Day training and habilitation for adults with developmental disabilities

Habilitation: provides training and vocational skills so that clients may eventually be able to work in the community in competitive employment. - Trains and equips individuals with disabilities for useful employment. - Assists persons with disabilities in attaining individual physical, social, emotional, and vocational goals.

Arrangements and provision of work related activities for persons who are developmentally disabled services include: - Supervision - Assistance in performing paid work

Program provides the skills and support people with disabilities or barriers to employment need to succeed in the workplace and match them up with the right job. Situational Assessment - a short-term work experience designed to help individuals explore their vocational aptitudes and determine the types of support services that will be needed in the workplace. - Centered-based employment - Paid work at the main facility. Offers various jobs including donation processing, janitorial services, stocking, retail sales, office work, and shipping. Works with individuals in identifying a job within the facility that is well-matched to their skills and interests - Community based employment - Provides paid work in the community to individuals that need ongoing support to maintain their employment. These jobs are often on crews and may include janitorial, lawn-work, and snow removal - Supported employment - Provides employment with local community employers. Workers who are hired for community jobs continue to receive training and support from Goodwill Vocational Services team members, and are paid by the hiring company. Area employers may include Super One Foods, Olive Garden, Bernick's Pepsi, Minnesota Power, Grandma's Restaurant, TJ Maxx, Aerostich, Sain. Lukes, Duluth Grill, and WalMart.

- Provides habilitation services to adults with developmental disabilities Provides day training for skilled jobs such as: - Paper shredder - Log sanding - Sawing slabs - Janitorial - Housecleaning

Participants gain work experience and learn new job skills to become productive and successful workers The program provides training activities in the following areas: - Acquire resume-building work experiences and vocational training - Develop needed work skills and strengthen their work capacity - Establish the next steps for competitive employment goals - Job performance and progress - Orientation to the work environment - Orientation to work duties - Safety in the workplace - Self-confidence

Offers a variety of service options to promote independence including: - Day support services - Employment development services - Employment exploration services - Employment support services - Prevocational training Offers services for vocational rehabilitation including: - Extended employment basic (EE) - Job coaching - Job placement - Work evaluations

Offering the following services: - Assistance with personal care - Behavioral support - Center-based production work is also offered to individuals - Community employment through individual placement or work crew - Individual placement services - Learning activities - Opportunities for community interaction - Senior program: RSVP program; crafts and classes; day trips - Training and employment for individuals who want to work full time - Work adjustment training - Work assessment

Vocational services for those requiring structured setting: - Average staff to client ratios of one to four - On-going physical, social, behavioral and vocational support provided - Smaller work stations and individual work stations - Work opportunities available both on- and off-site Work opportunities for those with a greater degree of independence: - Intermittent vocational support provided by Merrick staff - Typically hired directly by business for at least a minimum wage - Weekly work hours averaging 20 hours and up to 40 hours Work crew services for those who prefer to work as part of a team: - Average staff to client ratios of one to eight - Crews contracted through Merrick or directly hired by business - Work crews of five to seven clients work together with ongoing and intermittent support during the work shift - Work opportunities available both on- and off-site On-site work completing contracts outsourced to Merrick: - All production activities monitored by Merrick - Average staff to client ratios of one to eight - Contracts includes packaging, assembling, clerical, shredding and more Transportation provided to and from jobs for all vocational programs

Assistance in obtaining and maintaining employment for individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. Services include: - Center-based and supported employment - Day training and habilitation services - Adult development centers

- CADI/TBI training options for either pre-vocational or supported employment tracks - Customer services: Packaging and assembly subcontracting for area businesses - Employment services and supported employment; vocational counseling, job training and work experience in a structured, center-based program - Supported employment, job placement, vocational counseling, job seeking skill training, job development, work adjustment, work skill training, advocacy and follow-up for persons who want to work at a community-based job

A community-based adult mental health program that follows an evidence-based practice called Individual Placement and Support (IPS). Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is a model of supported employment for people living with serious mental illness or serious and persistent mental illness. This program assists individuals with mental illness to find and keep a job of their choosing. Participants work with a team of professionals to maximize the possibility of employment success.

