Provides a supportive community for adults whose lives have been disrupted by mental illness. Follows the Standards of the Clubhouse International recovery model, and invites members to become equal partners in all aspects of daily operation.

Provides sheltered employment for persons with disabilities. Vocational rehabilitation services includes evaluation, training, education, and placement. Ultimate goal is job placement. Evaluation for computer access, home modification, seating, and environmental control units available.

Offers multiple certification programs, employment opportunities, life skills and work readiness training, education services, and employment exposure/search services.

Provides comprehensive psychosocial rehabilitation programming for adults with disabilities resulting from serious mental illness. Also offers a variety of social and vocational opportunities for its members.

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.

Provides services to individuals who are not yet ready for the workforce, attend the AAC to continue their education and soft skill sets. The goal is to offer training at this level to transition the clients to an employment setting when they are ready.

Provides services to individuals who are not yet ready for the workforce, attend the AAC to continue their education and soft skill sets. The goal is to offer training at this level to transition the clients to an employment setting when they are ready.

Provides school to adult life transition services for youth with intellectual disabilities or autism. Offers opportunities for the participants to explore their interests and identify strengths and preferences. Includes instructional work classes, vocational assessments, community tours, volunteer opportunities, and paid work experiences.

Offers employment opportunities and training for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and those with mental health diagnoses.

Offers career seminar series and job fairs for veterans.

Provides housing as well as life skills training, individualized goal setting, job preparation, and/or employment to homeless, disabled veterans.

Trains students in personal adjustment to deaf-blindness, job readiness, and job coaching. Works with students and employers to assist students in attaining competitive employment.

Offers assessments by licensed optometrists, prescriptions for optical aids, and the opportunity to try out aids ranging from magnifiers, writing guides, special lighting devices, and closed-circuit TVs. Prevention of blindness programs including free vision screenings for children 12 months to 6 years of age.

Transportation:
This free door-to-door service provides rides to essential medical appointment or critical service need, such as obtaining a photo ID or grocery shopping. Individuals must live in Allegheny County and meet the program criteria. Appointments requested to be made in advance.

Provides a partial program and residential services for consumers in a mental health crisis. An acute psychiatric treatment program based upon a group therapy model. Participation includes individual and group therapy, discussion groups, and socialization activities. Individuals attend the program 3 to 6 hours per day as clinically appropriate.

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.

Offers personal work adjustment training and vocational rehabilitation.

Offers comprehensive rehabilitative services are provided through school Program (ages 2 to 8); nursery school speech, language, hearing, and tympanometric screenings (preschool age); and vocational rehabilitation, sheltered employment program, and competitive employment.

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

Offers vocational education and training.

Helps individuals develop symptom management, coping skills, social/community supports needed to get and maintain stable housing, meaningful employment, and to reach educational goals. Services provided on-site or in the community or home.

Offers a vocational program for individuals with disabilities including job readiness (resume preparation, interviewing, etc.), supported employment services for competitive employment, community based assessments, and transition from school to work services.

Enables individuals with disabilities, people who abuse drugs or alcohol, or people who have emotional problems to obtain the training and employment experiences they need to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Services may include vocational evaluation, work adjustment, work experience, training in marketable skills and placement in a competitive integrated employment facility.

Individuals are given the opportunity to participate in community outings, community volunteer sites, vocational and recreational activities.

Offers social rehabilitation for persons in a relaxed, enjoyable non-threatening environment. The facility provides recreational activities and equipment for individuals "at risk" for, or having history of psychiatric problems.

Provides non-medical home and community-based services for people with disabilities. Services are provided to promote consumer choice and independence and include personal care, and other activities of daily living under Community Health Choices (formerly the Waivers).

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the process of systematically applying intervention based upon the principles of learning theory to improve socially significant behaviors while demonstrating through data analysis that there is a direct correlation between the intervention and the behavior change. ABA is researched-based and proven to be the most effective way to treat individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorders and other behavioral concerns. ABA can be used for addressing a variety of issues including skill deficits and problem behaviors. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is endorsed by the American Medical Association and United States Surgeon General.

Provides youth who are in care or involved in the aftercare program with services to assist them with gaining independence. Facilitate youth in group settings; assist with driving, housing, employment, and education options; works with service providers to advocate for youth; facilitates informal family conferences to assure life connections for youth; and assures Chafee Grant funding is utilized to the fullest extent.

