FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Branching Out Support Services Inc Achieves B Corporation Accreditation
Orangeville, Ontario, July 29, 2024 — Branching Out Support Services (BOSS), a grassroots social enterprise providing services for people across the age span with neurodiversities and disabilities, is proud to announce its achievement of Benefit Corporation (B-Corp) Accreditation. https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/
B Corp Certification signifies that BOSS meets high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency, covering aspects such as environmental sustainability, ethical service practices, employee benefits, charitable giving, and supply chain practices. To earn this certification, companies must:
- Achieve a B Impact Assessment score of 80 or above and pass a risk review. (BOSS received a score of 112.5!)
- Make a legal commitment to consider all stakeholders in their corporate governance structure.
- Exhibit transparency by publicly sharing their performance against B Lab’s standards.
This accreditation is significant for BOSS as it ensures that our operations adhere to the highest ethical and environmental standards. It provides guidance and deep processes to maintain equity among all stakeholders, including clients, volunteers, employees, and supporters.
BOSS is among the first 12,000 companies globally and the second in Dufferin County to achieve this certification, making us the first human services business in the region to do so with excellent standing.
Founder of BOSS, Kimberly Van Ryn explains:
“Working for and receiving a Benefit Corporation (BCorp) certification is a dream come true for our company and for our community. With this rigorous accreditation process our organization, Branching Out Support Services has proven that our dedication to ethical working standards, service and environmental practices are the best. Every area of our business from financial systems to philosophical ideation was scrutinized and then modified to its highest potential outcome. This means clients, family members, professionals and the community can trust our practices, structures and systems. This is the most trauma informed way to facilitate and participate in corporate business. It’s ethical and honest. We admit and identify mistakes and missteps and use them as learning opportunities to grow and deepen our commitments to our stakeholders. We are now a recognized social mission based business and through our services we aim always to do no harm and contribute wholeheartedly to the economy, community and individual lives of those we interact with. This is a safe community.”
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Branching Out Support Services Inc was founded in 2019 by a small but mighty group of support professionals working at the grassroots level. Our determined mission was to provide community, creativity and choice to people with neuro diversities and disabilities in our region. As BOSS has grown into an established social enterprise with a formal BCorp Certification we have put down roots but also grown our service base to provide comprehensive support for people with brain differences, disabilities and neurodiversities.
BOSS has 4 streams of service used to support people and families and make a difference in the world. Our beloved flagship programming for adults with neuro diversities in downtown Orangeville, ON is called Architect Programming and it allows adults to design their lives with support, guidance and mentorship. In the 1:1 Community Support program we see people connecting with professionals and facilitators to achieve their goals and give families the rest they need to be excellent caregivers. In the education and advocacy department groups, municipalities and organizations are contracting BOSS to learn about Neurodiversity in Community and Trauma Informed Care and Leadership. This has been the most impactful advocacy work we have done to date. Finally, the launch of the Mental Health and Wellness services brings our offerings full circle in a wrap around style of support that keeps choice and communication support as highest potential outcomes.
Over the past 4.5 years Branching Out Support Services has dedicated time, energy and innovation to our local community. Often, the experience with BOSS is outside the box, a new and aligned way of serving people who have been so deeply marginalized and shut out over the course of history. Our support professionals and practitioners are dedicated to listening to the needs of our community and filling gaps to provide holistic and innovative support to every member of our local and global community.
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