Student Services

Linden is strongly committed to the transitional employment needs of students with disabilities. Students with disabilities benefit greatly when agencies collaborate to help prepare students for employment and provide the supports they need to succeed.

Linden works with local school systems, the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services, and local Community Services Boards to help students make the transition to work.

Life Enrichment Awards Program (LEAP)

Linden, in partnership with HSC Foundation, offers Life Enrichment Awards Program (LEAP) to enrich the lives of youth and young adults with disabilities and chronic illnesses in the expanded Washington, DC metropolitan area.  LEAP provides goods and services directly linked to youth transition planning and implementation that are usually not available from public service and government agencies, are not covered by Medicaid or private insurance and are not considered “medically necessary.” 

As a life enrichment program, LEAP does not fund “life necessity” goods and services.  For example, the program does not generally fund food, clothing (except business clothes needed for school or job interviews), medicine, direct medical service or housing. 

To be eligible: 

• You must be between the ages of 14 and 26.
• You must be a legal resident of the Washington, DC metropolitan area (from Baltimore, MD to Richmond, VA).
• You must have a documented disability.
• You must be actively engaged in a transition process.
• Requested good or service must be directly linked to transition planning and implementation (such as youth development services, tools for transition, job training or preparation, school preparation or planning, obtaining and sustaining community employment, etc.).
• Completed application (see reverse) must be filled out and submitted to Linden Resources with disability documentation.

Click here to download the LEAP application and instructions for completing the application.  Applications are accepted January through September.