Career Ventures Inc
Prevocational Services
1821 University Ave W, Ste S326, St. Paul, MN, 55104
(651) 492-7346
wdevore@careerventuresinc.com
https://careerventuresinc.com
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
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Scott County
- Washington 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)
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Specialization
- Blind or visually impaired
- Deaf or hard-of-hearing
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).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Individuals who are Deaf, DeafBlind, Hard of Hearing, Blind, and Low Vision including transition students between the ages of 14 - 22 and adults from 18 - 70.
Area Served
Seven county Twin Cities metro area, but will serve state-wide on a case-by-case basis
Websites
Phone Numbers
Type | Number | Hours |
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Main | (651) 492-7346 | |
Alternate | (651) 208-0079 |
Last Update
11/6/2024
Other Locations
This provider does not offer this service at other locations.
Other Services or resources
Taxonomy Terms Used: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.
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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.
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YF-3200.1700Deafness Definition
Partial or complete hearing loss, generally in the severe to profound range, that is present at birth or occurs later in life. Functionally, individuals who are termed "deaf" are unable to hear well enough to rely on their hearing and use it as a means of processing information.
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YF-5500.1800Deaf-Blindness Definition
A disability that is characterized by a combination of hearing and visual impairments.
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YF-9000.0100Blindness Definition
A condition in which affected individuals are totally blind and cannot see or are legally blind and have central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with maximal correction, or a peripheral field of vision that is so contracted that its widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.