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Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - Harrisburg Blindness & Visual Services

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

What's Here

Orientation and Mobility Training
Visual Impairments
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Voice/Audio Output Aids
Case/Care Management
Low Vision Aids
Vocational Rehabilitation
Braille and Tactile Aids
Blind Mobility Aids
Job Finding Assistance

Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - Central Office - Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. Offers other services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Assigns a case manager or counselor to each client.

What's Here

Job Training Formats
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Finding Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan

Handi-Crafters - Community Work Crews

Work crew job training is an important service that equips our clients with the skills they need to succeed in the workplace. Community work crews offer opportunities for experience off-site doing janitorial and light industrial work. In 2010 we employed over 80 people on our community work crews in housekeeping and light assembly for local business and government.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Finding Assistance
Supported Employment
Job Training Formats

PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation- Blair Program - Financial Assistance

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

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation

Pennsylvania Prison Society - Mentoring for Formerly Incarcerated

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.

What's Here

Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Workshops/Symposiums
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Mentoring Programs
Ex-Offenders
Job Finding Assistance

VisAbility - Employment Supportive Services

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.

What's Here

Supported Employment
Vocational Rehabilitation
Special Education Classes/Centers
Prevocational Training
Job Development
Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Friendly Visiting

Hedwig House - HOPE Academy

Provides classes, individual practitioner meetings, and community exploration related to meet a client's recovery goal (a commitment of 5 hours per week). Class sizes are limited to allow for focused work among participants.

What's Here

Early Intervention for Mental Illness
Job Development
Life Skills Education
Mental Health Related Support Groups
Supported Employment
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Career Development
Vocational Rehabilitation
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Peer Counseling

Easterseals Western and Central Pennsylvania - Allegheny Services

Provides adult day programs and training, supportive employment services, children’s services-three approved private schools, medical rehabilitation, camp and respite programs, and residential and veterans’ services. The essential tools and resources provided enable individuals with disabilities to live their best life.

What's Here

Optometry
Assistive Technology Information
Disability Awareness Training
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Adult Day Programs
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Residential Placement Services for People With Disabilities
Physical Therapy
Autism Therapy
Vocational Rehabilitation
Life Skills Education
Home/Community Based Developmental Disabilities Programs
Out of Home Respite Care
Occupational Therapy

PA CareerLink - Career Development Mon Valley

Provides employment services to assist veterans in their search for work. Provides veterans with a full range of employment services, including referral services, job development, referral to training, and referral to government and community veteran service agencies. These representatives help veterans match their job skills to employer job openings and contact employers on behalf of the veteran for consideration in hiring.

What's Here

Job Finding Assistance
Prejob Guidance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Veteran Employment Programs

PA Clubhouse Coalition - Work Ordered Day Program

The Work Ordered Day Program consists of six work units: Clerical, Food Service, Education, Administrative, and Transitional Employment. New members may choose to experience each unit during an orientation period in order to determine which area is of greatest interest to them. The Clerical Unit’s duties involve receptionist work, scheduling of appointments, outreach, and member intakes and orientation. Computers are available for training in word processing, database development, preparation of monthly newsletters, and research. Additional responsibilities include Database Management, Network Management, Internet Services, Web site Administration and Computer User Technical Support. Finally, this unit is also responsible for the ordering of supplies, photocopying and filing. The vanAmerigen Food Service Unit’s responsibilities include meal preparation, grocery shopping, menu planning, outreach, cashiering, bank deposits, financial procedures, and operation of food service equipment and maintenanc

What's Here

Job Finding Assistance
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Development

Central Pennsylvania Supportive Services - Waiver Funded Services

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

What's Here

Disability Related Transportation
Mental Health Information/Education
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Finding Assistance
Supported Employment

Access Services - Delaware Valley - Day Programs

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.

What's Here

Prevocational Training
Vocational Rehabilitation
Intellectual Disabilities
Adult Day Programs
Volunteer Opportunities

Pathstone - Training & Employment Services

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

What's Here

General Benefits and Services Assistance
Prevocational Training
English as a Second Language
Job Retraining
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Assessment
Immigrant Benefits Assistance
Career Development
Immigrant/Refugee Employment Programs

Barber National Institute - Adult Day Services

Provides job training and placement, vocational rehabilitation services and community activity programs to support individuals with intellectual disabilities and autism with independence, personal growth, community involvement, and lifelong learning.

