Wayne ARC advocates for and serves persons of all ages with or without special needs. The Agency assists individuals in taking their full, independent, productive place in society through an array of quality individualized services.

VISIONS purpose is to develop and implement individualized programs to assist people who are blind and visually impaired of all ages to lead independent and active lives, and to educate the public to understand the capabilities and needs of people who are blind and visually impaired. VISIONS offers in-home and community-based services in multiple languages, all free of charge.

VISIONS Core Services include Vision Rehabilitation, Job Training and Placement, Assistive Technology Services, Youth Services, Programs and Services for Seniors (VISIONS Center on Aging), and Community Outreach and Training.

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Healthy Family, Professional Mentoring, Supportive Services, Kinship Care, WIC, First Time Home Buyer Program.

The objectives of TEP are to strengthen the individual's work skills and record, and to provide the opportunity to try several employment opportunities towards the goal of achieving assisted or unassisted competitive, integrated employment for those individuals ages 18+.

While exploring various types of employment opportunities through short term placements, an individual (age 18+) is able to strengthen his/her work skills and record, with the express goal of achieving assisted or unassisted competitive employment in a field the person selects. TEP provides time-limited employment and on-the-job training in one or more integrated employment settings as an integral part of the individual's vocational rehabilitation growth while addressing the person┐s mental health challenges. Financial/Benefits Counseling may be provided. If ongoing supports are needed to sustain an employment situation found via the TEP process, these funds can continue to be used for this purpose. Those ongoing supports may include assisting someone in interpreting and responding appropriately to interpersonal situations at work, or learning new coping skills designed to enhance their performance at work while coping with mental health symptoms.

ADACs provide periodic training and continuing education to medical professionals and individuals within the healthcare community. The centers provide continuing medical education to primary care physicians and other professionals to assist them in identifying, evaluating and making a differential dementia diagnosis.

Email address : warsaw@labor.state.ny.us
Services : The agency is charged with generating new jobs, promoting economic growth, and creating a world-class workforce. It develops and enforces state labor laws and health standards, pays unemployment benefits, and ensures safe and healthy workplaces. Career Services: Centers offer training assistance, help employers train workers, and job search tools; it hosts more than 3,000 job fairs per year. The department also helps veterans, homemakers, the disabled, and ex-convicts enter the workforce. Information and Assistance on obtaining employment.
Geographic Area Served : New York State.

Skills testing for people with disabilities. The testing creates an in-depth profile of a person's skills, interests, and learning abilities, and provides opportunities for employment in the community.

Programs that enable 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 competitive employment or a sheltered work environment.

The Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) can help pave the way to rewarding employment opportunities. Meaningful employment is more than just a source of income - it is a source of pride. In addition to opportunities within CABVI, we offer a variety of employment programs to address specific vocational needs in the community for people who are blind or visually impaired.

Job Retention - Are you struggling to work due to loss of vision? Uncertain how or when you should share the impact vision is having on our job with your employer? CABVI staff can help. Through assessing work duties, considering workplace modifications, and providing the latest in adaptive equipment, staff will work with you to ensure you are as productive as you were prior to vision loss.

Job Search and Employment Support - Are you unemployed? Whether between jobs, lost your employment due to a vision, a recent college grant, or just interested in part-time work, we can help you pursue your employment goals. Please contact Katlyn Baughman, rehabilitation outreach and employment specialist at 315-797-2233 ext 3811 or by email at katlynb@cabvi.org

Services Available include:

- Identifying work related supports

- Job searching

- Resume writing

- Interview preparedness

- Employer contacts and education

- Workplace adaptations

- On-the-job training

Our services don't stop when the consumers start working. We continue to provide support to both the consumer and employer throughout employment.

Pre-Vocational for Young Adults

Pre-Vocational Skills services prepare students and youth ages 10 through 21 to gain increased independence in their communities and to eventually enter the workforce. Pre-vocational programs can vary in theme, scope, and subject. It is expected that students and youth will go through different developmental stages as they participate in a variety of pre-vocational skills programs.

Services are provided to students who are enrolled in an educational program and are between the ages of 14 to 21 (up to the 22nd birthday) with a focus on providing information, support and experiences that facilitate the exploration of their vocational interests, strengths, and abilities. Services may include: adaptive technology, daily living skills, travel skills, low vision, adjustment to vision loss, career exploration, work readiness skills, self-advocacy skill development and work experience training

Work Experience Training

Work experience training (WET) is an opportunity for a participant with little or no work experience, for a participant who has a substantial gap in employment, for a participant who is changing careers; or for a participant who has recently completed vocational training or education, to attempt work which matches their career goal.

WET placements provide opportunities to explore a vocational area before making a long-term commitment to employment. They perform the duties of a job they are interested in and develop a better understanding of workplace expectations. Employment specialists evaluate work-related behaviors as individuals experience the full physical, cultural and psychological aspects of a work setting. Work experiences are time-limited.

Vocational Skills Training

Vocational Skills Training prepares participants’ vocational skills to a level of proficiency that will enable the trainee to attain market-based levels of productivity. Vocational Skills Training may be of two types: training to acquire competitive proficiencies in areas of communication like keyboarding, Braille, and computer applications or training in foundation skills in a business sector such as office administration, service careers, or manufacturing; and/or training to meet current and future needs of a specific employer/group of employers or a particular business sector. Training plans are developed to address each participant’s individual needs.