As Matt’s caregiver, DEP Co-Founder Catherine DiGiammarino spent months connecting school systems, government agencies, private providers, and advocates to help him achieve his goal of finding and keeping a job.

The resources existed, the support was there, but someone still had to hold it all together.

For months, Catherine became the link between every system Matt touched, coordinating information, navigating requirements, and trying to move him one step closer to a job.

That experience led to a hard question: What happens to someone who doesn't have a person like that?