Ability Building Center (ABC)
Prevocational Services
Ability Enterprises
1911 14th St NW, Rochester, MN, 55901
(507) 281-6262
info@abcinc.org
https://abcinc.org
Service Details
Description
Prevocational services teach people essential work skills and strengthen their ability to meet the challenging demands of paid employment. These services work with people to develop work skills and abilities that lead to greater opportunities for employment.
More information can be found in the CBSM – Prevocational services.
About This Location
Prevocational services teach and support needed work skills and activities, including:
* Following work instructions, routines and schedules
* Increasing appropriate workplace skills in the following areas:
- Communication
- Positive behavior/mental health functioning
- Problem-solving
- Relationships
- Self-care (personal hygiene, grooming, physical appearance, dress/attire)
- Social skills
* Increasing the following work skills:
- Attendance
- Attention to tasks
- Capacity
- Completion
- Production
- Quality
- Safety
- Self-direction
- Time management
* Providing relevant work-related education, training and development
* Providing worksite transportation, mobility and street-safety skills training
If you have disability waiver funding, the service plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Dodge County
- Freeborn County
- Goodhue County
- Mower County
- Olmsted County
- Rice County
- Steele County
- Wabasha County
- Winona County
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Payment
- Brain Injury Waiver (BI)
- Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI)
- Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver
- Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD)
Eligibility
To receive prevocational services, a person must meet both of the following:
* Eligible for the Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), or Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers or Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD).
* Have prevocational services as an assessed need in their support plan
People who are new to prevocational services on or after January 1, 2021, can receive services for 3 years (or 36 months).
Business Hours
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
Area Served
Olmsted County
Websites
Phone Numbers
| Type | Number | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Main | (507) 281-6262 |
Last Update
11/22/2024
Other Locations
- ABC Works - Caledonia 730 N Pine St, Caledonia, MN, 55921
- ABC Works - LaCrescent 62 N 3rd St, La Crescent, MN, 55947
- Ability Options 1911 14th St NW, Rochester, MN, 55901
- Woodland Industries 521 Old Highway Dr, Caledonia, MN, 55921
Other Services or resources
- Adult Companion Services
- Day Support Services
- Employment Services (Waiver)
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) with Family Training
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) with Training
- Individualized Home Supports (IHS) without Training
- Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS)
- Transportation (Waiver)
- Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Community Partner
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ND-2000.6600Prevocational Training Definition
Programs that provide individual and group instruction and/or counseling for individuals with disabilities (including mental health issues) who need to develop physical and emotional tolerance for work demands and pressures; acquire personal-social behaviors that will allow them to get along with employers and co-workers on the job; and develop the basic manual, academic and communications skills that are needed to acquire basic job skills.