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Systems Unlimited - Cedar Rapids

925 American Way SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
Training activities like document destruction, janitorial tasks and clerical work are designed to increase work skills and behaviors.

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Illinois Valley Industries

1033 3rd Avenue, Morris, IL 60450
Offers a structured day program that combines work, survival skills, and social activities to enhance living skills through vocational, educational, and community training.

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Unlimited Services - Manchester

1207 East Main Street, Manchester, IA 52057

Provides community-based services and support to individuals of all ages with developmental disabilities. Services include vocational training and employment services.

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Goodwill Retail Store and Donation Center - McCook

210 Westview Plaza, Mc Cook, NE 69001
Retail store and donation center for clothing, household items, and more.

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Mosaic - Northeast Nebraska

3206 Raasch Drive, Suite 300, Norfolk, NE 68701
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.

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Eastern Iowa Disability Alliance - Linn County

1240 26th Avenue Court SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Offers a Disability Access Point (DAP) that helps individuals with disabilities, their families, and caregivers find services and supports they need, both short-term and long-term. DAPs provide information, help individuals make informed choices, make referrals, and follow up to help ensure individuals receive the support they need to live healthy, independent lives.

Services include:

• Information and Assistance: Provides information about programs and services based on identified needs and helps connect individuals with service providers in their communities.

• Options Counseling: Helps individuals make informed choices about available supports and services, typically for up to 90 days. Services may include benefits screening, application assistance, and follow-up to ensure supports are meeting the individual's needs.

• Financial Assistance: Provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and caregivers and help individuals remain in the home and community of their choice. Assistance may include short-term and long-term services.

Short-Term Supports (time-limited): Services may include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, transportation assistance, and other basic needs not covered by insurance.

Long-Term Services and Supports: Services may include adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment services, including job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services, including in-home, in-facility, and day camps, home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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RAMP Disability Resources and Services - Winnebago County

202 Market Street, Rockford, IL 61107

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.

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Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency

1300 West J Street, Hastings, NE 68901

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.

- Shared living provider.

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MIW, Inc

909 South 14th Avenue, Marshalltown, IA 50158

Provides an employment program for individuals with disabilities. Participants learn to apply job development skills such as interviewing, completing a job application, and/or writing a resume. These skills will be learned during MIW's Employment Preparation class. In addition, MIW staff will job coach and help with team-building skills, which includes interaction with supervisors and co-workers. The goal is successful placement within the community.

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Transitions Mental Health Services - TROC

2326 16th Street, Moline, IL 61265
Offers numerous training and work opportunities for persons with mental illnesses, personality disorders, and behavior disorders to learn the job skills and gain the work experience necessary to attain and maintain employment in the community.  Job-seeking assistance, individualized instruction, on and off-site job coaching in the community, training and employment at one of Transitions' owned and operated businesses.

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Optimae LifeServices - Adel

401 Visions Parkway, Suite A, Adel, IA 50003

Provides help finding and keeping a job for individuals with disabilities or mental illness. Services may include job coaching, resume help, interview practice, and support at work.

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Shelby County Community Services

1810 West South 3rd Street, Shelbyville, IL 62565

Provides vocational training and employment opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities or other applicable handicaps to employment.

Program assists with, evaluation or assessment of vocational skills. Work adjustment training, development and improvement of work skills, habits, and attitudes. Work services: Continued training and counseling for trainees who have completed initial training but not reach levels suitable for community employment. 

Placement Services Provides experience, education, and placement assistance in community jobs and follow-up services.

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Community Choices

44 East Main Street, Suite 210, Champaign, IL 61820

Supports adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to find jobs in the community.

-- Discovery: Helps to learn about a client's strengths and interests through observation, conversation, and spending time with clients to help find jobs that fit their goals. Family and friends are also interviewed to learn about a client's likes, dislikes, and strengths. Two home visits and a community visit are conducted.

-- Job Development: Employment Specialists teach social and communication skills needed to be successful at work. They support with touring businesses, job shadowing, and finding a job match. Also provide help creating a resume to give to potential employers. May begin with volunteering so that clients can gain experience and grow skills.

-- Employment Support: After a client is hired, Employment Support develops accommodations and supports for the job. Employment Support forms a relationship with the employer and supports the client to expand job roles. Provides initial job coaching for 2-4 weeks.

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Apace - Gretna

11832 Standing Stone Drive, Suite 3, Gretna, NE 68028

- Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

- Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

- Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

- Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

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Goodwill Retail Store and Donation Center - Hastings

2416 West 2nd Street, Hastings, NE 68901
Retail store and donation center for clothing, household items, and more.

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Arc of East Central Iowa, The

680 2nd Street SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401

Provides employment services to individuals with disabilities. Services may include Job Development and Job Coaching.

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Apace - York

205 East 8th Street, York, NE 68467

- Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

- Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

- Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

- Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

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Sparc Developmental Training Center and Senior Center

1819 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703

Helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by enabling them to successfully live, learn, work, and socialize in the community. Its programs are attuned to the unique potential of each individual and designed to build self-confidence and independence. Support services are provided through one or more of the following programs:

- 24-hour residential support.

- Developmental training.

- Supported living.

- Supported employment.

- Competitive employment.

- Janitorial training.

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Mosaic - Omaha

4814 Oaks Lane, Omaha, NE 68137
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.

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Goodwill of the Heartland - Burlington

165 West Burlinton Avenue, Burlington, IA 52601
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.

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Apace - Nebraska City

808 8th Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410

- Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

- Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

- Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

- Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

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Apace - Geneva

115 South 14th Street, Geneva, NE 68361

- Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

- Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

- Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

- Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

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Mid Nebraska Individual Services - Oxford/Holdrege

502 West Derby, Oxford, NE 68967

Vocational training and job placement for developmentally disabled.

Community living training.

In-home support.

Shelter workshops and integrated work environments.

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Bridgeway - Macomb

900 South Deere Road, Macomb, IL 61455
Helps people with disabilities find employment in many different settings (office, food service, retail, manufacturing, etc). Services are offered to help individuals build the skills they will need to get and keep employment.

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Southern Iowa Resources for Families - Creston

201 West Monroe Street, Suite B, Creston, IA 50801

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.

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