The following services are available to persons transitioning from High School: - Exploration counseling services - Instruction in self-advocacy services - Internship opportunities - Introductory work activities - Post-secondary education counseling services - Work experience opportunities - Work-based learning coaching - Workplace readiness training

Fillmore County DAC provides independent and personal living/social skills training, along with physical development and social/recreational activities. The work component includes job training, and working in the community under supervision of a job coach. Employment services include: job development, program planning, communication and social skills training. Referrals necessary for additional services. Transportation is provided.

Courses last 8 - 12 weeks and are designed to provide short-term industry-specific training and career navigation in the following areas: - Automotive Service Technician - Business Professional Pathways - Construction - Financial Industry Individuals must attend an information session where a staff member will assist with eligibility and application requirements. If individuals need assistance in order to participate in an information session, they should call. Information sessions are offered monthly at two different locations; visit website for information.

- 24-Hour Responder Service: On-call staff help with health and personal injuries. The service is often paired with Independent Home Support with Training program. Staff will respond by phone or in person depending on the level of services. - Acute Behavioral Services for Children and Adults: Services provided to individuals with interfering behaviors and/or anti-social issues, who have a history of law enforcement involvement, have difficulty living with others and require high staffing needs, are in frequent crisis situations, or coming out of an institution. - Case Management: Available to residents of Hennepin, Ramsey, and Wright Counties who receive funding through various waivers and/or programs. Assists navigating the social service system and provides information and advocacy. - Integrated Community Supports: Provides support and training/habilitation in community living service categories to adults ages 18 and older who reside in a living unit of a provider-controlled ICS setting (e.g., apartment in a multi-family housing building). ICS can be delivered up to 24 hours per day in the person's living unit or in the community. - Individualized Home Supports: Provides a blend of in-person and remote services that focus on support and training of a person who needs to maintain or increase independence for their continued experience living in the community. Also offers services to relatives working to support the person's goals. - Residential Services: Operates residences for adults with significant behavioral, medical, or physical challenges including brain injuries. Residential group home programs are licensed as adult or child foster care, or a supervised living facility. Each site serves 2 - 6 people. - Supportive Employment Services: Provides individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities assistance with initial stages of the employment assessment period, job search and development, job coaching, and working independently - Vocational Rehabilitation Services: Offers a variety of services including job-seeking skills training, job coaching, social coaching, post-secondary education, and more. Also, supports student youth as they search for and find competitive employment and helps them explore post-secondary education. - RUMI: Connects people with disabilities with a compatible supportive roommate who can earn up to 2x more than a typical direct care position, tax-free. Visit MeetMyRumi.com to learn more.

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

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

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

Employment Exploration Assists the person with activities and experiences exploration so they can make informed decisions about whether they are interested in pursuing competitive employment. Employment Development - Find and Plan Helps the person plan their work goals and discover personal strengths, interests, and conditions for employment. The Employment Development Find phase helps the person search for and obtain competitive, integrated employment or develop a microenterprise business. Employment Support Individualized services and supports that help people maintain paid employment in community businesses/settings through job coaching support. ?Transportation Transportation services provided to assist people in getting to and from work, as well as job search and exploration activities.

- 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

- ODC contracts with local companies to perform work at their place of business - Provides ODC participants and employees with meaningful work and in some cases, results in a transition from supported employment to competitive employment Examples of community based work are: Mobile Work Crews - Jobs such as yard work, cleaning, etc. Enclave (Small work crew) - ODC contracts with an industry and provides a trainer as needed - Industry provides material and site of work Individual Work Site - ODC contracts to perform work for just one individual - The work is done at the place of business and a trainer from ODC will be provided as needed

