Most recently, in the summer of 2026, our museum has placed 4 men with autism in printing jobs in the industry after finishing their training. The cost of the training was fully covered, at no cost to them.
While not an original goal of the museum when it opened in 2016, the Cincinnati Type & Print Museum’s job training program has evolved solely from community interest. It has emerged on three primary fronts, each with different goals/outcomes:
Collaboration with Cincinnati Public Schools’ Workforce Academy, a program for career-minded high school seniors who are not college-bound.
Job training for adults with disabilities, both employable and non-employable.
Job placement with no training required. In October 2025, three individuals who visited the museum for a tour followed up because of their interest in seeking a job in the printing industry. All three had excellent skills (pre-press experience; color service experience; graphic design/layout, etc.). Through the museum’s connections with local printers, and based on each individual’s experience and skills, we were able to place all three.
Because of the amount of training we support, the museum’s trainees provided free printing services to more than 15 nonprofits and/or community organizations, many of them in Lower Price Hill. They printed such items as flyers, posters, business cards, booklets, bookmarks, paper gift bags, etc. Agencies that benefitted include Santa Maria Community Services, Fatherless Inc., Autism Connections, BLOC Ministries, SALT Ministries, Epilepsy Alliance of Ohio, Teepe Foundation and even the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.