Provides financial relief in time of hardship to eligible veterans and their families as a secondary resource when a need has been demonstrated and Veterans Affairs assistance is not available. Hardship grants are reviewed by the board of directors and approved on a case-by-case basis.

Maintains a memorial for the heroes lost on the homefront. Honors the veterans on the wall at the Shine the Light Ceremony. which gives the community a place to remember our fallen soldiers and brings awareness to help those in need

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Provides Operation PAVE (Paving Access for Veterans Employment) which is a vocational rehabilitation program that supports America's paralyzed veterans in their search for good jobs and meaningful careers while helping employers strengthen their workforce.

ACT NOW assists people with mental illnesses who want to find a job. The program provides a 3-week training course followed by a 12-week internship designed to lead to full-time employment.

Programs available include:
A) Information and instruction on how to search for a job
B) Writing a resume
C) Taking and giving directions
D) Make decisions
E) Communicating appropriately
F) Listening effectively
G Preparing for an internship

Assists veterans and their family members with information regarding federal, state, and local benefits. Services include assistance in filing for and accessing compensation for service connected disability, pension for veterans unable to work, vocational rehabilitation and counseling, payment for education and job training, home loan guaranty, life insurance, "wheelchair homes," burial benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation, and death pension.

Provides psychiatric rehabilitation services. Offers a mobile team that works with people in the areas of living, learning, working and socializing. Helps individuals identify goals, learn and practice skills, and build supports.

Provides psychiatric rehabilitation servics that supports individuals to gain skills and resources, building on their own strengths, to be able to reach their own self-identified goals. A mobile service, delivered to clients weekly, by trained staff in their community.

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.

Provides vocational assessment, career planning assistance, job training, and supported employment for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Provides social skills development training, job skills training, and job/workplace experiences through volunteering, employment, and community activities. Offers full- and part-time, individualized program scheduling.

Assists Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired gain the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities. BBVS services are provided throughout the Commonwealth by professional staff in District Offices. However, you do not need to visit an office in order to receive services since our staff will be happy to make an appointment to come to your home and take an application for services.

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. OVR provides services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Services are provided on an individualized basis through face-to-face counseling.

The Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or OVR, provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment.

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment.

Roads to Freedom's Employment Service involves processes/steps that must be followed to insure the best placement possible. Processes/steps to be followed for successful employment in Customized Employment are Discovery, Vocational Profile, Planning Meeting, Job Development, and Job Coaching. Interested consumers can use CILNCP as their Employment Network, funded as a fee for service through Maximus. The Ticket to Work (TTW) incentive is designed to remove the barriers that disability beneficiaries currently face in returning to work. As an Employment Network, CILNCP will coordinate employment, vocational rehabilitation, and other support services for beneficiaries. Ticket holders are offered the following employment services: Job search assistance. Resume preparation. Interview Skills. Job placement. Job postings. Vocational counseling. Past employment support systems. Job coaching support. Social Security Work Incentives Outreach (funded through AHEDD) provides Impairment Related Work Expenses. Plan to

The Melmark School offers day and residential special education services to children and adolescents. Offers a residential option designed to accommodate students at every phase of development.

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.

Helps individuals with disabilities meet their vocational needs by combining vocational assessment, placement in a paid position, on-the-job training, and long-term support. Workers earn competitive wages while working in a flexible, individualized, consumer-centered program, guided by a team that includes staff members from Private Industry Council (PIC) and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR).

Mental Health services targeted for adults who are seriously mentally ill and children/adolescents who are seriously emotionally disturbed or at-risk of becoming so. Initial access to services is through the Information and Referral Unit.

Services:
- Telephone Counseling
- Mobile Crisis
- Crisis Residential Services
- Outpatient Services
- Targeted Case Management (Intensive Case Management and Resource Coordination)
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
- Assertive Community Treatment Team Services
- Facility and Community Based Vocational Programs
- Residential Services
- Family Support Services
- Housing Support Services
- Social Rehabilitation Services
- Family Based Services
- Warmline Services
- Disaster Mental Health Services

Employs individuals who are blind in manufacturing, food processing, administrative services, and leadership roles. Offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes Paid Time Off (PTO), holiday pay, insurance for medical and dental, short-term disability, and more. Benefits vary slightly by position, length of employment, and job status, such as full-time or part-time.

