St. Augustine, Florida

Baked with joy. Built for purpose.

Today's Special is a nonprofit bakery creating real, sustained employment for neurodiverse individuals and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. One wholesome, handmade product at a time.

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Real jobs. Real joy.

Good food is just the beginning.

eat good
feel good
do good

Harry with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at a community event

Our story

Harry needed a job. So we built the employer.

Today’s Special was founded by Michelle Carlucci, whose son Harry is autistic and neurodivergent. After Harry aged out of the school system, he had no meaningful place to work. No way to maintain the relationships, structure, and purpose that everyone deserves.

Harry designed the organization’s original logo. He is confident, funny, and full of love for everyone. His story isn’t unique. It belongs to hundreds of thousands of young adults who age out of school-based support each year.

“I'm speaking to the millions of families who have a person like my son Harry living in their home, and who know how hard it is to find a job that offers equal opportunity.”

Michelle Carlucci, Founder

“Today's Special creates real jobs, not programs, for neurodiverse individuals and people on the intellectual and developmental disability spectrum. Through an inclusive, proven, and replicable bakery model, we deliver wholesome baked goods and something far more important: dignity, independence, and purpose for people who have been chronically underutilized by the workforce.”

Real Jobs. Not Programs. We built the employer.

The good vibe effect

A little goodness goes a long way

Eat good

Wholesome baked goods made with quality ingredients and plenty of care.

Feel good

Food that brings people together and puts a little more joy into the day.

Do good

Every purchase supports meaningful, sustained employment in our community.

Why it matters

The numbers tell a story

The employment gap is staggering, and almost entirely addressable. Today's Special is building a practical, repeatable answer.

17%

of adults with IDD hold a paid job in their community

Source: National Core Indicators

42%

of those without one say they want to work

Source: National Core Indicators

1.28M

working-age Floridians live with a disability

Source: The Able Trust, 2025

Four Today's Special team members in orange shirts holding trays of baked goods at an indoor event

Harry outdoors at a community race, proudly showing his medal

Two Today's Special team members in orange shirts at their booth table, covered in wrapped blondies, T-shirts, and Today's Special signs

Our people

The Good Vibe Effect is real

Walk into any Today’s Special event and you feel it immediately. The energy, the warmth, the pride. Our employees aren’t just filling a role. They’re building a career, a community, and a future they own.

That spirit isn’t incidental to the mission. It is the mission. Living proof that dignity, independence, and real opportunity change everything.

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Scratch-baked with love