Founded in 2018 by five North County parents, Beacons in Carlsbad's Aviara business park is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing postsecondary vocational, recreational, and social programming for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As a state-funded vendor of the San Diego Regional Center under vendor number PY1700, Beacons delivers structured PathFinder workforce workshops, Explorer vocational-exploration modules, and a Club Beacons social program serving hundreds of participants each year. The 14,400-square-foot Camino Vida Roble facility includes a 2,400-square-foot multi-use marketplace hall, dedicated workshop classrooms, and kitchen areas configured to Universal Design accessibility standards. All programming integrates assistive technology with hands-on exploration, targeting measurable gains in employment readiness, community access, and self-advocacy. PathFinder's 16-week vocational tracks in creative design, customer service, and entrepreneurial skills run parallel to the workforce-development continuum that MiraCosta College Technology Career Institute anchors for Carlsbad's broader adult-learning population. Highest-outcome cohorts achieve 100-percent employment placement for graduates seeking work, documented through progress-monitored, curriculum-based assessments benchmarked to California's Employment First Policy under Welfare and Institutions Code Section 4869(a)(1).