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Community Employment Resources. People Who Are There to Get You a Job. Community Employment Resources. For Wage Employment (Regular Job): Workforce Centers Vocational Rehabilitation Local Community Rehabilitation Providers Local Business Leadership Networks
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Community EmploymentResources • For Wage Employment (Regular Job): • Workforce Centers • Vocational Rehabilitation • Local Community Rehabilitation Providers • Local Business Leadership Networks • Social Security Work Incentives: PASS Plan
Community EmploymentResources:Who They Are & What They Can Do • Workforce Centers: • Core Employment Services • Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Services • Disability Navigators
Community EmploymentResources:Who They Are & What They Can Do • Vocational Rehabilitation: • Help you plan your path to employment • Counsel you to help you make an informed choice for employment • Pay for training, employment development services and equipment • Sponsor On-the-Job training programs with local employers
Community EmploymentResources:Who They Are & What They Can Do • Community Rehabilitation Providers • Can introduce you to your local vocational rehabilitation agency and advocate services • Help you with determining job goals and amount of job development • Can help with employer introductions • Can help with self employment organization and funding
Community EmploymentResources:Who They Are & What They Can Do • Business Leadership Networks, Mayors’ Committees, Other Community Initiatives for the Employment of People with Disabilities • May provide direct access to employers in the community • May provide lists of community employers involved in direct hiring of people with disabilities
Community EmploymentResources:Who They Are & What They Can Do • Plans to Achieve Self Support (PASS Plans) • Allow you to pay for your own employment development activities • Pay for transportation, equipment, tools and clothes for employment • Can pay for self employment expenses
Community EmploymentResources • For Self Employment (To Start a Business): • Local Small Business Development Centers • Vocational Rehabilitation • Local Community Rehabilitation Providers • Social Security Work Incentives: PASS Plan