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.

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

Medtronic: Recruits for 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and offers an interactive course at Medtronic. The course helps participants build resumes, develop interview skills and offers personalized job coaching and training. EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Career Essentials Workshops: Learn how to professionally write a resume or conduct a successful job search through a 2-part MFIP/DWP workshop that provides the tools to develop career skills. Learn more about: Basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette Insight to job searching tools and practices How to write a targeted cover letter Importance of professional emails Workshop schedule and expectations Computer lab for youth and adults EMERGE Career and Technology Center, 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 North @ Work: North @ Work is a collaborative meant to facilitate career training and employment services for African-American males, age 25 or older, living in north Minneapolis and looking for a career. This workshop is free and can connect participants to resources, training and a career with an employer. Choose a career path Attend training while working Be guided by step-by-step partnerships to help reach goals Launch a career with employers that are hiring now Twin Cities R!se, 1301 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Hire Ground: Helps participants learn the power of self-advocacy, soft and hard professional skills and habits. Participants also have the opportunity to discover their values, personality type, learning style, and learn how to talk about their skills and value they can bring to a professional audience and workplace. Develop effective strategies for job searching Learn the power of self-advocacy and habit Practice interviewing skills Resume and cover letter building Modern day job market insight and know-how EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center (CROC), 505 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Global Career Development Facilitator Training An intense high impact course designed to equip career services employees with the needed industry tools to guide participants in their career planning and guidance. This GCDF® / CCSP Training course is intended for anyone providing career services in employment and workforce development, one stops, career centers, secondary and post-secondary education, veteran career development, career coaching, career advisors, human resources, government or other professionals that desire nationally recognized career training.

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.

Medtronic: Recruits for 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and offers an interactive course at Medtronic. The course helps participants build resumes, develop interview skills and offers personalized job coaching and training. EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Career Essentials Workshops: Learn how to professionally write a resume or conduct a successful job search through a 2-part MFIP/DWP workshop that provides the tools to develop career skills. Learn more about: Basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette Insight to job searching tools and practices How to write a targeted cover letter Importance of professional emails Workshop schedule and expectations Computer lab for youth and adults EMERGE Career and Technology Center, 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 North @ Work: North @ Work is a collaborative meant to facilitate career training and employment services for African-American males, age 25 or older, living in north Minneapolis and looking for a career. This workshop is free and can connect participants to resources, training and a career with an employer. Choose a career path Attend training while working Be guided by step-by-step partnerships to help reach goals Launch a career with employers that are hiring now Twin Cities R!se, 1301 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Hire Ground: Helps participants learn the power of self-advocacy, soft and hard professional skills and habits. Participants also have the opportunity to discover their values, personality type, learning style, and learn how to talk about their skills and value they can bring to a professional audience and workplace. Develop effective strategies for job searching Learn the power of self-advocacy and habit Practice interviewing skills Resume and cover letter building Modern day job market insight and know-how EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center (CROC), 505 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Global Career Development Facilitator Training An intense high impact course designed to equip career services employees with the needed industry tools to guide participants in their career planning and guidance. This GCDF® / CCSP Training course is intended for anyone providing career services in employment and workforce development, one stops, career centers, secondary and post-secondary education, veteran career development, career coaching, career advisors, human resources, government or other professionals that desire nationally recognized career 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.

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.

Individualized employment services and support for people living with disabilities include: - Day Training: Provides choices on how to spend time on learning work or leisure activities - Employment Services: Helps individuals to explore work and introduce employment options. This service helps people to make an informed choice about working in competitive, integrated employment. - Habilitation - Prevocational Services: Offers training that focuses on building necessary skills and behaviors that the person needs to succeed in the community. ?

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. Offers the following services: - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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 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.

Maple Leaf Services offers a variety of Supported Employment Services employment opportunities that range from employment exploration, development, and employment support. The intent is to assist the person gain and maintain competitive employment.

- 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.

