Offers information and comprehensive services for individuals with disabilities including: - Screening for benefits programs - Healthcare plan support, information, and advocacy - In-home services - Job skills evaluations - Independent life skills training - Residential education and outreach programs for children with disabilities

Offers a 13-week internship for adults with Down Syndrome. Helping to identify strengths and interests, while providing transferable job skills, and helping to build resumes for placement in a job or volunteer position within the community.

Provides individuals with disabilities on-the-job training and work experience. Individuals also earn competitive wages and benefits. Positions will be provided at the Naval Station Great Lakes.

Developmental-level, non-credit courses that are designed to develop skills that can lead to entry-level employment

The Elmhurst Learning and Success Academy (ELSA) is a four-year, post-secondary certificate program for young adults, ages 18-28, with differing abilities.

Workforce development among adults and teenagers with Spina Bifida.

Provides services and advocacy for individuals with disabilities to help seek employment. Services include: - Evaluates to determine vocational potential - Offers counseling to select vocational goals - Help understand how working will affect their SSDI/SSI benefits - Provides placement assistance Offers specialized VR services for people who are: - Blind or Visually Impaired - Deaf or Hard of Hearing - Hispanic or Latino with disabilities Also, helps high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation through our Transition and STEP programs. The Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. The Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

Offers a broad range of interests and activities for individuals with disabilities. Activities include: - Relationship building - Job skills training - Culinary arts - Community explorations - Creative expression

Affords individuals with a serious mental illness the opportunity to work in a supportive and therapeutic environment. Clients will be given an opportunity to learn vocational skills, earn money, improve self-esteem, learn to work with others in a cooperative effort, and improve chances for future competitive employment. Individuals learn office skills, light industrial skills (assembling, packaging), and housekeeping.

Office is currently closed to the public, clients must call for assistance. Provides placement, vocational counseling, physical restoration assistance, training and interpreters to help persons with disabilities obtain work.

Vocational training experiences for individuals with disabilities to learn work skills and habits as well as to provide a regular paycheck.

DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job. Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are: - Blind or visually impaired. - Deaf or hard of hearing. - Hispanic or Latino with disabilities. DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

Services include: - Vocational Development: Training on community subcontract work for consumers that need job readiness and job search skills. - Supported Employment: Job placement with a job coach present to provide assistance to the consumer and assurance to the employer that the work will be done. - Job Placement: Job matching and searches/employer contacts and placement for consumers that are job-ready. - Regular Work Program: Provides sheltered employment for people with disabilities that demonstrate need for a supervised work setting.

Provides rehabilitation and support services to individuals with developmental disabilities. The following programs and services are offered in Lincoln: - Community employment. - On-site employment. - Community support. - 24-hour supervised residential.

- Developmental Services and Community Integration: Provides skill training, paid work opportunities, community integration and employment to individuals in order to enhance and maintain their independence in community living. The program provides support, assistance and advocacy for individuals with developmental disabilities. - STARS (Structured Therapeutic Adult Recreation Services) Program: Collaboration between AID and Fox Valley Special Recreation Association. Focuses on active community integration, volunteer work and fitness activities for participants. - Autism Program: Emphasis placed on a specialized curriculum that includes communication skills, social and coping skills, functional life skills, community integration, vocational skills and volunteer opportunities. - Vocational Training: Assistance for individuals in obtaining and maintaining job training through subcontracts or community job sites. - Volunteer Sites: Used for the purpose of community integration as well as skill training. Clients learn social skills and an appreciation of giving back to the community as well as enhancing their vocational skills toward community employment. - Food Service: Trains clients in basic food service skills and positive work behaviors, enhances their independence and prepares them for community employment. Food Service also increases life-long learned skills, daily living skills and vocational skills.

Provides vocational training for individuals with disabilities. Training areas include: - Janitorial training - Grounds keeping - Food service - Commissary service

Assists individuals with disabilities to live and work independently in the community and provides professional training for graduate students and research opportunities for students and faculty to continually develop innovative rehabilitation practices. Services include: - Vocational Evaluation Services. - Community Employments Services. - Living Center Program where residents learn daily living skills and more. - Driver's Rehabilitation for people with disabilities. - Work Skills Development. - Behavioral Consultation. - Transportation to services within approximately 50-mile radius.

Evidence-based program that serves both adults and transition age youth to provide job readiness skills building, job development, job follow-along supports, and works with the Departmemt of Rehabilitation to find and retain jobs.

DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job. Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are: - Blind or visually impaired. - Deaf or hard of hearing. - Hispanic or Latino with disabilities. DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job. Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are: - Blind or visually impaired. - Deaf or hard of hearing. - Hispanic or Latino with disabilities. DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

DRS staff talk to persons with disabilities about their employment needs and help them find a job or get ready to go to work. They also make sure that people have the supports they need to stay on the job. Specialized vocational rehabilitation services for people who are: - Blind or visually impaired. - Deaf or hard of hearing. - Hispanic or Latino with disabilities. DRS help high school students who have disabilities plan for their futures after high school graduation. DRS Work Incentive Planning and Assistance Program helps people who receive SSDI/SSI benefits understand how working will affect their benefits. DRS Supported Employment Program (SEP) serves eligible people with significant disabilities who want to go to work and need on-going support services to succeed on the job.

Provides vocational and pre-employment services to people with disabilities. Aims for the individual to secure and sustain competitive employment. Services include on-site vocational training and job coaching. After training, participants find placement in community-based careers.

In-person and virtual vocational rehabilitation for those who have experienced a brain injury or stroke, or have a medical condition that affects their brain functioning.

For those who wish to and are capable of working, CTF Illinois seeks to provide a variety of workplace opportunities that give individuals earned income as well as the satisfaction that comes from gainful employment. Depending on the needs and abilities of the individual, job opportunities may be provided at one of the day training locations or on-site at local businesses. Individuals participating in the vocational program receive job skill education and assessment, job coaching and pre-vocational services as needed. Comprehensive training is given to each individual so they reach their full potential while also insuring job success. Vocational options include the following: - In-house subcontract work at the CTF ILLINOIS day programs - Community-based competitive employment - Supported job placement

Vocational Rehabilitation program to support veterans find and maintain employment in the community. Services include Supported Employment, Transitional Work, and Community Based Employment Services.