About Us

Our Mission

QUEST, Inc. provides vocational and life skill training to people with disabilities to empower them in living a life of their choosing.

History Overview

The affluence of many Americans in the 1950s brought an economic force behind calls for an accessible society. As families moved out of cities and into newly built suburban communities, residents began demanding access to community amenities for themselves and their children with disabilities. QUEST, Inc. has its roots in the movements of the 1950’s

Today, QUEST offers options for people with disabilities that include specialized occupational training, job placement, employment services, and expanded community integration opportunities. With over sixty years of providing Community Benefit, vocational rehabilitation training, work experiences, and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, QUEST, has become a major provider of vocational programs and services for the residents of Lebanon County and surrounding areas.

QUEST, Inc. provides vocational and life skill training to people with disabilities to empower them in living a life of their choosing.

Our History

1950s
History

The affluence of many Americans in the 1950s brought an economic force behind calls for an accessible society. As families moved out of cities and into newly built suburban communities, residents began demanding access to community amenities for themselves and their children with disabilities. QUEST, Inc. has its roots in the movements of the 1950’s.

1959
Program Growth

The Lebanon County Workshop, Inc was opened in 1959 through a strong partnership between community businesses and families, who understood their adult children with disabilities were capable of work and contributing their skills to the growing economy. 

Services were provided from the Willow Street location, which they had continued to grow out of, progressing from 3 individuals to 33 individuals. Moving into a larger Chestnut Street location allowed 110 individuals to come to work in the workshop. 

1969
From Dependence to Independence

In 1969, Senator Richard S. Schweiker, who would eventually transition into the role of  Secretary of Health and Human Services, endorsed the Lebanon County Workshop stating, “the work you do in training …people to be able to find employment, and to be able to make their own way, without having to be dependent on assistance programs, is to be highly commended, and I am sure that your contribution to the community will be even greater.”

1970
New Building

The  Lebanon County Workshop, Inc. had a building built by a building fund, led by a generous Lebanon community, where we continue to program today. The facility includes a large warehouse area, offices, cafeteria, pond, and a pavilion.

1996
New Name

The Lebanon County Workshop, Inc. was renamed Quality Employment Services and Training, Inc. (d.b.a. Quest Inc.). 

2013
Adult Training Facility Opened

A need for more community-based programming and employment was encouraged and Quest, Inc opened an Adult Training Facility for individuals to learn vocational and life skills, to assist individuals in the skills needed to obtain employment. The United Way of Lebanon County opened a grant to support individuals with gaining competitive integrated employment in the community with local businesses and our Supported Employment Services began.

2018
Community Services Expanded

Community integrated employment and community engagement continued to drive our daily programming and services offered to individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism. Our on-site workshop was closed and individuals who were employed through the workshop were given opportunities to practice skills for community integrated employment and life skills in the Adult Training Facility, as well as, discover and gain community integrated employment with Quest Employment Specialists.

Today
Always Growing

QUEST offers options for people with disabilities that include specialized occupational training, job placement, employment services, and expanded community integration opportunities. With over sixty years of providing Community Benefit, vocational rehabilitation training, work experiences, and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, QUEST, has become a major provider of vocational programs and services for the residents of Lebanon County and surrounding areas.