Supports and promotes the interests of the blind and the prevention of blindness through a wide range of services, including: * Vocational Services
* Rehabilitation and Social Services teach vision impaired persons and their family's techniques and use of adaptive equipment to promote independence
* Glaucoma screenings, Kid Sight screenings
* Referrals to local ophthalmologists for diagnosis and treatment, eye examinations and refractions for low income individuals without medical insurance
* Assistance for the purchase of single lens eyeglasses for low-income individuals
* Braille Transcription
* Sight Loss Support Groups

Provides services free of charge to residents in Lebanon County who are blind or vision impaired. Services include:
* Orientation and Mobility Instruction
* Recreational activities and support groups
* Rehabilitation training
* Vocational and employment opportunities for those who are blind and vision impaired throughout Lebanon County

Also offers a Low-vision store and receive help in choosing aids and appliances to assist them with

Offers assistance to farmers, farm family members, and other agricultural workers with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Provides the resources and support needed to live independently and continue in production agriculture.

Rehabilitation program that develops an individually tailored treatment plan that combines the resources of physical, occupational and speech/language therapists; physiatrists (physical medicine specialists); neuropsychologists/psychiatrists; cognitive rehabilitation therapists; rehabilitation nurses; vocational counselors; social workers and/or other specialists to help individuals who have been disabled by an acquired brain injury attain their maximum level of functioning and quality of life.

Rehabilitation program that develops an individually tailored treatment plan that combines the resources of physical, occupational and speech/language therapists; physiatrists (physical medicine specialists); neuropsychologists/psychiatrists; cognitive rehabilitation therapists; rehabilitation nurses; vocational counselors; social workers and/or other specialists to help individuals who have been disabled by an acquired brain injury attain their maximum level of functioning and quality of life. Common disabilities experienced by ABI patients following acute treatment and medical stabilization include problems with cognition (thinking, memory, and reasoning), sensory processing (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell), communication (expression and understanding), and behavior or mental health (depression, anxiety, personality changes, aggression, acting out, and social inappropriateness). Therapy generally focuses on behavioral management, neuropsychological adaptation, environmental structuring, eating

A rehabilitation program that develops an individually tailored treatment plan that combines the resources of physical, occupational, and speech/language therapists; physiatrists (physical medicine specialists); neuropsychologists/psychiatrists; cognitive rehabilitation therapists; rehabilitation nurses; vocational counselors; social workers, and other specialists to help individuals who have been disabled by an acquired brain injury attain their maximum level of functioning and quality of life.

A rehabilitation program that develops an individually tailored treatment plan that combines the resources of physical, occupational, and speech/language therapists; physiatrists (physical medicine specialists); neuropsychologists/psychiatrists; cognitive rehabilitation therapists; rehabilitation nurses; vocational counselors; social workers, and other specialists to help individuals who have been disabled by an acquired brain injury attain their maximum level of functioning and quality of life.

Residential drug and alcohol treatment programs for men and women. Provides inpatient drug and alcohol rehabilitation with individual, group, and family counseling; vocational programs; education with GED and tutors; legal assistance; and referrals for after care. Narcotics and Alcohol Anonymous meeting provided on and off-site. Treatment is for 90 days.

A drug free, 6 month residential chemical dependency treatment program for women, pregnant women or mothers who may be accompanied by up to two of their children. Treatment is provided in a home-like environment with mothers remaining the principal caregivers for their children.

Rehabilitation includes:
- Individual/group counseling, TREM counseling
- Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous meetings
- Life skills seminars
- Parenting skills education
- Vocational guidance, housing guidance, recreation
- Development of aftercare treatment plans

In addition to providing a licensed child care program for residents, Vantage offers a prevention/intervention program for children residing at Vantage. Included components of the program are values clarification and prevention sessions, as well as family counseling.

A Drug Affected Infants Program provides infant stimulation to children up to age 3 who were born to

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.

Serves to assess, develop, improve, and evaluate a comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative system of services for children, adolescents, and their families. Assists in gaining access to needed services in mental health, developmental disabilities, child welfare, juvenile justice, drug and alcohol, education services, and/or vocational rehabilitation.

Trans-disciplinary team approach that provide acute, active and ongoing community-based clinical services, psychiatric treatment, assertive outreach, rehabilitation and support. Provides psychosocial services directed to adults with mental illness who often have co-occurring problems such as substance abuse or are homeless or involved with the judicial system. Services are comprehensive and highly individualized. Services vary in intensity based on the needs of the person served.

