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DISABILITY ACCESS POINT (DAP) | IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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.

What's Here

General Household Goods Provision
Specialized Information and Referral
Prevocational Training
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Supported Employment
Benefits Screening
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Transportation Expense Assistance
Respite Care Subsidies
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES | GOODWILL OF CENTRAL IOWA

Offers to improves the quality of life of individuals by providing training, education and employment programs.

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT assists those who have barriers to employment in obtaining and maintaining employment in the community.

DAY SERVICES is for adults with a diagnosed disability to work on their independent living skills in a stimulating and community integrated environment. Participants have opportunities to plan activities, volunteer, learn to self-advocate and have fun with a group of their peers.

**PAID SKILLS TRAINING listed separately.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Occupation Specific Job Training
Vocational Education
Disability Related Center Based Employment

OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT

Provides outpatient behavioral health services to those in need. Services include counseling (both individual and group), therapy, supported employment for individuals with mental and behavioral health challenges, and psychosocial rehabilitation (groups to help people with daily living skills and mental illness recovery).

What's Here

Supported Employment
General Counseling Services

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES | EASTERN NEBRASKA HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY AND DUET (FORMERLY ENCOR)

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.

What's Here

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Children's In Home Respite Care
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Adult Foster Homes
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Supported Employment
Adult In Home Respite Care

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES | FIRST RESOURCES CORPORATION

Provides services that are designed to give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to obtain employment in the community.

What's Here

Prevocational Training
Supported Employment

EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE | APACE

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.

What's Here

Disability Awareness Training
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Career Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment
Adult In Home Respite Care

EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER SERVICES | GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEBRASKA

Supported employment services to job seekers and employers to create successful job matches.

What's Here

Supported Employment

INDIVIDUAL PLACEMENT AND SUPPORT (IPS) | NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES - GREATER DEKALB COUNTY

Assists individuals with a mental health diagnosis in obtaining employment. Evaluation and individualized treatment plans include: job searching, job coaching, vocational rehabilitation, assistance with resume writing, mock interviews, on-the-job supports, benefits planning, other skill-based supports for obtaining and maintaining employment.

What's Here

Supported Employment

DISABILITY ACCESS POINT (DAP) | MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES OF EAST CENTRAL REGION

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.

What's Here

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

DISABILITY RELATED SERVICES | MID NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL SERVICES

Vocational training and job placement for developmentally disabled.

Community living training.

In-home support.

Shelter workshops and integrated work environments.

What's Here

Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Attendant Services for People With Disabilities
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Job Search/Placement

TICKET TO WORK (TTW) EMPLOYMENT | RAMP DISABILITY RESOURCES AND SERVICES

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.

What's Here

Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Supported Employment

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES | GOODWILL OF THE HEARTLAND

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.

What's Here

Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment

COMMUNITY BASED EMPLOYMENT | SPECTRUM NETWORK, THE

The Spectrum offers job search assistance, job coaching, supported employment, and job skills training in-house and within the community to help clients secure and keep jobs in the community.

What's Here

Disability Related Center Based Employment
School to Adult Life Transition Services
Supported Employment

EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER SERVICES | GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF GREATER NEBRASKA

Supported employment services to job seekers and employers to create successful job matches.

What's Here

Supported Employment

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT | THE ARC OF IROQUOIS COUNTY

Helps individuals with developmental disabilities find and keep a job that pays competitive wages

What's Here

Supported Employment

DISABILITY SERVICES | SPARC

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.

What's Here

Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs

EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMS | SYSTEMS UNLIMITED

Provides individualized services and supports for adults with developmental disabilities in the areas of employment, skill development, social activities, and recreation opportunities.

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Supported Employment

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT/VOCATIONAL SERVICES | IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

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.

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Supported Employment

SUPPORTED COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES | TRIVIUM LIFE SERVICES

Offers two levels of Supported Community Living Services designed to meet the daily living needs of adults with disabilities and mental illness. These services increase a client's independence and provide a level of relief for family members and caretakers. The level of service is determined by the individual, guardians, case managers, and providers to best suit their needs.

What's Here

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Group Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Employment
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs

OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | ASSOCIATION FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT

Provides outpatient behavioral health services to those in need. Services include counseling (both individual and group), therapy, supported employment for individuals with mental and behavioral health challenges, and psychosocial rehabilitation (groups to help people with daily living skills and mental illness recovery).

What's Here

Supported Employment
General Counseling Services

DISABILITY ACCESS POINT (DAP) | MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES OF EAST CENTRAL REGION

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.

What's Here

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

DISABILITY ACCESS POINT (DAP) | CENTRAL IOWA COMMUNITY SERVICES

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.

What's Here

Prevocational Training
Respite Care Subsidies
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Specialized Information and Referral
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Rent Payment Assistance
General Household Goods Provision
Supported Employment
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Benefits Screening
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Long Term Care Options Counseling

SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT | WESTERN COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES

Provides recovery and rehabilitation services and supports to consumers engaged in community-based competitive employment-related activities in normalized settings. A supported employment team provides assistance with all aspects of employment development as requested and needed by the consumer.

What's Here

Supported Employment

DISABILITY ACCESS POINT (DAP) | IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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.

What's Here

General Household Goods Provision
Specialized Information and Referral
Prevocational Training
Home Barrier Removal Grants
Supported Employment
Benefits Screening
Intermediate Care Facility/DD Transition Financing Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Long Term Care Options Counseling
Transportation Expense Assistance
Respite Care Subsidies
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance

EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE | APACE

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.

What's Here

Disability Awareness Training
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Career Counseling
Adult Out of Home Respite Care
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment
Adult In Home Respite Care