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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.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

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Benefits Screening
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Transportation Expense Assistance
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Supported Employment
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Provides HCBS Intellectual Disability and Brain Injury Waiver Community Living and employment supports to adult age 18 and up. Candeo now offers outpatient mental health therapy to children and adults. Services include:

COMMUNITY LIVING SUPPORT for individuals with disabilities including in-home and community supports that assist individuals with disabilities to live independently in the community of their choice. Serves individuals with autism, intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injury, individuals dealing with interfering behaviors and dual diagnosis of intellectual disability and mental illness.

EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT for individuals with disabilities. This service provides community supports to find, obtain, learn and maintain a competitive employment position in the community. Specializes in individuals with intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injuries and chronic mental illness.

HOME BASED HABILITATION SERVICES are for individuals who have a mental illness. Provides supports in the home, community and employment site to assist the individual to maintain independent living and employment.

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY for children and adults of all ages. Candeo therapists specialize in Art and Play Therapy, Trauma recovery and more. The team also specializes in therapeutic support for adults experiencing both an intellectual disability and a mental health diagnosis.

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Mental Health Related Community Support Services (CSS)
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Prevocational Training
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Centers for Independent Living
Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

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Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Provides services that are designed to give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to obtain employment in the community.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) 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 includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Transportation Expense Assistance
Respite Care Subsidies
Benefits Screening
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Specialized Information and Referral
Supported Employment
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Prevocational Training
Long Term Care Options Counseling

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.

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Prevocational Training
Prejob Guidance
Life Skills Education
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.

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Prevocational Training

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

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Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
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.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Job Search/Placement
Vocational Assessment

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

Categories

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

Offers workplace readiness/adult readiness training for autistic teens, ages 14 to young adult. Program activities focus on functional life and pre-employment skills for teens who are quickly moving toward adulthood.


Classroom work covers a variety of soft skills essential for workplace success, such as teamwork, problem-solving, and effective communication. Also discusses career exploration, interview skills and resume writing. Hands-on activities at area businesses are also included.


Held at Ames Middle School in Ames, IA.

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Prevocational Training

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Benefits Screening

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) 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 includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Transportation Expense Assistance
Respite Care Subsidies
Benefits Screening
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Specialized Information and Referral
Supported Employment
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Prevocational Training
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Education for students and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Speech therapy.

Guidance, advocacy, and counseling.

Prevocational training.

Adult vocational training.

Provides supportive services, guidance, and situational intervention to allow developmentally disabled individuals to maintain or enhance their ability to live in the Rockford community and surrounding area. Services include self-care, social skills, educational and vocational skills with physical and developmental disabilities.

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.

Categories

Social Skills Training
Prevocational Training

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

Categories

Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Benefits Screening

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

Categories

Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation

Provides residential and vocational supports to people with intellectual disabilities or brain injuries. Affiliated corporation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and non-denominational in service.

Categories

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Prevocational Training
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.

Categories

Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Job Search/Placement
Vocational Assessment

Provides individualized services to Iowans with disabilities to achieve their independence through successful employment and economic support.

**Visit website for information on local Vocational Rehabilitation Offices.

Categories

Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Benefits Screening

Offers a Disability Access Point, or "DAP", which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need-both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, rent assistance, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Categories

Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Respite Care Subsidies
Prevocational Training
Specialized Information and Referral
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Benefits Screening