Provides day training and habilitation services to create partnerships between individuals living with a disability and the community. Programs offer flexibility and person-centered services. Services provided: - Create opportunities in leisure, cultural enrichment, employment, and volunteer activities - Build and expand functional skills - Develop social relationships, social connections, and life skills - Foster and develop independence - Matches client skills, interests, and abilities to ensure activities are a good fit - Wellness activities and explore art opportunities

- Vocational training for adults with developmental disabilities and/or mental illnesses - Work skills development - Supported employment - Community employment

Provides homes and services to people with developmental and delayed disabilities, mental illness, traumatic brain injuries, and other health-related needs wherever identified in communities throughout Minnesota. Individuals can participate in day placement, day treatment, and vocational readiness on a regular basis. Adult foster care - Provides food, lodging, and supervision services to a person with disabilities, mental illness, and brain injury. These services can be short term or long term. 62 residential program sites/ 261 beds. 12 sites offer a 5th bed or apartment with services, for 25 total beds. 4 AFC beds. Children's foster care - A 24-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the state agency has placement and care responsibility. 4 residential program sites/8 beds. Community-based services - Community support programs - Independent living services - In-home services, including training for of the person and family members to increase their capabilities to care for and maintain the person in their home - Personal care assistant - Respite care services - Supported employment - Supported living services Intensive residential treatment - Short term for up to 90 days. 10 bed facilities at Brentwood (Marshall) and Fresh Start (Duluth). Brentwood has 1 of the 10 beds as a swing bed (crisis and IRT bed). Fresh Start serves an all-female population. 20 total IRT beds. Intellectual disabilities - Provides an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID). Individual must have a developmental disability or related condition by their 22nd birthday and requires a 24-hour plan of care. 10 facilities, 58 beds. 5 beds at Arlington in Fergus Falls and Rollingwood in North Mankato. 6 beds at Prairiewood, Rosewood, and Scenicwood in Alexandria; Lakewood in Spicer; Northwood in Red Lake Falls; Eastwood and Westwood in Redwood Falls; and Ravenwood in Morris.

- Consumer-driven, consumer-directed community based employment project for persons with serious and persistent mental illness Provides: - Job flexibility (schedules to accommodate consumer needs) - Individualized Career planning - Transportation coordination - Wage and benefit options - Coordination of services - Job club Out of Area 1-800-627-3529

Offers day training, habilitation services, and supported employment.

Provides supported employment and vocational services for adults with developmental disabilities. Services include: - Career development (career awareness, counseling, exploration, vocational assessment) - Individualized programming - Job development - Job training, including on-the-job training and retraining - Part-time and job-sharing options - Recreational and leisure activities/skills - Transportation training - Vocational training in janitorial, clerical, packaging, and assembly

Job exploration counseling: - - Career mentorship - - Identification of career pathways of interest to students - - In-demand industries and occupations - - Informational interviews - - Job shadowing - - Non-traditional employment options - - Skills verification - - The labor market - - Vocational interests - - Workplace tours/field trips Work Based Learning: Uses the workplace or real work to provide students with the knowledge and skills that will help them connect school experiences to real-life work activities and future career opportunities. - - Career mentorship - - Informational interviews - - Job shadowing - - Paid and non-paid work based learning internships - - Paid and non-paid work experience - - Practicum - - Service learning - - Student-led enterprises - - Volunteering - - Workplace tours/field trips - - Youth apprenticeships Counseling on Postsecondary Education: Options may include - - - Advising students and parents or representatives on academic curricula - - Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) - - Providing information about college application and admissions processes - - Providing resources that may be used to support individual student success in education and training (i.e., disability support services) Workplace Readiness Training: Teaches skills such as - - - Communication and interpersonal skills - - Financial literacy, benefits planning - - Job-seeking skills - - Navigating transportation options - - Understanding employer expectations for punctuality and performance, as well as other "soft" skills necessary for employment - - Utilizing assistive technology effectively Self-advocacy: Provides instruction including - - - Learning about personal rights and responsibilities - - Learning how to request accommodations, or services and supports - - Mentoring with educational staff such as principals, nurses, teachers, or office staff - - Participating in youth leadership activities offered in educational or community settings - - Peer mentoring from individuals with disabilities working in competitive integrated employment

Supports individuals with brain injuries in leading fuller, more independent lives through personalized services tailored to each person's goals. Programs include: - Community Integration and Inclusion: Structured day programs combining on-site skill development with community experiences to enhance independence, social engagement, and life skills. - Vocational Services (VS): Comprehensive employment support, including assessments, job preparation, placement, employer education, and ongoing follow-up to help clients secure and maintain community employment.

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.

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

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 may last from 2 to 8 weeks and is designed to help an individual in the development of: - Appropriate work skills - Attitudes Behaviors such as: - Punctuality - Regular attendance - Safety - Endurance - Attention span - Appropriate attitudes towards supervision and co-workers - Achievement oriented behaviors - Job seeking skills - Job placement - Quality workmanship - Work ethics