Provides opportunities for individuals with mental health diagnoses to participate in various work units and educational areas.

* Offers various programs related to Health Disparities, Employment, Inclusive Recreation, Community Education for individuals of all ages who have developmental disabilities.* Offers the Project SEARCH program, which provides training and education leading to competitive employment.* Conducts research and education to reduce health disparities for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Offers developmentally disabled individuals within Jefferson County an opportunity to work in the community in paid and volunteer positions. Helps individuals identify their strengths, skills, and interests and develops opportunities to match the person with the right job, as well as employment supports.

* Provides vocational and career services that includes: Resume Development Job search activities Interview skills Job coaching

Supports an array of services to assist Temporary Assistance and Food Stamp applicants and recipients in securing and retaining employment and achieving self sufficiency.
Provides Summer Youth Employment Services

* 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.

Private, non-profit, locally-governed agency with services to people who are legally blind or visually impaired to help them reach or maintain personal and economic independence.

Supports the employability of those with refugee, asylee, or temporary protected status. The program focuses on employability and transitional support to life in the U.S.

Provides training and support for employment to people with developmental disabilities. Offers individualized services designed to empower participants to choose and achieve their vocational goals in a supportive environment.

* Provides programs and services for people with intellectual and/or other developmentally disabilities and their families. Programs and services include: ArcWorks manufacturing and subcontracting business Job Path- Job placement, training, and ongoing support for persons ready to work in the community Community Pre-vocational programs ArcDeli cafeteria and catering Day Habilitation Programs- site based and without walls Resources for community inclusion Self-Advocacy Certified Residential services Health Services Family Support Services Guardianship RecreationResidential housing servicesPediatric Developmental AssessmentMedical Equipment Expense AssistanceCaregiver Training

* Offers programs for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: School Program: Provides full-day special education instruction to children ages 5 to 22, based on each student's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Community Classrooms: Community-based learning environments where students ages 18 to 22 learn job readiness skills in the classroom and apply them at internships at nearby businesses. Work-Based Learning: A continuum of learning from internal assessments and training in our PAES lab and at community-based experiences.Supported Employment (SEMP): Staff assists individuals 18 years and older in obtaining and maintaining competitive employment, working alongside co-workers without disabilities and earning at least minimum wage. Partners with area businesses to place talented and diverse workers in jobs that meet the employer's unique workforce needs. Community-Based Prevocational Services: Habilitation services that assist individuals to develop employment readiness skills, provided in the most integrated setting appropriate to the needs of the individual receiving services. The services consist of learning and work experiences, including volunteer work that is not job-task specific, but contributes to an individual's ability to attain paid employment in the community. Special Touch Bakery: Serves as an opportunity for adults with developmental disabilities to learn production and food service skills at their own pace while earning a weekly paycheck. Partners With Industry (PWI): Trains individuals in achieving maximum production and high-quality levels. They perform subcontract work such as sorting, assembly, fulfillment, shrink wrapping, bulk mailings and other labor-intensive work. Respite/Recreation: Extracurricular recreational program that allows adults and students who are enrolled in the Home and Community Based Waiver Program through OPWDD to broaden their recreational, social skills and knowledge. Health Center (Article 16 Clinic): Comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services (PT, OT, Counseling and Speech Services) to the agency's student and adult populations, including state-mandated health screenings (vision, hearing and scoliosis), emergency first aid, the administration of medications and illness assessment. Day Habilitation: Participants take part in a wide variety of activities on campus and within the community. Front Line Supervisors and Direct Support Professionals work directly with participants to develop the necessary skills that will allow them to become more independent. Holy Childhood's Day Habilitation Program offers a few different types of programmatic options in effort to accommodate everyone's skill set. This includes our Senior Day Habilitation Program, Transitional Day Habilitation Program, and Day Habilitation Without Walls Program.

Program offers services, assistance, information, advocacy and referral for those needing help navigating special education services, community habilitation, pre-vocational and employment programs, independent living skills and peer-to-peer support.

Provides case management and job placement/training services to participants impacted by the criminal justice system. Assistance includes job readiness, civic restoration support, and access to professional clothing.

Offers support to adults over the age of 17 that are becoming emergent bilinguals to enhance literacy and language skills for career exploration, translation of foreign credentials, resume development, and assists with creating cover letters, preparing for job interviews, and and applying for jobs.

Offers additional case management services focused on employment and assists refugees to help them obtain gainful employment in their communities. Employment services include an introductory instruction about the American workplace, job searching, and assistance with completing job applications and interviews.

* Provides a work experience program that assists students and young adults with pre-employment services. Work experiences can be paid or unpaid. * Provides career exploration, post-secondary and job exploration counseling, community-based workplace services, and work readiness focused on soft skills. * Provides training, intensive, and extended support.

Job Corps is a free education and job training program of the U.S. Department of Labor. It is a helping hand for youth who need it. It can help earn your GED, find a career that interests you, get the training you need, have a safe place to live and your basic needs met while completing the program. With 74 different careers to choose from, Job Corps helps you earn enough to become self-sufficient. To qualify, individuals must meet certain Job Corps requirements

Location Phone Fax Hours ONEONTA 607-432-4800 607-432-4171 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm 12 Dietz St. Oneonta, NY 13820 NORWICH 607-334-2201 607-334-6540 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm 1 O'Hara Drive Norwich, NY 13815 DELHI 607-832-5777 607-832-6078 Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm 1 Courthouse Square, Ste. 3 Delhi, NY 13753 SIDNEY 607-832-5776 607-832-6075 Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm 21 Liberty St. Sidney, NY 13838

Provides homeless or formerly homeless individuals the opportunity to gain skills for employment, earn income, build work history, and receive support while participating within the program.

* Offers a work preparation program for individuals who have struggled to find work due to previous or current incarceration, substance use disorders or chronic unemployment. * Provides a 90 day training. Trainees learn and practice basic work expectations, woodworking, welding in a live production environment. * Conducts a job search with a Placement Advisor. * Offers stabilization services to individuals who are currently incarcerated to begin work training upon release.

Provides educational, workforce exposure and opportunities to youth 14 to 24 years who are either in and out-of-school and involved with the criminal justice system.

provides pre-employment and employment services for individuals with disabilities (funded by ACCES-VR and OPWDD).provides self- directed services to individuals and their families (funded by OPWDD).

* Offers assistance to people with disabilities to help find and keep jobs:
Community based vocational assessment

• Work readiness and/or self-advocacy training
• Work Incentives Support/Benefits Advisement
• Career exploration
• Job search assistance
• Job development
• Job coaching

Assists individuals with disabilities to become more independent in all phases of their lives.