Prepares participants by providing the tools to develop hard and soft skills, reach career goals and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Career training coaches are available to assist every step of the way by preparing participants for college-level classes, connecting them to employers and helping to build professional skills and networks. Healthcare Career Pathways: Helps participants build skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Provides a training coach that prepares participants for college-level classes, connections to employers, and builds professional skills and networks. Courses offered include English for Industry, Nursing Assistant, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, and Nursing Assistant Refresher. Career Essential Workshop: Provides a two-part MFIP/DWP workshop that offers basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette, insight to job searching tools and practices, how to write a targeted cover letter, the importance of professional emails, and workshop schedule and expectations. Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellness: Provides classes that help participants increase financial management skills and learn to navigate financial systems. Classes include: budgeting to create savings, asset building and debt reduction, building a good credit report, and consumer protection and financial institutions. Class A Commerical Driver's License Program: Helps participants earn a CDL for free by providing a training coach. Provides an immersive and hands-on training program held at the Interstate Truck Driving School. Re-Entry Services: Provides adults recently paroled or released an opportunity to gain proper credentials in trainings such as Class A Commercial Driver's License. In addition to job training and career planning, participants will have access to transportation assistance and financial coaching. Welding and CNC Machining: Offers participants that have completed Manufacturing Foundations, the opportunity to pursue advanced manufacturing programs at Hennepin Technical College that includes 7 - 10 month certificates in Gas Metal Arc Welding or CNC Machining. Program also prepares participants an opportunity to continue their education and earn an associate's degree in a skilled trade.

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.

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

- Creates opportunities in leisure, cultural enrichment, employment, and volunteer activities - Matches client skills, interests and abilities to a variety of options to ensure that all activities are sustainable and successful - Promotes the use of community resources as the place for recreation, volunteer and senior activities - Provides day training and habilitation services to create partnerships between people with disabilities and the community

Winona County Developmental Achievement Center is an adult program which includes: - Community integration - Vocational development - Independent living skills development - Pre-vocational skills development - Preparation for job placement - Recreation/social activities - Horticulture therapy (there is a greenhouse on premises) - Computer technology - Supported employment The center can provide in-center work and community-based work opportunities. In addition the center offers physical therapy and exercise programs and a positive behavioral program for participants. Transportation to and from the center may be available.

Prepares participants by providing the tools to develop hard and soft skills, reach career goals and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Career training coaches are available to assist every step of the way by preparing participants for college-level classes, connecting them to employers and helping to build professional skills and networks. Healthcare Career Pathways: Helps participants build skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Provides a training coach that prepares participants for college-level classes, connections to employers, and builds professional skills and networks. Courses offered include English for Industry, Nursing Assistant, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, and Nursing Assistant Refresher. Career Essential Workshop: Provides a two-part MFIP/DWP workshop that offers basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette, insight to job searching tools and practices, how to write a targeted cover letter, the importance of professional emails, and workshop schedule and expectations. Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellness: Provides classes that help participants increase financial management skills and learn to navigate financial systems. Classes include: budgeting to create savings, asset building and debt reduction, building a good credit report, and consumer protection and financial institutions. Class A Commerical Driver's License Program: Helps participants earn a CDL for free by providing a training coach. Provides an immersive and hands-on training program held at the Interstate Truck Driving School. Re-Entry Services: Provides adults recently paroled or released an opportunity to gain proper credentials in trainings such as Class A Commercial Driver's License. In addition to job training and career planning, participants will have access to transportation assistance and financial coaching. Welding and CNC Machining: Offers participants that have completed Manufacturing Foundations, the opportunity to pursue advanced manufacturing programs at Hennepin Technical College that includes 7 - 10 month certificates in Gas Metal Arc Welding or CNC Machining. Program also prepares participants an opportunity to continue their education and earn an associate's degree in a skilled trade.

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.

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- 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 to four 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

Service which provides job opportinities for individuals with diabilities and other employment barriers

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

Provides training and habilitation services for adults living with a developmental disability, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), mental illness, or physical challenge. Individual programs are developed to meet specific needs and promote social and vocational independence. Additional services include: - Daily Living Skills: Assessment/evaluation, art therapy, multi-sensory room therapy, budgeting/money management, self-help skills, and social skills - Fully Accessible Transportation Service: Provides transportation to centers, community work sites, and community activities - Progressive Job Placement Program: Provides center-based employment such as job coaching, training, on-going job follow-up, and individual job search for positions in business and industries - Senior Program: Skills maintenance training, leisure interest training, and small group community activities - Specialized Services: Assessment/evaluation, behavior management planning, physical therapy, and communication and language services such as ASL Spanish classes - Transition Program: Develop a work history while still in school and work readiness training

Employment services providing: - Placement and ongoing job coaching for individual placements - Pre-vocational training - Jobs in the community - Work skills development and training