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Comprehensive disability-related employment programs that offer opportunities for individuals with disabilities to learn work skills.

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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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Job Development Program specializes in matching people who have disabilities with employment opportunities in the community.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Specialist helps individuals through coordination and assistance of a placement plan, goals, resource building, refining of the job search, retaining job leads, setting up informal interviews, job shadowing opportunities, assessments, internships and placement in a permanent job.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
IowaWorks of Decorah is a comprehensive job center providing support and services to assist people in becoming successfully employed. This office also provides the services of the unemployment compensation program. Services include: Employment workshops to help job seekers develop job seeking and successful employment skills; Computerized job search tools and the necessary assistive technology for individuals with visual, hearing, or physical disabilities to enable them to use these tools; and Unemployment compensation application and administration for people who have lost a job.

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Job Retraining
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Provides part-time job opportunities for individuals with disabilities in a supportive and integrated work environment at several federal properties.

Employees work both independently and in a team setting while providing valuable services to government partners. All positions provide accommodations to increase the success of employment. Employees work with a support staff to make the placement successful.

Long-term employment opportunities are available at Offutt Air Force Base, the Zorinsky Federal Building in Omaha and the Denney Federal Building in Lincoln. Positions include custodial, postal services and grounds maintenance.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Supported Employment

Offers to support working aged adults with diverse abilities in identification of desired occupations, skills, resume development, and interviewing.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Assists individuals with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining community employment. Individualized placement plans are implemented that identifies the person's job goal, strengths, skills, supports, and accommodations needed. Both long and short-term support services are offered depending on the person's plan and needs.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Supported Employment
Offers a resource center for self-help job seekers. Can also provide inter- and intra-state employment placement information, referrals to training, labor market information, job search assistance, resume assistance, and veteran employment services. Proficiency testing and testing for state employment is available.

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Prejob Guidance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Workers Compensation
Unemployment Insurance
Job Search/Placement
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Supported Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

Designed to assist people with disabilities to find employment by assisting them with job readiness skills, benefits counseling, job development, and case management. The program works with local business, as well as state and federal agencies, to ensure that the services are all encompassing.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation

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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Provides working age adults with disabilities a chance to be employed in the workforce through businesses in the Cedar Valley area. Offers individualized opportunities to match the employer needs and the skills and interests of the applicant. Will advocate for the employer through on-going supports to ensure the quality of the work, support any changes in responsibilities of the employee and advocate for the employee through ensuring job security and advancement opportunities.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Employment services for people with disabilties.

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Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Job Search/Placement
Prevocational Training