Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services for Ohioans who are blind or have a visual impairment.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services to Ohioans with disabilities or who are blind or have low vision.

Assists individuals in preparing for, finding, and retaining suitable employment. Offers career/job seeker services including: - Career exploration and advising. - Resume and interview preparation. - Skill identification. Provides individualized services including: - Assessments and adjustments. - Job placement assistance. - Job coaching with placement and retention. - Work experience opportunities. - Youth programs. Offers business/employer services including: - Recruiting. - Applicant screening. - Pre-employment testing.

Career Exploration Specialized program to assist clients in identifying vocational assets, aptitudes, interests, and potential barriers to employment. This program may include testing, community based assessments, labor market information, and occupational information. COMMUNITY BASED ASSESSMENT : Provides clients an opportunity to sample a particular job of interest. Evaluations assess the client’s capabilities, if the goal is realistic, and whether training should continue in the chosen career path. This allows clients to experience several job sites, each lasting only a few days. JOB COACHING: One-on-one assistance for clients involved in training programs who may need intensive training and/or require a specialized training approach. Coaching can assist in learning job duties, quantity/quality of work standards, work place communication, interpersonal skills, and appropriate work behaviors. JOB SEEKING SKILLS TRAINING (JSST): Designed to assist an individual in successfully identifying and responding to potential job opportunities. The service addresses locating job opportunities, interviewing skills, and developing a job application/resume/cover letter. Learn how to follow up with employers, address potential barriers, and manage online profiles. JOB DEVELOPMENT : Assists clients in learning the skills necessary to access employment opportunities and obtain employment. This includes instruction and assistance in resume development, job applications, proper work attitude, grooming/hygiene, interpersonal skills, and interviewing skills. JOB RETENTION: Working with clients and employers to problem solve and remove any barriers to job retention. Involves follow-up phone calls and/or visits to the job site as determined by the referring counselor, Career Services Specialist, and/or the client. Specialists work closely with the client, employer, and co-workers to support the client in removing barriers to job retention. Personal Adjustment Teaches behavior skills, interpersonal skills, life management skills, and career skills. Includes training in customer service, building successful relationships, self-confidence, family dynamics, transportation issues, housing, productivity, and emphasizes gaining a sense of control over the client’s environment. Each area has its own curriculum and workbook. OCCUPATIONAL SKILL TRAINING: Specialized curriculums for job specific training to employer specifications; including safety practices, workplace literacy, and numeric skills specific to the occupation. SUPPORTIVE CAREER SERVICES: Services may include such tasks as: assisting the consumer purchasing appropriate work clothing, purchasing gas cards and/or transportation vouchers, and assisting consumer access to other community resources. TRAVEL TRAINING: Utilized to teach individuals how to travel independently on public transportation. Instruction will include: learning how to schedule transportation requests with transportation providers, reading bus schedules, purchasing tokens/bus passes, training on the public transportation rules, demonstrating how to ride public transportation and contingency planning in the event of an emergency or unexpected issue such as missing a bus, getting off at the wrong stop, etc. WORK ADJUSTMENT : Specialized training in obtaining work behaviors necessary to gain and maintain employment in the community. Program includes proper work habits, social skills, quantity/quality of work, hygiene, acceptance of supervision, and safety awareness.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, mobility training, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training (including small business development), training supplies and books, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, student financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed for work) occupational supplies, placement, and follow-up on the job. Clients accepted in the program develop a plan for employment with a staff counselor that they meet with periodically during a specified time for follow-up. Services are time-limited. Services include transitional assistance from school to work or college for students who are graduating from high school.

Provides services for veterans with severe vision loss or blindness. Provides eye care, assistive devices, rehabilitation, support groups, counseling, etc. Inpatient and outpatient services are offered. Works with non-VA agencies to help veterans get guide dogs.

Offers assistance with searching for and maintaining employment for those with disabilities. Services include assessments of work skills, job seeking skills, assistance with resume writing and interviewing, computer training, career exploration, job placement assistance, job coaching and assistance with making arrangements for special needs in the workplace. A community-based work experience can be offered in conjunction with this program. Provides information to potential employers on ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and other topics important for hiring persons with disabilities.

Provides a job readiness and placement program for consumers who have a mental health and/or an alcohol or drug addiction diagnosis and need assistance in finding employment.

The Employment Services program offers a broad range of assessment, training and job placement services and provide on-on-one support to reach personal employment goals. Work Assessments offer opportunities for "job tryouts" with community-based employers to determine areas of interest and existing skill sets. Job Development focuses on the outcome of community job placement. Individuals may receive assistance with resume development, interview proficiency, job search techniques and employer advocacy. Job Coaching assists individuals to develop the skills to be successful in community employment by offering supplemental training and oversight to solidify job performance. Transition Services assist students, ages 14-22, with preparation for employment via career exploration and job readiness training. Job club, Summer Youth and Project SEARCH programs were designed specifically to achieve the employment goals of students transitioning into the workforce. We also provide Job Readiness and Career Exploration classes for Jr. High and High School students from throughout our service area.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services for Ohioans who are blind or have a visual impairment.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training, training supplies and books, financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed to work), occupational supplies, placement, small business development, and follow-up on the job. Also helps disabled students who are transitioning from school to work or college after high school. Some of the above services are provided by other agencies through a referral process.

Provides vocational training for persons with barriers to employment (including those with disabilities). Includes pre-employment training, work experience and job placement.

Whetstone Industries assists individuals in the development of vocational skills.

Provides occupational, speech, and physical therapy for veterans.

Provides vocational rehabilitation, paid work experience, skills and job training, and other supports to individuals with disabilities.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services to Ohioans with disabilities or who are blind or have low vision.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services to Ohioans with disabilities or who are blind or have low vision.

Provides services for clients to find gainful employment or training. Specific services include: counseling and planning, personal and work adjustment training, vocational training, training supplies and books, financial aid to attend post-secondary classes, artificial limbs, braces, eyeglasses, hearing aids, psychotherapy, physical therapy, wheelchairs (if needed to work), occupational supplies, placement, small business development, and follow-up on the job. Also helps disabled students who are transitioning from school to work or college after high school. Some of the above services are provided by other agencies through a referral process.

Our employment services include vocational rehabilitation but have been expanded to include both employment and income stability as broader themes for holistic integrated care. Still, defined vocational rehabilitation services include: - Community-based Assessment - Vocational Evaluation - Personal Adjustment - Work Adjustment - Job Coaching - Job Placement.

Offers training and employment experiences for people with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Services may include vocational evaluation, work adjustment, work experience, training in marketable skills and placement in competitive employment or a sheltered work environment.

Provides vocational rehabilitation and other services to Ohioans with disabilities or who are blind or have low vision.

Under the umbrella of Employment Navigation KCBDD can coordinate employment-related services for those with DD with several agencies in the community. Primary partners are Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and local employment vendors who provide supports that may include, helping complete an application, helping write a resume, going to the interview with the individual, helping them learn the job, or talking to their employer to help them keep a job. A Supported Employment provider or job coach can also work closely with the individual's team to help identify and strengthen the qualities that employers look for in their employees. There are also opportunities for career discovery, development, work trials, assessments and summer youth work programming

Provides independent living skills, training, community support coaching, and social work to individuals of all ages transitioning back to the community.

Provides independent living skills, training, community support coaching, and social work to individuals of all ages transitioning back to the community.