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Provides individualized programming for adults with developmental, physical, and medical disabilities. Offers the following services:
- Developing social skills and other everyday skills
- Various kinds of therapy
- Activities of daily living
- Pre-vocational and vocational skills training
- Communication development
- Community/vocational outings.

Services

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides supportive services, guidance, and situational intervention to allow individuals to maintain or enhance their ability to live in the Rockford community and surrounding area.

Work with each individual to develop and initiate a support plan to meet their needs and personal goals.

Assists individuals in securing services and opportunities not provided by Milestone.

90-day workforce development program in which participants undergo full-time education and job training, dedicating half their time to personalized high school completion and the remainder to earning industry-recognized credentials, primarily in Construction, CDL, CNA, Culinary, and Welding.

Services

Vocational Education
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Prejob Guidance
Prevocational Training

Provides a program for youth who have limited or no prior work experience and are experiencing barriers to employment to have an opportunity to participate in a paid work experience with local businesses. Work experiences are typically 4-12 weeks in length, but may be longer depending on the needs of the participant.

Services include:

- Career and guidance counseling.

- Education preparation and planning.

- Paid vocational training.

Services

Prevocational Training
Prejob Guidance
Career Counseling
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
General Youth Employment Programs
Work Experience

A free, in-school instruction program provided directly in the classroom by Independent Living Advocates, covering a wide range of important skills and topics young adults need to succeed on the "fast track" to independence. Staff instructs students in these 5 areas (and more):

- Introduction to Self-Advocacy.

- Job Exploration Counseling.

- Counseling on Post-Secondary Education.

- Workplace Readiness Training.

- Work-Based Learning Experiences.

Provides in-house and community based opportunities for those struggling with a disability, empowering them to work on their life goals and become more active in their community.

Offers assistance with money skills training, using public transportation in the community, learning community safety skills, choosing appropriate clothing, filling out job applications, and practicing interviewing skills.

Services

Prevocational Training
Life Skills Education
Prejob Guidance
Helps persons with disabilities to find and acquire full or part time work in their communities. Offers a day program designed to give persons with disabilities the opportunity to grow skill sets and explore life, no matter how severe their disability. Services include: - Day Programs. - Work skills evaluation. - In-house/on-site community job placement. - Vocational case management. - Young adult employment services. - Transportation services. - Life skills mentoring. - Recreation and leisure. - Home Base Services.

Services

Prevocational Training
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Assessment
Adult Day Programs
Offers pre-employment training and retirement programs individually designed to meet individual needs. Programs are designed to provide experiences to assist people in developing the necessary skills to make informed choices, and increase their level of independence. Programs offered include: - Art program. - Woodworking program. - Horticulture program. - Retirement and Sensory program.
Provides opportunities for youths, 5 years of age and older, challenged by mental health issues to develop and achieve their fullest potential through life-skills, education, counseling, and vocational training. Services available in school environment and outside of the school environment.

Services

Prevocational Training
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
SAVE: Provides training in vocational employment and living skills.
Community employment services places individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in jobs throughout the Quad Cities Area. Job developers assess the needs of the employers as well as the skills and abilities of the individuals seeking employment.

Staff provide individualized, one-on-one support adapting to the work environment. Job coaches advise individuals in career development and guide through transitions such as changes in supervisors; schedule/shift changes; and conflict management and are available for extra support throughout employment.

Services

Vocational Assessment
Supported Employment
Prevocational Training
Opportunity for individuals with disabilities to learn job-related skills while connecting with their community.

Offers opportunities for individuals with disabilities to learn job-related skills while connecting with their community.

Empowers people to access healthy and sustainably grown foods and addresses the root causes of hunger: - Walnut Grove Vocational Farm: Provides horticultural, agricultural and life skills to individuals with developmental disabilities. For program information visit website. - Grow Mobile: A mobile food program to bring food to individuals with food insecurity. - Genoa Area Community Food Hub: A brick-and-mortar food pantry open either on Monday mornings or Tuesday evenings once per week. Pay As You're Able meals provide hot meals to anyone who wants them every other month. Visit the Hub's Facebook page for a full calendar. - Education: DCCG works with the DeKalb School District 428 on food education for the students.

Services

Volunteer Opportunities
Grocery Ordering/Delivery
Mobile Markets
Youth Agricultural Programs
Prevocational Training
Community Gardening
Offers classes in vocational training.
Grand Prairie Services (GPS) Developmental Training Services provides services with a holistic approach to enhance and promote independence in the community, personal, and interpersonal relationships and improve the quality of life for persons with developmental disabilities.The Developmental Training Program is designed to provide individual living skills training, social skills training, physical therapy, and nursing to individuals with developmental disabilities in order to maximize independence and integration into the community.

Services

Prevocational Training