Employment - Developmental Disabilities | Vocational Guidance Services

4720 Hinckley Industrial Pkwy., Cleveland, OH 44109

Eligibility

Serves residents of Cuyahoga County aged 18 and older with moderate, severe, or profound developmental disabilities. Applicants must be deemed eligible for board services. Onset of mental retardation must have been prior to age 18, and of other developmental disability prior to age 22. Prospective client will be tested using the Ohio Eligibility Determination Instrument.

Hours

Office hours are M-F: 8:00am-4:30pm. Some adult training centers have additional hours of service.

(216) 398-8746

Fax

(216) 476-3020

Voice - voice | Southwest Center

Application process

Call for information and intake. Program may be full at times, and callers can be added to a waiting list. They will take basic information and assign a Support Administrator who will obtain documentation and establish eligibility for Board services. After eligibility is established, services can commence at any time. Visits can be made to adult training centers before entering the program.

Fees

Free to clients. Clients are paid for their work in sheltered workshops.

Service area

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Description

Provides adult activity-based and/or vocational rehabilitation (pre-employment training) services to help the client become as independent as possible and to prepare the client to become part of the workforce. Agency is not taking new clients - in 2020, this service will be provided by other nonprofit agencies.

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What's Here

Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Activity Centers Vocational Rehabilitation

Providing organization

Vocational Guidance Services

Service model focuses on individual strengths and recognizes the pathway to entering the workforce is not linear. Services and programs address the coninuum of disabilities over the lifespan.