Learning Opportunities Quality Works, Inc Macon

Description

Provides benefits planning to assist individuals understand the impact of employment on all benefits they might receive.

Hours

Mon-Fri - 8:00am to 5:30pm

Required Documents

- Current IP - Medical: physical/TB/physical statement updated annually, psychological/social history, vocational reports as appropriate to service needs

Eligibility

- Age 16 years and older - Persons must meet the eligibility requirements of the Department of Mental Health, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and /or be currently diagnosed as having a disability as defined by PL 94-142

Fees

Call For Details

Intake Procedure

Referral Required

Languages

- English - Sign Language

Service Area

Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan Counties in Missouri

Geography Served

Description

Skills training provided include bathing, toilet training, ambulating training, feeding, household cleaning and laundry, care of adaptive training, shopping, banking, budgeting, social interactions, recreation/leisure activity, problem solving, and assistance on the job- with behavioral or daily living skills.

Hours

Mon-Fri - 8:00am to 5:30pm

Required Documents

- Current IP - Medical: physical/TB/physical statement updated annually, psychological/social history, vocational reports as appropriate to service needs

Eligibility

- Age 16 years and older - Persons must meet the eligibility requirements of the Department of Mental Health, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and /or be currently diagnosed as having a disability as defined by PL 94-142

Fees

Call For Details

Intake Procedure

Referral Required

Languages

- English - Sign Language

Service Area

Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan Counties in Missouri

Geography Served

Description

Work skills through community volunteerism, community utilization: shopping, library, banking, etc. Communication skills, decision making/personal choices, domestic skill training, self care skills and behavioral control.

Hours

Mon-Fri - 8:00am to 5:30pm

Required Documents

- Current IP - Medical: physical/TB/physical statement updated annually, psychological/social history, vocational reports as appropriate to service needs

Eligibility

- Citizenship is required - Persons must meet the eligibility requirements of the Department of Mental Health, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and/or be currently diagnosed as having a disability as defined by PL94-142

Fees

Call for Details

Intake Procedure

Referral Required

Languages

- English - Sign Language

Service Area

Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan Counties in Missouri

Geography Served

Description

The supported work option establishes employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the local industries on an one-person one-job basis at or above minimum wage. A job coach develops the employment site, conducts a job analysis, matches an individual to the job, trains the individual on the job until the employers standards are met, gradually fading out as the individual is more independent.

Hours

Call For Days/Hours

Required Documents

- Current IP - Medical: physical/TB/physical statement updated annually, psychological/social history, vocational reports as appropriate to service needs - Social Security Card - Birth Certificate

Eligibility

- Must be age 16 years and older - Citizenship is required - Persons must meet the eligibility requirements of the Department of Mental Health, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and/or be currently diagnosed as having a disability as defined by PL94-142 - Must have the desire to work - Completion of supported employment assessment - Must have family/significant other support - Must possess sufficient emotional control so as to pose no physical threat either to themselves or others - Must care for own personal needs or need reasonable accommodation

Fees

- Call For Details - Funds are received from Med Waiver through Hannibal and Kirksville Regional Centers and Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, contract sites and other grant sources.

Intake Procedure

Referral Required

Languages

- English - Sign Language

Service Area

Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Putnam, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby and Sullivan Counties in Missouri

Geography Served