Services include:
* Assessments
* Client Centered Treatment Plan
* Medication Management, Medication Distribution
* Individual and Group Supportive Therapies
* Service Coordination, Co-Occurring Disorder Services
* Vocational-Related Services
* Activities of Daily Living
* Social/Interpersonal Relationship and Leisure-Time Skills
* Peer Support Services
* Crisis/Diversion Services

Trans-disciplinary team approach that provide acute, active and ongoing community-based clinical services, psychiatric treatment, assertive outreach, rehabilitation and support. Provides psychosocial services directed to adults with mental illness who often have co-occurring problems such as substance abuse or are homeless or involved with the judicial system. Services are comprehensive and highly individualized. Services vary in intensity based on the needs of the person served.

Services include:

Assessments

• Client Centered Treatment Plan
  
• Medication Management, Medication Distribution
  
• Individual and Group Supportive Therapies
  
• Service Coordination, Co-Occurring Disorder Services
  
• Vocational-Related Services
  
• Activities of Daily Living
  
• Social/Interpersonal Relationship and Leisure-Time Skills
  
• Peer Support Services
  
• Crisis/Diversion Services

Provides a structured residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Services include Aggression Replacement Training (ART), group therapy, individual and family counseling, educational seminars, an academic program, work (funcional skills development) therapy (training), recreation therapy, psychoeducation groups, vocational guidance, employment counseling, and GED preparation. Length of stay varies from 60 days to 6+ months, based on treatment need and individual circumstances.

Offers residential living, assisted living, memory care support, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation services. Provides a variety of social, recreational, and educational programs.

Provides voluntary rehabilitation program designed to promote recovery and instill hope among adults with mental health and/or co-occurring substance use challenges.
Members work side-by-side with staff as colleagues to run the program, to learn or teach skills, and to offer support and resources needed to achieve a satisfying and improved quality of life in the community. Members work in one of three units: Member Services, Career Development, or Health and Wellness.

Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation (IPR) program assist individuals with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse disorders in setting and achieving personal goals in their living, learning, working, and social environments.

Supports, promotes and encourages self-sufficiency in individuals and families affected by sickle cell disease.

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. Also works with soon to be released juvenile lifers to help them transition into the community.

Provides therapy through an integrated approach that includes psychiatry, individual therapy, activity therapy, pre-vocational supervision, social rehabilitation and other modalities.

You will meet privately with a professionally credentialed clinician who speaks Russian and will listen to your concerns.
The clinician will help you identify areas in your life that you would like to change and help you develop a plan to make these changes.
You will meet regularly and be supported by the clinician as you take actions to bring about these changes.
The clinician will arrange for you to see a PATH psychiatrist, if indicated.
You will meet with a psychiatrist who will complete an evaluation and may prescribe medication for you.
If you meet with a psychiatrist who does not speak Russian, your clinician will also attend the appointment and act as your translator.
You may continue to see both the psychiatrist for medication appointments and see the clinician for therapy.

You will meet privately with a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in helping individuals with mental health problems. You will discuss, with your psychiatrist, your concerns and review the difficulties you are experiencing. You will receive a comprehensive evaluation to determine if medications could help to alleviate some of the symptoms you are experiencing. If medication is recommended, you are free to accept or decline the psychiatristâs recommendation. If you decide to take medications, the psychiatrist becomes a member of your treatment team and will meet with you on a regular basis to monitor your progress and facilitate your recovery. You may also meet with a nurse who will work closely with the psychiatrist to monitor your progress. You will continue to receive other PATH services that are recommended by your treatment team.

The Vocational Services Department of BARC provides vocational assessment, training, work experience, habilitative supports, job placement, and retirement activities.

Offers a year long professional development program on inclusive practices. Participants attend in school-based teams comprised by the building principal, special and general education teachers, parent of a child with disabilities, and other school personnel.
Offers a group exercise program for individuals with Parkinson's Disease or Multiple Sclerosis.

Works with families to understand and maximize the opportunities for supports through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and other private and publicly funded local career readiness programs.

Additionally sets up volunteer opportunities with volunteer coaches for resume building.
Private job finding and job coaching as well as providing those services through waiver programs once OVR supports have been exhausted.

