at-risk youth/families have a reason to LIVE independently, LEARN coping and work skills and WORK in their respective communities. The agency offers a continuum of social, ne...