What's Here

Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
Vocational Rehabilitation
Adult Day Programs

Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - Central Office - Vocational Rehabilitation Services

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. Offers other services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Assigns a case manager or counselor to each client.

What's Here

Job Training Formats
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Finding Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Loan

Lark Enterprises - Small Group Employment

Supports individuals who are transitioning to competitive integrated employment through work that occurs in a location other than one of Lark's facilities.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation

Melmark - Residential Options and Services

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.

What's Here

Group Homes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
Social Skills Training
Child/Adolescent Residential Treatment Facilities
Vocational Rehabilitation
Recreational Activities/Sports

Peoples Oakland - Employment Assistance Program (EAP)

Offers employment assistance with an emphasis on rapid attainment of competitive employment. Services include career counseling, resume development, interview preparation, job development, and on-going support. Staff is also available to assist individuals with support and information for those pursuing training and/or education goals.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation

PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation - PA Office of Vocational Rehabilitation- Blair Program - Evaluations

Offers medical or psychological evaluations, vocational testing and counseling, payment for medical items and procedures such as wheelchairs, prosthetic, orthotics, hearing aids, surgical procedures and physical, occupational and speech therapy.

What's Here

Vocational Rehabilitation

PA Clubhouse Coalition - Work Ordered Day Program

The Work Ordered Day Program consists of six work units: Clerical, Food Service, Education, Administrative, and Transitional Employment. New members may choose to experience each unit during an orientation period in order to determine which area is of greatest interest to them. The Clerical Unit’s duties involve receptionist work, scheduling of appointments, outreach, and member intakes and orientation. Computers are available for training in word processing, database development, preparation of monthly newsletters, and research. Additional responsibilities include Database Management, Network Management, Internet Services, Web site Administration and Computer User Technical Support. Finally, this unit is also responsible for the ordering of supplies, photocopying and filing. The vanAmerigen Food Service Unit’s responsibilities include meal preparation, grocery shopping, menu planning, outreach, cashiering, bank deposits, financial procedures, and operation of food service equipment and maintenanc

What's Here

Job Finding Assistance
Vocational Rehabilitation
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Job Development
Prevocational Training

OIC Philadelphia - Young Adult Reentry Program

Offers services to young adults with criminal justice involvement who reside in designated high-poverty, high-crime communities in the Philadelphia area. Services include educational training (HiSET/GED); vocational training (manufacturing, construction, and hospitality); case management; financial incentives; referrals for mental health and other resources; transportation assistance; career readiness and life skills training; job finding help; and support for a year after program completion.

What's Here

Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Ex-Offenders
Ex-Offender Counseling
Vocational Rehabilitation
Ex-Offender Employment Programs

Hedwig House - Psychiatric Rehabilitation Education Program

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

What's Here

Job Development
Life Skills Education
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation
Supported Employment
Peer Counseling
Career Development
Early Intervention for Mental Illness
Mental Health Related Support Groups

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - Erie Blindness & Visual Services

Assists Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities. Services include vocational rehabilitation, orientation and mobility instruction, and independent living skills instruction. The Randolph-Sheppard Business Enterprise Program (BEP) assists persons operate food service businesses in commercial, industrial or governmental locations.

What's Here

Visual Impairments
Vocational Rehabilitation
Orientation and Mobility Training
Independent Living Skills Instruction

PA CareerLink - Career Development Washington County

Provides employment services to assist veterans in their search for work. Provides veterans with a full range of employment services, including referral services, job development, referral to training, and referral to government and community veteran service agencies. These representatives help veterans match their job skills to employer job openings and contact employers on behalf of the veteran for consideration in hiring.

What's Here

Job Finding Assistance
Veteran Employment Programs
Military Transition Assistance Programs
Prejob Guidance
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Vocational Rehabilitation

Baker Industries - Workforce Development

Provides a workforce development program for adults experiencing a variety of barriers to employment while providing cost effective outsourced labor solutions to customers, including packaging, assembly, kitting, shrink-wrapping, and mailing.

What's Here

Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Career Development
Vocational Rehabilitation
Job Finding Assistance
Outsourcing/Contracted Services
Job Training Formats