Connects families with the supports that best fit their specialized needs. Our specializations include the following areas: Introduction to Adult Services, Referrals to experts in areas of financial planning, Assistance with Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications, Education consultation, Referrals to support groups and on-line resources, Assistance with applications to: Medical Assistance, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Waiver programs, General coordination of current services received from other providers, and Person-centered planning.

Offers a variety of classes and activities to promote a healthy lifestyle to persons of all ages and abilities.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Works with high school students and as vendors with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) to provide development services. Offers job shadowing, on-the job-training, community based work assessments, work based learning experience, and discovery customized employment.

Assists veterans and their family members with information regarding federal, state, and local benefits. Offers assistance in filing for and accessing the following benefits: compensation for a service-connected disability, pension for veterans unable to work, vocational rehabilitation and counseling, payment for education and job training, home loan guaranty, life insurance, "wheelchair homes," burial benefits, dependency and indemnity compensation, and death pension.

Provides education programs in areas such as agriculture, farming, food preservation, nutrition, child care, as well as training in the natural gas industry. Advisors are available to go to homes to provide nutrition education for low-income clients. Also provides information on chemical safety, such as using pesticides, and advises which products should be used for a specific cause.

Provides life skills training, on-the-job skills training, mentoring, and employment for adults with disabilities. Specializes in assembly, packaging, re-packs, apparel sales, apparel detailing, and commercial sewing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Health Dept. offers a wide variety of educational and preventive programs and consulting services. Programs are available to schools, businesses, community organization, etc., and can be tailored to fit most health topics. Available programs include cancer prevention, cardiovascular health and screenings, childhood lead poisoning prevention, dental health, falls prevention, tobacco control, nutrition and physical activity, Lyme Disease and osteoporosis.

Provides outpatient psychiatric and psychotherapy services which address a wide range of mental and behavioral health diagnoses, addictions, marital and family issues and symptoms prompted by stress and/or life transitions.

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.

Most individuals who come to Handi-Crafters have had little or no work experience. Here they are given the opportunity to learn and acquire good work skills through on-the-job training as they compensate and adapt around their disability. Over 300 people are employed in our workshops. They perform production service work for businesses.

Our workshops can provide you with a range of work experiences. We complete jobs which involve packaging, assembling, heat sealing, collating, and non-industrial assembly. Opportunities are also available for qualified individuals to operate a variety of industrial machinery. Basic safety instruction is an integral part of our work program. Most of our jobs are paid at piece rate. Some of the more specialized work is paid by the hour. Paychecks are issued every other Friday.

Our goal is to provide a safe and secure work environment that allows each individual to develop a worker profile to acquire the skills necessary for success in the competitive job market. Some indiv

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.

Services include job finding, job support, and transitional employment. Assists with job searching, resume and interview preparation. Provides job training and job coaching, including supervised transitional employment in janitorial, clerical, and light industrial jobs in local businesses.

Offers monthly virtual support groups, on-site vision support services, trainings, and informal group meetings. Loans vision-related assistive technology, conducts eye exams, and supplies eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them through referrals or funding. Also provides employment opportunities for individuals who are legally blind, and public education to prevent blindness and vision impairment.

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

Serves as a residential treatment facility that provides progress-based rehabilitative and habilitative drug and alcohol services. Serves men with chronic addiction, drug-related criminal offenses, co-occurring disorders, and both voluntary and involuntary placements. Individualized treatment programs are offered and tailored to fit the needs of residents. Residents also receive education for their GED, ServSafe Certification, and vocational education.

Provides job development, job coaching and follow-along support to adults with disabilities so they can work in the community. This service is available to any adult who is motivated to work for wages in a competitive job. Via focuses on career planning and helps adults with disabilities as they move into the workforce. Through School-to-Work Transition Services, Via works with students, in partnership with their school districts and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation to create a personalized employment plan and explore careers of interest.

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.

Life skills program that focuses on the inner man that enables a man to be delivered from destructive behaviors to a productive member of society. Residential program that provides training in life skills, computer skills and employment readiness. Transitional program participants can join the Clean Team, a vocational rehabilitation program.

Secondary services for clients include a weekly health clinic and outside job skills training.

Provides vocational rehabilitation

Provides a structured day designed to assist the medically stable individual with a neuropsychologic impairment or acquired brain injury in developing adaptive skills that can enable him/her to resume effective community living. Focuses on specific clinical evaluations and therapies, pre-vocational needs, interpersonal and social relationships, family, community educational and work adjustments.

