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Offers individuals with a serious mental illness the opportunity to work in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Clients will be given an opportunity to learn vocational skills, earn money, improve self-esteem, learn to work with others in a cooperative effort, and improve chances for future competitive employment. Individuals learn office skills, light industrial skills such as assembling, packaging, and housekeeping.

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Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

Community-based services and support to persons of all ages with developmental disabilities.

Residential program includes staffed group homes for youth and adults, supervised apartments, and independent living arrangements in Alliance, Chadron, and Hay Springs.

Vocational training and employment services through a supervised workshop (Niobrara Enterprises), which includes on-site contract work, work stations in industry, supervised employment programs, and job coaching.

Year-round educational program is available to children through contractual arrangements with the school district.

Respite care may be available, call for details.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Adult Out of Home Respite Care

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Mentoring Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy Testing
Pregnancy Counseling
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Childbirth Education

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Search/Placement

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Search/Placement
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.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
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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Supported Employment
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation

Benefits Planning and Work Incentives Counseling assists Social Security disability beneficiaries ages 14 to full retirement age in understanding how federal disability cash (SSDI/SSI), healthcare (Medicare/Medicaid) and other public benefits are impacted by income from work, providing the assurances needed to make informed decisions about working while disabled. This service also helps individuals identify and strategically use state/federal work incentives that best align with their work goals. Employment Services are provided under the Ticket to Work Program.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Mentoring Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Pregnancy Testing
Pregnancy Counseling
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Childbirth Education

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

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Search/Placement

Provides intensive case management for adults and families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. Program will assist clients with obtaining and retaining stable housing and employment while developing essential life skills. Also provides transitional and independent living for DCFS referrals.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Case/Care Management
Life Skills Education
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Offers personalized employment supports to obtain, maintain, or advance in employment. Examples of support include goal setting, resume preparation, job search assistance, resource navigation, benefits education, healthcare advisement and work incentives counseling.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Ticket to Work/Self Sufficiency Program
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

Services at the Day Services Center focus on senior activities, assisting individuals to develop volunteer roles in the community and meeting individualized needs.

Employment training is provided at the Day Service Center and at on-site job opportunities throughout the community.

Community living is provided to persons living in residential units operated by SCDS, to persons living with families or in their own homes.

Support is provided as necessary to meet the individual's needs and to assist them in being a participant in their community.

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Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Vocational Rehabilitation
CBE (COMMUNITY BASED EMPLOYMENT) provides assistance in finding and maintaining employment in contracted and non-contracted work environments to people with disabilities.

LIFE SKILLS (DAY HAB) a non-paid day program that provides support in developing or maintaining life skills and community integration.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Services are designed to prepare a person for paid or unpaid employment in skills which are not job task oriented. Services include attending to tasks, task completion, problem solving, and safety and mobility training, appropriate dress, meal options for the workplace, appropriate interactions, communication, socialization, and phone skills.

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Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Supports farmers and ranchers impacted by health conditions or disabilities by recommending devices and techniques that promote continued work in agriculture. This includes modifying farm and ranch tasks, adapting equipment, increasing farmstead accessibility, providing financial guidance, identifying funding sources and coordinating community services. Rural Rehabilitation Specialists have a detailed understanding of the labor, equipment, and management requirements of Nebraska livestock and grain operations, in addition to the unique issues surrounding self-employment and rural living.

Work activity centers in Red Oak and Shenandoah provide opportunities for people with disabilities to gain useful vocational training while earning a wage.

Day habilitation services.

Transportation to both services is available.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
CBE (COMMUNITY BASED EMPLOYMENT) provides assistance in finding and maintaining employment in contracted and non-contracted work environments to people with disabilities.

LIFE SKILLS (DAY HAB) a non-paid day program that provides support in developing or maintaining life skills and community integration.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Disability Related Center Based Employment

Services for adults with developmental disabilities include:

- Business Services: Support and training to work in the community.

- Developmental Training: Work skills, recreation, and daily living skills to enhance personal independence and self-esteem.

- Work: Vocational evaluation, job training, regular work, supported employment, and job placement services for persons with disabilities. Community Recycling Center is a part of this program.

- Community Integrated Living Arrangements: Clients who lease or own their own homes may receive support in the areas of budgeting, shopping, cooking, communication with medical providers, and participation in social and recreational events.

- Family Support - Services are provided to support families in caring for their special needs members.

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
Supported Employment

Offers individuals with a serious mental illness the opportunity to work in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Clients will be given an opportunity to learn vocational skills, earn money, improve self-esteem, learn to work with others in a cooperative effort, and improve chances for future competitive employment. Individuals learn office skills, light industrial skills such as assembling, packaging, and housekeeping.

Categories

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

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.

Provides vocational training for persons who require a higher level of care than is available through other Hope Haven programs. Individuals receiving services must have a primary diagnosis of a mental disability and must be certified by the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care to be in need of this level of service.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Supported Employment
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
CBE (COMMUNITY BASED EMPLOYMENT) provides assistance in finding and maintaining employment in contracted and non-contracted work environments to people with disabilities.

LIFE SKILLS (DAY HAB) a non-paid day program that provides support in developing or maintaining life skills and community integration.

Categories

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Disability Related Center Based Employment