Our staff is dedicated to advocating and assisting individuals with disabilities achieve independent life goals. We have extensive knowledge of community resources and backgrounds in researching and locating appropriate services. Once the appropriate services and resources are identified we will then work hands on with you, your family and service team to make sure services are secured and being rendered appropriately.
Penelope Ream founder of Advocates for Empowered Futures has worked in the field of development/intellectual disabilities for over a decade. She started her career as a direct care worker at a behavioral day habilitation center and since then has had roles such as employment/ transitional specialist, support coordinator, and Day Program director. Penelope also has her Masters of Science in Developmental Disabilities with a concentration in Adult/ Transition services from Nova Southeastern University.
Penelope has always had a dream to start an organization focused on assisting all age people with varying disabilities have easier transitions throughout their lifespan. This organization is an extension of that dream. Penelope’s dream is to truly make a difference in the lives of individuals and their families by being able to lessen the burden of accessing the appropriate services they are able to receive.
Two years ago, Penelope and her husband were given a crushing blow when their daughter, Corinna, unexpectedly was born with a rare skin disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa. While Penelope has helped numerous families navigate the system of social security, unemployment, disability, ect, she had never had to do it for her own child.