Provides intensive support to assist individuals to develop the practical skills they need to live as independently in the community as possible. Persons live together in a house with their own bedroom and shared living space. They are offered training in skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, vocational and educational pursuits, time management, and medication management. Trained staff is available in the home 24 hours a day.

Prescreens and check pre-requisites for class opportunities in nursing aide, trucking, and forklift.

Provides vocational rehabilitation training and job placement services.

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. OVR provides services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Services are provided on an individualized basis. The OVR counselor, during face-to-face interviews, assists customers in selecting their choice of vocational goals, services and service providers. An Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) is developed, outlining a vocational objective, services, providers and responsibilities. Certain services are subject to a Financial Needs Test (FNT) and may require financial participation by the customer. Counseling and guidance, diagnostic services, assessments, information and referral, job development and placement, and personal services such as readers or sign language interpreters are provided at no cost to the individual.

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 comprehensive services to assist Pennsylvanians with disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain employment. Services available include skills assessment, training, counseling, placement assistance, evaluation for assistive technology and ongoing support services.

The Hiram G. Andrews Center offers post-secondary education at the Commonwealth Technical Institute, and also provides career opportunities and independent living skills.

The Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides information, referral and advocacy to adults and children who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as their employers, relatives and friends. An online database of qualified sign language interpreters is available.

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.

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.

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.

Provides vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities to help prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. Services are provided on an individual basis, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. The OVR counselor assists customers in selecting their choice of vocational goals, services and service providers.

Provides individualized vocational rehabilitation services both directly and through a network of approved vendors to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. Counselors conduct face-to-face interviews, assist customers with setting vocational goals and with selecting services and service providers in order to develop an Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE).
OVR provides a wide range of services, including:

• Diagnostic services
• Vocational evaluation
• Counseling
• Training
• Restoration services
• Placement assistance
• Assistive technology
• Support services

The Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or OVR, provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. OVR provides services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Services are provided on an individualized basis. The OVR counselor, during face-to-face interviews, assists customers in selecting their choice of vocational goals, services and service providers. An Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) is developed, outlining a vocational objective, services, providers and responsibilities. Certain services are subject to a Financial Needs Test (FNT) and may require financial participation by the customer. Counseling and guidance, diagnostic services, assessments, information and referral, job development and placement, and personal services such as readers or sign language interpreters are provided at no cost to the individual. Also, by law OVR customers receiving

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 job seekers for the global workforce through employment and job training services for youth, adult, older adult and dislocated workers
- Enforces regulations and safety standards in the workplace and administers the Commonwealth's programs for community service by young Pennsylvanians
- Administers benefits to unemployed individuals, oversees the administration of workers' compensation benefits to individuals with job related injuries and/or illnesses, and provides vocational rehabilitation to individuals with disabilities

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.

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

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

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

The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program helps individuals prepare for or retain employment. Services offered can include but are not limited to: counseling and guidance; vocational evaluation; blindness skills training; orientation and mobility instruction; rehabilitation teaching; vocational and college training; occupational tools and equipment; and, job placement services. Services are based on an individual's needs and choices, and some or all of these services may be needed for the person to prepare for or retain employment. VR counselors work directly with the individual to determine an employment goal and what services are needed to reach that goal. An Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) is developed jointly by the counselor and customer.

The Pennsylvania Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, or OVR, provides vocational rehabilitation services to help persons with disabilities prepare for, obtain, or maintain employment. OVR provides services to eligible individuals with disabilities, both directly and through a network of approved vendors. Services are provided on an individualized basis. The OVR counselor, during face-to-face interviews, assists customers in selecting their choice of vocational goals, services and service providers. An Individualized Plan for Employment (IPE) is developed, outlining a vocational objective, services, providers and responsibilities. Certain services are subject to a Financial Needs Test (FNT) and may require financial participation by the customer. Counseling and guidance, diagnostic services, assessments, information and referral, job development and placement, and personal services such as readers or sign language interpreters are provided at no cost to the individual. Also, by law OVR customers receiving

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.

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.

Provides job coaching, counseling, development, and placement. Services are individualized and often take place at the employment site/home of the consumer.

Focusing on service to veterans, service members and communities. Programs for Family, Youth, Community and National Affairs. Help with VA claims, assistance in finding employment, support for current members of the military, and financial advice.