Offers center-based programs, community employment and work services including candle manufacturing, recycling, culinary arts, clerical duties, enclave work sites and/or recreational opportunities. Chore services program during the summer. Day Services provides the following: - Day Support Services - Day Training and Habilitation (DT&H) - Employment Development Services - Employment Exploration Services - Employment Support Services: Helps explore the persons interests, identify their skills, create resumes, fill out job applications, practice interviews, and help with transportation needs - Pre-vocational - Structured Day

- Evaluation - Extended employment - School to work programs - vocational education - Vocational rehabilitation - Job placement - Follow-up services: Job coaching, training in use of community resources, personal support and counseling, employer education

- Life Enrichment and Skills Training Programs: Provides art, music, volunteer opportunities, and community activities - Supported Community Employment: Offers opportunities for participants to work in community businesses with the assistance of a job coach. Also offers services to assist individuals in finding competitive employment on an individual basis. - In-House Employment: Participants have the opportunity to work on subcontract jobs within the agency

Provides vocational training services to adults over 18 years of age with developmental disabilities

- - Day training and habilitation - - - Employment transitioning training - - - Extended employment for people with disabilities - - - Job placement services - - - Mental health vocational programs - - - Supervised community living residential services - - - Senior services - - - School-to-work transition - - - Supervised community living residential services - - - Transportation services - - - Vocational assessment - - - Work, training and professional contact opportunities

??- Provides day support services at the Hutchinson and Winsted ATHC sites. These services help participants develop essential life skills and engage in meaningful community activities. - Provides employment supports at the Hutchinson and Winsted ATHC sites. Pre-vocational employment services are offered at the Hutchinson site.

- Supported, community-based employment - Job placement and job coaching - Day training and habilitation services - Individualized planning - Case Management Work activity center partners with over 100 community businesses from a variety of industries throughout the western metro area. Some of these include: - Food Service - Manufacturing and Production - Facilities Maintenance and Hospitality SHAPE Fitness Center - Provides daily access to a gym, adaptive equipment and programs, safety and support, knowledge of best health practices and trained fitness professionals

- Adult day services - Atmosphere that promotes social relationships, self-sufficiency, and opportunity for growth - Community-based group employment under supervision of trained staff; services include case management, training, and advocacy - Assessment: Measures a person's strengths, interests, and work skills - Work Adjustment Training: Develops job skills to assist individuals in career planning specific to individual goals - Job Coaching: One-to-one training on employment skills - Job Development: Develops employment options for community placement, assists with resume preparation, interviewing skills, provides employer services, and matches participant's desires to employer - Supported employment provides training and independent placement of individuals desiring jobs in community settings - Center-based employment provides supervised employment opportunities in light industrial packaging and manual assembly, shrink wrap, skin wrap, and blister packaging - Follow-up Services: Professional job retention support - Life skills classes and social activities - Day Training and Habilitation Program - DT&H - Traumatic Brain Injury Program - Vast majority of participants are transported to and from their homes on ProAct vehicles which include specialized equipment, wheelchair lift buses, commuter vans, and cars - Vocational skill development

Promotes independence in persons with developmental disabilities through vocational training to allow consumers to work in private sector or supported employment. - Piecework production and assembly of various jobs done at center - Recycling for apartment buildings - Paper shredding services for both business and private persons - On-site job coaching at local restaurants and other businesses - Chore services - Cutting grass - Trimming - Litter pick-up - Janitorial - Dishwashing Also provides: - Pre-vocational skill building to adults with intellectual disabilities - Day habilitation services - Transportation for enrolled individuals

- Teaches independent living skills, community living skills - Provides occupational assesments and help in finding job opportunities and community intergration and training in job skills

- CADI/TBI training options for either pre-vocational or supported employment tracks - Customer services: Packaging and assembly subcontracting for area businesses - Employment services and supported employment; vocational counseling, job training and work experience in a structured, center-based program - Supported employment, job placement, vocational counseling, job seeking skill training, job development, work adjustment, work skill training, advocacy and follow-up for persons who want to work at a community-based job

- Provides work orientation, work activity training, community orientation, and focus on personal habits as related to work and other aspects of daily living - The emphasis of this program will be the world of work and will include assistance in developing individual work habits and skills and developing a relationship between work and the community through supported employment and community orientation

Offers a variety of service options to promote independence including: - Day support services - Employment development services - Employment exploration services - Employment support services - Prevocational training Offers services for vocational rehabilitation including: - Extended employment basic (EE) - Job coaching - Job placement - Work evaluations