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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, 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.

Adult leisure and recreational center for individuals who have reached retirement age. Clients are served through an alternative day program that emphasizes recreation, leisure, and maintenance of daily living skills. Alternative day services are also available for other adults whose needs do not include vocational or employment goals.

Play It Again Sam Thrift Store, 427 Illinois St, work training site.

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Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Disability Related Center Based Employment
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 Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Offers to teach skills that maximize the potential for employment andprovide job coaching and on-going support after employment.
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
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment

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 Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training
Provides vocational training and skill development to persons with disabilities.

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

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Job Search/Placement
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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Disability Related Center Based Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
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. The Ticket to Work program is uniquely designed for disability beneficiaries ages 18-64, that are currently receiving SSDI or SSI cash benefits, to obtain, maintain or advance in employment. Opportunity Consultants support individuals through the Nebraska Ticket to Work program by delivering career planning, goal setting, resume preparation, job search assistance, community resource navigation and personalized follow-along support. Participants also receive benefits education, healthcare planning and work incentive advisement.
For people with welfare dependency, homelessness, and lack of education or work experience, as well as those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities.

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

Categories

Vocational Rehabilitation
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Job Search/Placement

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 Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training

Vocational training and job placement for developmentally disabled.

Community living training.

In-home support.

Shelter workshops and integrated work environments.

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

Categories

Disability Related Center Based Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment

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

Offers to help blind or low vision Iowans prepare for, obtain and retain employment in a wide variety of occupations. Applicants are determined eligible for services based upon their visual disability, their need for employment services and their intent to work. They will work with a VR Counselor to jointly identify an employment goal and the services needed to achieve it.

Career development, job development/planning, placement and on-going supports for persons with developmental or other disabilities.

Supported employment offers community-based work options for adults with developmental disabilities.

Job Club 8-week intensive job search program for individuals with disabilities. Participants focus on increasing employability skills, practicing interview skills, obtaining job leads, and helping one another.

Job Development assists adults with disabilities in determining the type of employment setting that best meets their needs, interests, and abilities. Staff assist with creating a resume and interviewing for jobs.

Job Coaching provides supplemental on the job training for adults with disabilities.

Continuing education classes are offered beyond high school in a variety of formats and settings and focus on independent living, money management, social, and employment-related skills.

Independent living services provide instruction for individuals who live in their own home (apartment or house) or in their family's home. Education, training and support is provided to maintain or increase independent living skills, such as money management, health and safety, interpersonal relations, community awareness, recreational skills, nutrition, hygiene and leisure.

The Art of Imagination classes offer artistic opportunities in traditional art forms such as painting, writing, drawing and photography and more alternative art forms such as papercraft, mail art, cartooning, post card and greeting card creation.

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Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation

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 Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Subsidized Employment
Prevocational Training

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

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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Mentoring Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Pregnancy Counseling
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes
Specialized Information and Referral
Pregnancy Testing
Childbirth Education
Community-based services and support to persons of all ages with developmental disabilities. Services includes Vocational training and employment services.

Adult leisure and recreational center for individuals who have reached retirement age. Clients are served through an alternative day program that emphasizes recreation, leisure, and maintenance of daily living skills. Alternative day services are also available for other adults whose needs do not include vocational or employment goals.

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Vocational Rehabilitation
Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Supported Employment
Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

Categories

Vocational Rehabilitation
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Job Search/Placement

Assertive Community Treatment services are provided to individuals with severe functional impairments who have not responded well to traditional outpatient care. Many have co-occurring problems with substance abuse, homelessness, or involvement with the judicial system. Services are provided to the client in their home and the community.

Vocational rehabilitation.

Substance abuse education.

Counseling.

Assistance with health care needs and daily living skills.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Assertive Community Treatment
Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

Categories

Vocational Rehabilitation
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Job Search/Placement