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Provides individualized services to people with barriers to employment including those eligible for Vocational Rehabilitation services through: - Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) - Adult Career & Continuing Education Services - Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) - Office of Mental Health (OMH) Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) - Adult and Children's - High Fidelity Wraparound Services From assessment to follow-along support, OLV Human Services works with participants to prepare them for employment at all stages of their career path. Vocational services are provided primarily in the community in which the participant resides, and the OLV Human Services office is accessible by public transportation (NFTA Routes 16, 42).
An Office of Mental Health (OMH) funded Recovery Center offering services for adults with mental health conditions. Services include employment support, benefits advisement, parenting classes and support, financial literacy development, educational services, volunteer opportunities, meals, and some social activities. Individualized, same day services are available. Certified Benefits Advisors on staff. Certified Employment Network offers Ticket to Work services for SSI/SSDI beneficiaries. ##REENTRY##

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Ticket to Work / Self Sufficiency Program
General Benefits Assistance
Financial Literacy Training
GED / High School Equivalency Test Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Parenting Skills Classes
Volunteer Recruitment / Placement
Psychiatric Resocialization
Prevocational Training
Ticket to Work / Self Sufficiency Employment Networks
Offers training and certification for individuals looking to begin a career in the home care, as home health aides. This program is approved by New York State Department of Health.
Provides Evaluations; Job Development; Intense Coaching: Long-Term Job Coaching; Travel Training; Work Readiness

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Developmental Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Employment
Disability Related Center Based Employment
Intellectual Disabilities
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Training Formats
Employment Preparation
Job Development
Provides support, counseling, training, and life-skills for people with mental health and substance use needs. Services are provided at home, in the community, or through telehealth and can in addition to other behavioral health services you are already receiving. Services include: Peer Support Services, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Counseling, Family Support & Training, and Education and Job Support Services.

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Drug Use Disorder Counseling
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Alcohol Use Disorder Counseling
Psychiatric Resocialization
Supported Employment
Peer Counseling
Provides opportunities for individuals with mental health diagnoses to participate in various work units and educational areas.

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Prevocational Training
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
* Offers a site based prevocational program.* Provides a work adjustment training and work study program.* Offers a transitional and supported employment opportunity. * Offers workshop facilities in Webster and City of Rochester.* Provides transportation to work sites provided by agency.

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Disability Related Center Based Employment
Employment Related Transportation
Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Work Study Programs
Offers a blended prevocational and day program that provides employment opportunities through training and specializes in hand assembly projects for businesses and organizations. Individuals enrolled may also learn daily living, social and recreational skills that increase their self-esteem and work ethic. Opportunities program encompasses day prevocational training, job coaching for community employment and volunteer positions.
Provides individuals with developmental disabilities to a variety of person-centered activities including creative arts, recreation and leisure, independent living and employment preparation. Volunteer opportunities are also available to help participants gain first-hand experience at different organizations throughout Schenectady County including the Regional Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House, NYS Museum, and Salvation Army.

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Prevocational Training
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
Supports individuals with significant behavior challenges. Participants are involved in on-site and volunteer activities that help them to improve their communication skills while minimizing their behaviors.

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Day Treatment for Adults With Developmental Disabilities
Prevocational Training
Offers services to individuals with a disability including wellness and educational classes, group centered supports, individual based supports, volunteer opportunities, relationship building skills, and exploration in music, theater, and art.
*Adult Programs:
  • Education Support Services - assistance to individuals who want to start to return to school
  • Pre-vocational Services - Time-limited services that prepare individuals for paid or unpaid employment
  • Intensive Supported Employment - Assists recovering individuals to obtain and maintain competitive employment
  • Ongoing Supported Employment - Supported provided to individuals after they have successfully obtained employment
  • Family Support and Training - Enhances the skills of family members and supporters so they can support the recovery of a family member with behavioral health issues.