Provides non-clinical primary mental health services to insure that the most seriously mentally ill individuals receive additional support geared to improving the quality of their lives and reducing psychiatric hospitalization. Casemangers use natural occurring supports in the community, i.e., family, friends and neighbors. Services include: Psychiatric Evaluation, Medication Monitoring Service Coordination, Psychiatrist Supports Crisis Intervention, Social Skills Training Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Vocational Assessment Housing Supports, Activities of Daily Living Peer Support Services, Leisure Time Training

Provides services to individuals with a mental health diagnosis. Services include: Intake, Assessment & Referral Assistance, Case Management, Residential, Nursing, Drop-In Centers, Children's After-School Program, School-Based Mental Health Services, Student Assistance Program, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vocational Support, Consumer Support Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization, Inpatient, Intensive Case Management, Family Based Program, Resource Coordination Program, Crisis Program, and Psychiatric Services.

Provides services to individuals with a mental health diagnosis. Services include: Intake, Assessment & Referral Assistance, Case Management, Residential, Nursing, Drop-In Centers, Children's After-School Program, School-Based Mental Health Services, Student Assistance Program, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vocational Support, Consumer Support Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization, Inpatient, Intensive Case Management, Family Based Program, Resource Coordination Program, Crisis Program, and Psychiatric Services.

Provides services to individuals with a mental health diagnosis. Services include: Intake, Assessment & Referral Assistance, Case Management, Residential, Nursing, Drop-In Centers, Children's After-School Program, School-Based Mental Health Services, Student Assistance Program, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vocational Support, Consumer Support Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization, Inpatient, Intensive Case Management, Family Based Program, Resource Coordination Program, Crisis Program, and Psychiatric Services.

Provides services to individuals with a mental health diagnosis. Services include: Intake, Assessment & Referral Assistance, Case Management, Residential, Nursing, Drop-In Centers, Children's After-School Program, School-Based Mental Health Services, Student Assistance Program, Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vocational Support, Consumer Support Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization, Inpatient, Intensive Case Management, Family Based Program, Resource Coordination Program, Crisis Program, and Psychiatric Services.

Provides vocational, educational, living, wellness, and social opportunities. Supports each person to develop skills at their own pace through everyday business interactions. Guided by the International Center for Clubhouse Development Standards.

Offers persons with mental illness a safe, healing environment to explore their personal and vocational potential and receive support in achieving their goals. There is no traditional therapy sessions or medication distribution. Focus is on rehabilitation. All members of the clubhouse have opportunities for growth beyond their daily tasks. Members can work toward their personal and vocational goals. With clubhouse support, members can study for their GED, enter or return to college, receive career guidance and participate in transitional employment positions.

Advocates for persons with disabilities seeking services from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Centers for Independent Living, Community Rehabilitation Programs, and other programs and projects funded under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Ensures the vocational rehabilitation process is open and responsive to the individualized needs of persons with disabilities.

Assistive technology evaluations and follow-up services may be funded through the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, MH/IDD, or through private pay.

Assistive Technology Lending Library - Local: 717-737-3477; TTY: 717-737-0158

Offers a combination of psychiatric rehabilitation services, peer support services and outpatient treatment services. Services are consumer driven, emphasizing four pillars: Community Integration, Family Inclusion & Leadership, Peer Culture/Peer Support/Peer Leadership and Recovery Planning. The Consortium is also encouraging a holistic approach to care, so we will also be including an emphasis on the Wellness of individuals. Services can be delivered either on site or off site in the community. This offers our members many more opportunities to learn to further integrate and find natural supports in the community. Also will continue to support the many individuals in program who are already working, pursuing their education and/or in vocational programs, while encouraging and supporting those individuals just beginning their quest to do so.

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.

Offers early intervention servides providing evaluations, nutrition services, physical therapy, nursing services, occupational therapy, social work, speech therapy, service coordination, special instruction, and ancillary support services.

Provides mental health services.

Offers Early Intervention Services, providing evaluations, nutrition services, physical therapy, nursing services, occupational therapy, social work, speech therapy, service coordination, special instruction, and ancillary support services.

Offers targeted case management. Provides specialized case management for individuals in the criminal justice system and individuals who participate in the Community Hospital Integration & Project Program (CHIPP).

Provides a supportive environment for people whose lives have been interrupted by mental illness to pursue their living, working, and learning goals.

Site-based Psychiatric Rehabilitation services are provided in a facility set up as a learning community. All participants work on individualized goals through creative and engaging classes and community participation.