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South Chicago Parents & Friends provides Community Day Services and Supported Employment programming for adults with disabilities. Employment instills a tremendous amount of pride, independence, responsibility, and self-worth. Having proper vocational and behavioral skills is the place to start.
Envision Unlimited offers Employment programs at seven Chicago-area locations. Employment Services place clients in positive, team work environments where they're given the opportunity to develop their collaboration skills as well as develop a true sense of pride and self-confidence.Joining the workforce can be a profound moment for an individual with developmental disabilities. That's why Envision's Job Placement and Employment Services have helped clients choose, obtain, and retain community employment with companies such as the Shedd Aquarium, The Art Institute of Chicago, Jewel-Osco, and Family Dollar. Client teams also provide subcontracting solutions through the production of commercial pillows for today's transportation leaders.
Supported employment services to job seekers and employers to create successful job matches.

Provides assistance to individuals with developmental or mental health disabilities in obtaining and maintaining job training through subcontracts or community job sites.

Services

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Supported Employment
Supported employment provides vocational services which promote and support inclusion within the community. Encourages and assists people in obtaining jobs in the community or running their own small business. The focus is on assessing interest, job placement, and job coaching.

Job coaching provides training for clients to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as workers at the job site.

Vocational centers provide training to teach people vocational skills and an opportunity to earn an income through completion of contract work.

Services

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Services to persons with developmental disabilities.

Residential services, alternative living.

Vocational services.

Family and medical support services, respite care.

Supported employment services and job search.

Contract Procurement/ Enclaves/Business in Industry.

Shared Living Provider.

Services

Children's In Home Respite Care
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Adult In Home Respite Care
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Adult Foster Homes
Retail store and donation center for clothing, household items, and more.

Career development, job development/planning, placement and on-going supports for persons with developmental or other disabilities.

Supported employment offers community-based work options for adults with developmental disabilities.

Job Club 8-week intensive job search program for individuals with disabilities. Participants focus on increasing employability skills, practicing interview skills, obtaining job leads, and helping one another.

Job Development assists adults with disabilities in determining the type of employment setting that best meets their needs, interests, and abilities. Staff assist with creating a resume and interviewing for jobs.

Job Coaching provides supplemental on the job training for adults with disabilities.

Continuing education classes are offered beyond high school in a variety of formats and settings and focus on independent living, money management, social, and employment-related skills.

Independent living services provide instruction for individuals who live in their own home (apartment or house) or in their family's home. Education, training and support is provided to maintain or increase independent living skills, such as money management, health and safety, interpersonal relations, community awareness, recreational skills, nutrition, hygiene and leisure.

The Art of Imagination classes offer artistic opportunities in traditional art forms such as painting, writing, drawing and photography and more alternative art forms such as papercraft, mail art, cartooning, post card and greeting card creation.

Provides residential and vocational support services to persons with mental and physical disabilities. Includes HCBS waiver programs, supported community living, transportation, job coaching and placement, CDAC, medication management, independent living skills, and payee services for clients.

Services

Centers for Independent Living
Representative Payee Services
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides 24-hour residential and vocational services to persons with developmental disabilities and/or mental health diagnoses and provides residential foster care services for children under age 19.

Services include the following:

-- Home and Community-Based Services

-- Shared Living Provider Homes/SLP

-- Group Homes

-- Intermediate Care Facilities

-- Supported Employment and Job Placement

-- Periodic and Supported Living Services

-- Day Programs and Activities

-- Health and Behavioral Services

Services

Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Adult Foster Homes
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation provides vocational assessments, job coaching and supported employment services. In addition, support for students with disabilities pursuing post-secondary education is available.

Services

Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Supported Employment
Offers supported employment opportunities to individuals who have both the desire to work in an integrated work setting and employment abilities for this setting. The two main goals of these services are to give the individuals the opportunity to earn competitive wages and allow these wages to be earned in an integrated work setting.
Supports involvement at work and in the community through habilitative community inclusion, habilitative workshop, prevocational services, and supported employment services.

Services

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Supported Employment

Provides job placement, training, and follow-along support for people with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities. The individual trains for a specific job through job coaching. Follow along services involves periodic meetings with the employer to discuss any concerns about the employee or need for additional training.

Designed to assist Social Security Disability (SSI/SSDI) beneficiaries with the transition from Social Security Disability Benefits to work. It provides employment supports and services to help reach work goals.

RAMP also has a certified Community Partner Work Incentives Counselor (CPWIC) that can assist individuals with understanding their benefits and the changes that will occur once employed.

Services

Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Supported Employment

Provides the following services to those with special needs in the community:

Supported community living promotes skill building services that are unique and individualized to each participant.

Supported employment promotes skill building services in paid work environments.

Customized employment is a flexible process designed to create a personalized employment relationship between a job seeker and a business in a way that meets the needs of both.

Supported education provided to individuals enrolled in post-secondary institutions or other employer recognized certificate program. Including HiSET (formally GED), career exploration and planning, assistance in obtaining tuition and related expenses, application process, study strategies, assistance in obtaining tutoring and accommodations, and other supports needed that interfere with educational success.

Services

Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Supported Employment
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
In Home Supportive Services Subsidies

Vocational training and job placement for developmentally disabled.

Community living training.

In-home support.

Shelter workshops and integrated work environments.

Services

Job Search/Placement
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Attendant Services for People With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Job placement and maintenance services assist people in obtaining community employment. Participants receive individualized and group support in resume development, job search and interviewing strategies, and networking. Job Placement Specialists help participants assess their strengths and needs, set personal goals, and explore their vocational interests. Staff also connect job seekers to area employers.

Certified for Success employment training programs include retail, hospitality, food handling, essential computer skills, IT Support Professional, and custodial certification programs. A combination of onsite and classroom training helps prepare participants for success.

Services

Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment
Provides individualized services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities in the areas of employment, skill development, social activities, and recreation opportunities.
Provides services that are designed to give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to obtain employment in the community.
Offers Pre-Vocational services, Community Employment and Day Habilitation services are offered to teens and adults of working age to develop the skills necessary to be successful on the job and/or to increase their successful integration into their community.

Services

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Supports individuals with disabilities and other needs in finding community-based jobs in businesses of their choosing. To do this, staff get to know a person outside of work, assess their interests, skills, and goals, look at their home environment, and find out when and where they are at their best. Staff then offer individualized training to improve skills as well as the opportunity to learn about different types of work by visiting businesses or trying out a job for 10 days.
Designed to help individuals with disabilities find and maintain community employment.
Supported employment provides vocational services which promote and support inclusion within the community. Encourages and assists people in obtaining jobs in the community or running their own small business. The focus is on assessing interest, job placement, and job coaching.

Job coaching provides training for clients to perform job tasks to the employer's specifications and to learn the interpersonal skills necessary to be accepted as workers at the job site.

Vocational centers provide training to teach people vocational skills and an opportunity to earn an income through completion of contract work.

Services

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) helps people with disabilities find and keep jobs. Through their Transition and STEP programs they help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

Services

Vocational Rehabilitation
Welfare Rights Assistance
Supported Employment