The Fresh Start Program is a 4 week class. It will help women and men 18 yeas and older with support and tools for academic and personal goals.

Fresh Start Program will help with:

• Build confidence and self-esteem
• Develop financial awareness and personal planning
• Develop personal awareness
• Explore career and educational options
• Learn healthy coping skills
• Learn job search tools
• Master the art of finding, obtaining, and keeping a job
• Offered on an as-needed basis is a 30 hour evening class called WAND (Women Achieving New Directions) to help individuals find career focus.

Please call for more information.

Deaf/Hard of Hearing Services makes sure that eligible persons with all types of hearing loss receive VR services. Counselors are available who use American Sign Language. VR can provide interpreting services for job interviews. There are also services for those who have both hearing and vision loss. Please call or see the website for more information.

An up-to-date directory of all available employment opportunities for the city of Delray Beach

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/delraybeach/default.cfm

This agency provides direct care services. These services are for people with disabilities. They include a variety of employment related programs. The help is customized for each person. Please call or visit the website for more information.

Programs & Services Include:

This program provides employment services to people who are blind or visually impaired. The goal is to place them into jobs that are compatible with their interests and abilities. Services could also include direct training at the job site and help with issues that have an impact on the job. This includes issues such as transportation, housing and referrals to local resources.

Please see the website for all services.

This is a job placement assistance program for the disabled and disadvantaged. Direct Placement service provides

• career counseling
• job development
• job skill training
• short-term job coaching

Please call for more information.

ARC Broward provides a range of services to children and adults with disabilities.

Services offered:

• Career counseling
• Job accommodation assistance for employers
• Job development, placement and follow along supports
• Pre-employment skills training
• Travel training

Please call for more information.

The group works to meet the needs of people with developmental disabilities. Call or visit the website to learn more.

Services Include:

• Advocacy
• Adult Day Training
• Residential Group Home
• Respite Care

This is a shelter for pregnant women over the age of 18 with no other children in their care. The house can accommodate one woman with a child under five in certain cases.

Education and job training are provided so the women can get a GED or college diploma. They will develop specific job seeking skills so they will be more self sufficient. Each woman stays an average of six to eight months after her baby is born.

Office Hours are Monday through Friday from 9am-4pm. The shelter is staffed 24 hours a day.

http://www.divinemercyhouse.org

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is a federal-state program. This program helps those who have physical or mental disabilities get or keep a job.

Services include:

• Medical and Psychological Assessment
• Vocational Evaluation and Planning
• Career Counseling and Guidance
• Training and Education After High School
• Job-Site Assessment and Accommodations
• Job Placement
• Job Coaching
• On-the-Job Training
• Supported Employment
• Assistive Technology and Devices
• Time-Limited Medical and/or Psychological Treatment

Please call or visit website for more information.