Helps develop functional skills and discover talents through volunteer opportunities and engaging social activities. Activities include visiting parks, swimming, bowling, horseback riding, baseball games, fitness, and more. Instructs clients in a variety of social, community, technology, personal and vocational skills. Offers volunteer opportunities including assisting in delivering meals, at food pantries, local churches, hospitals, community gardening, animal shelters, libraries and more.

Vocational rehabilitation services for people with physical, emotional, cognitive and sensory disabilities from Fayette, Greene, and Washington Counties. Apply if you have a disability and it causes substantial problems in preparing for, obtaining or maintaining a career. Ultimate goal is job placement in competitive employment. Individualized services may include, counseling, evaluation, training, restoration services and placement.

Provides individualized employment, education, and training services to promote self-worth, the development of natural supports, and community integration.

Offers food services to provide training and employment and prepare individuals for the competitive workplace. Takes food orders and more.

Offers financial assistance for vocational training and equipment required for employment.

Provides personal finances and home care training, transportation, companion services, social skills, and self care. Offers assistance for finding and keeping housing.

Services include: - Independent Living Services - Specialized Services - Vocational rehabilitation including counseling, guidance, pre-vocational training, job placement, and specialized blindness skills training - Orientation and mobility instruction (white cane usage) - Rehabilitation Teaching - Business Enterprise program that trains persons who are blind to work in food service - Transportation can be purchased by the agency for consumers when needed in conjunction with another service - Public education programs

Evaluated medical, psychological, occupational and educational abilities, and limitations for employment.

The initial step for most individuals entering our programs is a vocational evaluation to determine your needs and our ability to meet them. The evaluation is scheduled after the intake interview and can last from 5 to 20 days. During this time we will assess your interests, aptitudes, achievement levels, work behaviors and skills. We will use standardized tests, work samples and production tasks in the workshop or participation on a community work crew. When the evaluation has been completed, we will meet with you and your team members to discuss the results. Our Vocational Evaluator will forward a written report to your referral source and anyone else authorized to receive a copy.

Provides employment training that includes a vocational assessment; supportive, competency-based pre-vocational, vocational, and psychosocial skills development; supervised workshop employment; and community-based supported employment. Based on the individual's needs, services may also include job development, job skill training, workshop or community job placement, and extensive work adjustment coaching.

Helps individuals to find a job, get job training, research careers, create a resume, and get vocational rehabilitation services. For veterans, specially trained veteran employment representatives provide veterans with a full range of employment services. Special emphasis is given to disabled veterans and veterans who are just leaving the military.

Offers comprehensive rehabilitative services provided through school program for children ages 2 to 8. Offers nursery school speech, language, hearing, and tympanometric screenings to preschool-age children. Vocational rehabilitation, sheltered employment program, and competitive employment for adults.

Assists Pennsylvanians with disabilities in gaining the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities. OVR services include: diagnostic services, vocational evaluation, vocational counseling, job training, medical services and assistive technology equipment to help clients pursue and achieve employment, and job placement assistance.

Prepares incarcerated individuals for success through offering a series of workshops on topics including social media, applying for medical benefits, securing housing, and obtaining education and employment. Provides one-on-one mentorship for at least six months to develop a personalized goal plan.

Assists employers in retaining, recruiting, and hiring qualified workers. Job seekers are assisted in finding competitive employment. Services include resume and interview preparation, job-seeking skill development, community-based assessments, work site analysis for accommodations, job coaching supports, and follow-up services.

Student Veterans of America (SVA) provides military veterans with the resources, support, and advocacy necessary to succeed in higher education and following graduation.

Provides medication-supported counseling and recovery programs to assist clients in meeting a specific personal goal.

Provides hands-on vocational training, and helps individuals gain skills and confidence. Via offers a safe and productive environment where individuals work on a variety of projects, improve independence and enhance work skills.

Provides vocational rehabilitation training and job placement services.

Offers individualized vocational assessment, community based work assessment, job seeking and placement services, supported employment, post employment services, post secondary education support, social skills groups, community integration and inclusion, independent living skills training, transportation, financial coordination services, and outpatient counseling.

Provides a work activities center where individuals are trained by skilled professionals on a continual basis to comfortably handle a wide variety of contracts, and to cost-effectively provide business customers with a quality job that is delivered on time and on budget.

Services are provided when there is a reasonable expectation that employment is a possible outcome of the services. "Employment" means not only competitive placement, but also in some instances, homemaking. Services may include: - Evaluation of medical, psychological, occupational, and educational abilities and limitations - Providing comprehensive medical, psychological, and allied services to minimize the disabling condition and enable the person to work - Assistance with setting vocational goals and making plans to attain them - Developing job skills through vocational and technical schools, universities, on-the-job training, or rehabilitation workshops - Independent living services - Placement in employment - Post-employment services - Adaptive equipment necessary for employment - Rehabilitation engineering services Disabilities served include, but are not limited to: - Alcoholism/Substance Abuse - Amputation - Epilepsy - Heart disease - Mental illness - Muscular disease - Developmental disabiliti

Our residential program offers alternatives for living on campus and in the community. Melmark offers indoor and outdoor pools, a covered riding arena, gymnasium, multi-service recreation center, and interactive playgrounds. Students visit surrounding communities regularly for shopping, exercise, and entertainment.

Serves those with brain injuries and related neurological challenges. Assists individuals with maximizing independence in their home and community. Offers vocational rehabilitation and music therapy services.

Provides comprehensive training and employment services to assist eligible farmworkers to reach self-sufficiency through successful job placement.