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The Rehabilitation Services
Program provides the following services to each participant
in the program. These services include: vocational assessments
& evaluations; job development and placement; on the
job training; supported employment; supported education;
follow along supported services and community integration.
Each individual receives a vocational assessment that includes
client setting of goals, objectives, and interest, proposed
number of work hours per week and length of employment.
The mission of the Rehabilitation
Services Program is to facilitate community integration,
secure employment opportunities and provide effective
follow-up services to insure job security, income maintenance
and community tenure. The Rehabilitation Services Program
serves individuals with behavioral health issues, physical
disabilities and participants of the Family Independence
Project which is
“Rhode Island’s Welfare” to work program.
All Community Support Program
clients are eligible for Rehabilitation Services. Outpatient
clients are deemed eligible on an individualized basis based
on personal goals, functional impairment and, in some cases,
authorization by the Office of Rehabilitation Services.
Participants in the Family Independence Project are eligible
for Rehabilitation Services by DHS referral. The target
population is parents who have relatively little work history
or success in the workplace. Many of the individuals in
the Family Independence Project face the following barriers:
behavioral health issues; limited work history; physical
disabilities; lack of transportation; unstable housing;
or criminal records.
Executives & blue collar workers
alike experience family, mental health & personal
problems that affect their health, satisfaction, and
productivity.
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