*Children and Youth Services:
  • Community Habilitation - assistance with learning social and daily living skills, and health related tasks and participate in community activities
  • Day Habilitation - assistance with learning social and daily living skills such as building relationships, cooking and communication skills
  • Caregiver/Family Support - Training and education for families and caregivers to make informed and empowered choices
  • Community Self Advocacy Training and Support - Assistance to understand developmental, medical, mental health, and/or substance use needs; assistance with difficulties while participating in community activities; self-advocacy training
  • Prevocational Services - learn skills to help get ready for paid work or volunteer work
  • Supported Employment - ongoing support while getting a job and while working
  • Planned Respite Services - provide short term relief for families/caregivers and support the child

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Prevocational Training
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
Children's In Home Respite Care
Return to Education Support
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs
* Assists individuals who want to work and need extra help to develop the skills needed to be successful in the workplace. Participants also engage in job readiness education. Participants are not expected to be ready for community employment within a year.
* Facilitates building skills toward self-efficacy, promoting and facilitating community participation and independence.* Creates opportunities for individual with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders to receive services in their own home or community.

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Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Peer Mental Health Support Services
Vocational Assessment
Provides opportunities for individuals with limited work-related skills to learn job skills and other related social skills to enhance their ability to obtain employment in the future. Services include vocational assessment, training to prepare an individual for employment, and paid work experience.

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Vocational Assessment
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
* Provides various behavioral health services, including: Psychosocial Rehabilitation. Habilitation. Family Support and Training. Peer Support. Independent Skills Training. Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment. Education Support Services. Pre-Vocational Services. Intensive Supported Employment. Ongoing Supported Employment.

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Supported Employment
Peer Mental Health Support Services
General Psychiatry
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Social Skills Training
Prevocational Training
Provides permanent support housing and support for individuals and families with HIV/AIDS.

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Housing Search Assistance
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Case/Care Management
Rent Payment Assistance
Assists individuals ages 18 years and older who have a diagnosis of severe and persistent mental illness, with entering the workforce. Provides activities such as searching for employment, assist them with the hiring process, supports the individual during employment, connects with community resources for benefits advisement, intensive job coaching, or obtaining work attire. Staff coordinates employment concerns with clinical providers and employers to provide a continuity of care, and to optimize the probability of success.
Provides vocational training for individuals who want to enter or re-enter the workforce. Assists with education of standard business practices, education with technology commonly in retail, handle customer requests and involved in all aspects of running the store.

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Work Clothing Donation Programs
Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Thrift Shops
Daily support, including work readiness, being independent on the job and emphasizing new and existing skills, for people with developmental disabilities not yet ready to work in the community.
* Community Prevocational Services: Provide learning and work experiences, including volunteering. Individuals develop general and non-job task-specific strengths and skills that help their employability. * Supported Employment Services: provides training, intensive, and extended support. Employment Training Program (ETP) - aids in securing employer-based, paid, or unpaid work experience.

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Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Provides person-centered support to assist young adults with disabilities to become prepared for the workforce and achieve gainful employment in the community. Services include an employment training program, support employment, prevocational services, and pathway to employment.

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Prevocational Training
Job Readiness
Job Search/Placement
Supported Employment
Due to Covid-19, Circare must limit face-to-face contacts to ensure the safety of clients and our staff. For referrals for any of their programs, please call first so inquiries can be directed and addressed appropriately.

Provides a variety of services for adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Services include psychosocial rehabilitation, habilitation, family support and training, education support services, empowerment services, pre-vocational services, intensive supported employment, and ongoing supported employment.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Peer Counseling
Prevocational Training
Supported Employment
Postsecondary Opportunities for People With Disabilities
Provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals to prepare them for employment (including helping them to further their education) consistent with their strengths, ability and interest. These jobs can be in the competitive workforce, self-owned businesses in the home, sheltered workshops or in supported employment in the community. Also works with students, families and school districts to coordinate appropriate services for students with disabilities who are leaving secondary education and entering adult vocational rehabilitation.

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School to Adult Life Transition Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Provides vocational rehabilitation services to eligible individuals to prepare them for employment (including helping them to further their education) consistent with their strengths, ability and interest. These jobs can be in the competitive workforce, self-owned businesses in the home, sheltered workshops or in supported employment in the community. Also works with students, families and school districts to coordinate appropriate services for students with disabilities who are leaving secondary education and entering adult vocational rehabilitation.

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School to Adult Life Transition Services
Vocational Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training