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Ticket-To-Work; Employment Network - can assist individuals with disabilities to find job and training opportunities, access community resources and understand the impact of work earnings on their benefits.

Provides supported employment services for people with disabilities (not just intellectual or developmental) including job placement, coaching, application assistance, resumes, follow-ups, and school transitions.

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.

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.

Provide information regarding education and counseling services to individuals who are seeking independent living skills, supported employment, adult education, and building occupational skills

* 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

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

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.

*Connection Connections assists individuals in obtaining meaningful employment.

• Resume preparation
• Job application assistance
• Interview practice
• Job coaching once employment has been obtained
• Prevocational services
• Work Readiness classes
• Self Advocacy services
• Paid Work Experience
• Job Assessments

* Provides services and programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or other challenges, such as: Aging Services for all populations. Broker services. Respite. Residential habilitation. Independent living skill training. Day services. Recreation services for children. Supported employment and placement services. Residential services. Vocational training. Autism Services at The Arc Ontario. Bus transportation for participants and the general public. Pet Connections - a training for individuals interested in training their dogs to be therapy dogs.

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

Employment Support Services include person-centered vocational supports in a variety of settings, developing skills and good work habits as a way of increasing independence and assisting individuals to become productive and contributing members of the community. Personal growth and a sense of self-worth are achieved and enhanced. Adults with developmental disabilities may be able to earn income while working to achieve their maximum potential. A wide range of services and supports are offered including exploration of career interests, job readiness programs, and in some cases, a more directly supported work environment.

This is an exciting and challenging program designed to build community and strengthen peer leadership skills in teens. Activities are crafted for success and achievement, require full participation and promote improved decision making, problem solving, and communication skills. The program's goal is to work with young people who are struggling to overcome difficult situations, and guide them toward higher education and purposeful employment. Participants attend one of the three, 3-week summer sessions and then attend weekend activities at camp during the school year. Teen's families also participate in the program, during weekends in the spring and fall. Activities include camping, canoeing, high ropes, peer group counseling, learning basic work skills, and local community service projects.

Employment support service. Includes on and off site job coaching. The Employment Connection, a division of UCP of Long Island , assists individuals with developmental disabilities and those with acquired physical disabilities to meet their career goals. Assists job seekers with employment assessment, training, job placement and job support.

Offers a variety of opportunities for employment. Career Options provides job readiness, skill assessment, diagnostic vocational evaluation, résumé development, career counseling, job development, on the job training, and follow up services. The Vocational Centers offer job opportunities for individuals to develop and improve the skills necessary to meet their goals for employment. The Center focuses on soft skills development such as acceptance of supervision, following directions, attention to task, co-worker relationships, job completion and time management.

Offers a variety of opportunities for employment. Career Options provides job readiness, skill assessment, diagnostic vocational evaluation, résumé development, career counseling, job development, on the job training, and follow up services. The Vocational Centers offer job opportunities for individuals to develop and improve the skills necessary to meet their goals for employment. The Center focuses on soft skills development such as acceptance of supervision, following directions, attention to task, co-worker relationships, job completion and time management.

Provides opportunities for people with disabilities to obtain competitive employment through long-term contracts with government agencies and businesses. Offers vocational assessments, training and job coach support.

Provides assessment, job development and job coaching services to adults with developmental disabilities including autism. Assists in obtaining and maintaining employment for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Provide information regarding education and counseling services to individuals who are seeking independent living skills, supported employment, adult education, and building occupational skills

Provides the following services. Employment Readiness: Career counseling, career exploration, career advisement, resume preparation, interviewing assistance, online video interview assistance, and custom made workshops. Job Search Assistance: Access to computer labs, copy service, free mailing, current job listings, labor market information, job fairs, job clubs, and "Meet the Employers" on-site career fairs, where employers are on-site to recruit and interview job seekers. Career Advancement and Training Grants: Connected education, training programs, and support services that enable individuals to secure a job or advance in an in-demand industry or occupation. Training grants available for in-demand occupations such as Nursing, HVAC, Machining, CDL, Mechanics, Accounting, and over 50 additional occupations. Job Training: High school equivalency diploma classes, soft skills classes, and training on computer and internet use, keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and Intermediate/Advanced Excel and Word. Targeted programming and additional assistance: - Reentry / Justice Impacted Employment Services - Young Adult 18-30 Employment Services - Individuals with Disabilities Employment Services - On-the-Job Training Program - Clothes Closet ##Veteran## ##REENTRY##

Offers supported employment opportunities which include job development, job coaching, person centered vocational profiles, vocational assessments, vocational planning, counseling, employment, job training, job placement, and transitional support to school age students.

Offers short term career training programs focusing on employment skills and placement services for visually impaired individuals. Both online and in-house courses are available which focus on computer skills, customer service skills, telecommunications, and work readiness. Emphasis is placed on computer skills including Microsoft Office, Assistive Technology, and hands on experiential learning. Also provides employment services including resume development, interviewing skills training, career counseling, and job search/placement support. Program is open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4pm in-house; specific course hours will vary, or be available as online offerings.

Provides the following services for children and adults with developmental disabilities: - Behavior Management - Counseling - Crisis Intervention - Parenting Skills Training for parents of children with developmental disabilities, ages birth to 21 years - Respite (Day/Evening) for children/youth under 21 - Saturday Life Skills Program for children with developmental disabilities and their families; 10 week program held 4 times a year - Adult Day Habilitation Programs: specialized community-based programming for adults with developmental disabilities - Vocational and Employment Services offers support for individuals with developmental and other disabilities and delays who are seeking employment including pre-vocational training and supported employment - Behavioral Health Services provides short-term interventions for children and young adults struggling with behavioral, social, and emotional challenges - Feeding Clinic for children from birth to age 12 with feeding and mealtime concerns