Service provides work orientation, work activity training, community orientation, and focus on personal habits as related to work and other aspects of daily living. Employment opportunities for individuals with challenges, due to mental disabilities or related diagnosis.

Offers a variety of person-centered programs to assist individuals in finding and keeping a job in their community. Provides individualized services that meet the specific needs and wishes of the individual. Assists in building a plan for each person and provides an array of specific service options. Services include: - Customized Employment: Allows individuals and employers the opportunity to negotiate job duties to improve overall contribution in the workplace - Employment Development: Individualized services to help individuals achieve competitive, integrated employment, and explore employment - Individual Placement and Support (IPS): Helps individuals living with a serious mental illness work in regular jobs related to their work preferences. Emphasizes a rapid search for competitive jobs consistent with the individual's goals, interests, and experience. - Performance Based Agreement: Identify and develop job opportunities, assist with creating and updating resumes, completing job applications, preparing for job interviews, completing cover and thank you letters, and more

Employment and whole life opportunities at sites located throughout the state. Packaging, clerical, janitorial, yard work and other types of employment at MSOCS locations or on-site at the company's location.

Provides specialized programs to help individuals with disabilities find and maintain employment within their community. - Employment Development: Focuses on developing skills including work orientation, work activity training, community orientation, and personal habit development for work and personal life - Employment Exploration: Includes informational interviews, employer site tours, peer mentoring, and job shadows - Employment Support: Offers group or individual placement with business partners in an integrated community setting, with support tailored to each person's needs - Vocational Rehab: Provides services such as internships, job tryouts, on-the-job evaluations, placement services, paid work experiences, and transportation training.

Assists individuals with disabilities with the following services: - Customized job shadowing - Job placement - Training and coaching including help with resumes, cover letters, and mock interviews - Volunteer employment

- 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

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.

Assists persons with disabilities to find job placement within the community. - Career planning - Job development and placement - Personalized support - Welfare-to-work services

Offers employment services for adults and students, services include: - Exploring Employment: Helps individuals explore job interests, develop skills, and learn about different careers through job shadowing, informational interviews, and short-term job tryouts. Includes resume building, interview prep, and job search support. - Finding a Job: Offers personalized help with job placement, applications, resume writing, and interview coaching. Also includes training for self-employment or microbusiness development. - Maintaining Employment: Provides job coaching, workplace support, and advocacy to help individuals stay employed and grow in their careers. Assistance with transportation and accommodations is available. - Services for Students/Young Adults (Pre-ETS): Supports high school and transition-age students with career exploration, college prep, work experience, workplace readiness, and self-advocacy training.

Offers employment services for adults and students, services include: - Exploring Employment: Helps individuals explore job interests, develop skills, and learn about different careers through job shadowing, informational interviews, and short-term job tryouts. Includes resume building, interview prep, and job search support. - Finding a Job: Offers personalized help with job placement, applications, resume writing, and interview coaching. Also includes training for self-employment or microbusiness development. - Maintaining Employment: Provides job coaching, workplace support, and advocacy to help individuals stay employed and grow in their careers. Assistance with transportation and accommodations is available. - Services for Students/Young Adults (Pre-ETS): Supports high school and transition-age students with career exploration, college prep, work experience, workplace readiness, and self-advocacy training.

Works to develop customized jobs in the community that capitalize on each individual's interests, abilities, and personal goals. Provides personalized support to each individual, including job coaching, skills training, and job search assistance. Assists individuals living with disabilities who are looking for: - Employment opportunities - Interested in learning a new skill or is working on developing new ones - Wants to be involved within the community

Offers person-centered, wraparound services for adults with intellectual and physical disabilities, including: - Employment Services: Finding and maintaining employment with continuous support - Day Support Services: Building essential life and community skills in a supportive learning environment - Admissions and transportation: Ensuring accessible, reliable transportation, whether through their services or public options

TBI Metro Services helps people with brain injury lead fuller, more productive lives. Services are customized for each individual to ensure success. Services include: - Community Integration and Inclusion: A structured day program, combining on-site skill development with community experiences. This service encourages clients to become more independent and increases social development. - Vocational Services (VS): Preparing people to secure and maintain competitive community employment including situational assessments and testing, employment preparation, job development and placement and employer education and follow up.

Provides support, training, and employment to adults with developmental disabilities. Training includes: - Day training and habilitation - Employment development - Employment exploration - Employment support, individual and group - Job coaching - Prevocational services - Transition services

- Once ODC trainees and employees are ready for employment, individualized job seeking/job retention skills are taught - The ODC placement staff works closely with each person during the placement process so that exploring job resources, writing resumes, and job interviewing become lifelong skills - Two-week evaluations within private companies can be used - This allows an employer to critique the participant's performance without obligation to hire and provides the individual useful appraisal information -ODC staff provide consultation and follow-up services for those moving into community employment to assure a smooth transition

Program is designed to support individuals with disabilities who would like to make an informed choice about employment, develop preliminary employment goals, seek competitive integrated employment, or need support in maintaining their employment. Employment services at RSI utilizes person-centered, evidence-based practices to promote employment stabilization and long-term job retention. Grounded in a strengths-based perspective, each job seeker's skills, interests, and goals are examined to identify and secure long-term careers and employment.

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

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Supports adults with mental illnesses as they cope with the challenges of daily living. Services including: - Assistance with independent living - Community outreach - Crisis Assistance - Help and support in obtaining: - Government benefits - Housing - Medical services - Quality mental health services - Transportation, advocacy - Job support - Medication assistance and education - Psycho social rehabilitation and social opportunities - Service coordination - Support groups for clients and families

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment - Vocational assessments: Evaluations are conducted to line with the person's interests and strengths. Assist individuals in identifying job goals and developing career paths. The evaluation helps an individual determine if the work in that particular field is a good fit.

Offers a variety of person-centered programs to assist individuals in finding and keeping a job in their community. Provides individualized services that meet the specific needs and wishes of the individual. Assists in building a plan for each person and provides an array of specific service options. Services include: - Customized Employment: Allows individuals and employers the opportunity to negotiate job duties to improve overall contribution in the workplace - Employment Development: Individualized services to help individuals achieve competitive, integrated employment, and explore employment - Individual Placement and Support (IPS): Helps individuals living with a serious mental illness work in regular jobs related to their work preferences. Emphasizes a rapid search for competitive jobs consistent with the individual's goals, interests, and experience. - Performance Based Agreement: Identify and develop job opportunities, assist with creating and updating resumes, completing job applications, preparing for job interviews, completing cover and thank you letters, and more

- 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

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

Connects individuals with disabilities to experiences that explore their interests, develop skills, and start or advance their careers. Individuals will learn and have the opportunity to find careers in research and development, customer service, corporate operations, office administration, food service, retail, and more. Careers include competitive wages, good benefits, and opportunities for advancement. Employment services offered: - Employment development - Employment exploration - Employment support - Extended employment - Pre-employment transition services

Provide individual competitive employment services. Services include: - Benefits planning - Career planning - Follow-up support services - Job coaching - Job development services - Job follow-up services - Job placement - Job-seeking skills training - Multi-lingual and multi-cultural support - PASS and IRWE planning - Person-centered planning - Resume and cover letter development - Supported employment NOTE: Minnesota Employment Center (MEC) Saint Paul site is the only in-person office. Other MEC locations are virtual but will serve members across Minnesota.