Salgado is among about 300 Merced County residents with developmental disabilities who receive services from the Kings View Work Experience Center. The center has two sites, one in Los Banos, which serves around 50 people, and the one in Atwater, which serves around 250 people, said Samuel Kalember, executive director for the center.

The center dispatches about 12 crews — each with about 11 to 12 members — throughout the county to work at various sites. The crews do mostly janitorial and landscaping work, foreclosure cleanup and construction cleanup.

In addition, the center offers vocational services. It also teaches some of its clients daily living skills and independent skills “so they can become more independent in the community,” Kalember said. Read more