This program helps veterans. They serive those with a service-related disability. They offer employment assistance. Please call or visit website for more information. Please call or visit website for more information.

This program helps Veterans with service connected disabilities. It helps them to prepare for and find suitable jobs. For Veterans who cannot immediately go to work due to their disability, they may get services to help them to live as independently as possible. This program is also known as the Chapter 31 Program. Veterans will meet with a counselor to consider a plan that meets their specific needs. They may receive training at a college, vocational or technical school. They will get help with job seeking skills. They can also receive counseling and medical referrals as needed.

VetSuccess Program Services Include:

• Assistance finding and keeping a job
• Comprehensive rehabilitation evaluation to determine abilities, skills, and interests
• Employment services such as job-training, job-seeking skills and resume development
• Independent living services for Veterans unable to work due to the severity of their disabilities

Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment VetSuccess:

This program helps Veterans with service connected disabilities. It helps them to prepare for and find jobs. Sometimes disabled Vets cannot immediately go to work. VR&E offers these Veterans help to live as independently as possible. Please call the office for more information.

Services Include:

• Case management, counseling, and medical referrals
• Comprehensive rehabilitation evaluation
• Employment services such as job-training, job-seeking skill and resume development
• Assistance finding and keeping a job
• Independent living services for Veterans unable to work due to the severity of their disabilities
• On the Job Training (OJT), apprenticeships, and non-paid work experiences
• Post-secondary training at a college, vocational, technical or business school

Division of Blind Services offers several services, including:

• Diagnostic Exams
• Job Training and Placement
• Transportation
• Treatment of Eye Problems (and other health problems which may prevent employment)
• Vocational Counseling
• Work Experience

Please call for more information.

This agency offers an independent living program. The goal is to give those with disabilities the chance to be more independent. They will learn to be empowered and productive. They will learn independent living skills. They will be more able to fully integrate into their local communities. Please call for more information.

Services Include:

• Independent living skills training
• Information and referrals
• Peer counseling to those with significant disabilities

This program helps people with visual impairments get jobs. It also helps them stay employed. Please call 352.955.2075 or go to the website to learn more.

Services Include:

• Job Training
• Job Placement
• On-the-Job Training
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Independent Living Skills Training
• Career Counseling
• Low Vision Aids and Appliances
• Job Modification including Adaptive Technology

This program offers training and education in job-related activities. There are classes in basic computer keyboarding. Clients learn about resume writing, job search methods and vocational training. This program is useful for people who have recently lost their eyesight. People with a decline in vision can learn how to adapt at work. Please call 850.477.2663 or visit website for more information.

The aim of SWOP is to give work and educational training for Developmentally Disabled adults. Its goal is to provide jobs for persons who would otherwise not be able to get work.

Please call the office for more information.

The DEO offers the Welfare Transition Program. Please call or visit the website to learn more about the agency.