Grow Associates, Inc.

Grow Associates is a Randolph nonprofit that supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, age 18 and older, in building lives enriched by knowledge, friendship and work. Its programs aim to integrate people into the broader community as employees, volunteers and neighbors, with choice and independence built into every day. Services include community-based day supports, day habilitation, employment services, transition services and transportation, serving more than 200 people from 30 surrounding communities.

The organization began in 1973 as the Randolph Occupational Workshop, serving about 20 people in a former one-room schoolhouse, and became GROW, the Greater Randolph Occupational Workshop, in 1996. In 2014 it closed its sheltered workshop, shifting from piecework to fully integrated community employment 15 months ahead of a state deadline. Its day habilitation program offers skill-building, physical and occupational therapy, fitness, music therapy, games and on-site nursing.

What to Know

• Grow bought its building in 2021, gaining 25,000 square feet for expanded programming.
• The agency’s operating budget exceeds $5 million.
• Individuals lead the process of setting their own goals for work, community, recreation and personal beliefs.