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Career Ventures Inc

Prevocational Services

1821 University Ave W, Ste S326, St. Paul, MN, 55104

(651) 492-7346

Website

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

  • Area Served by County
    • Anoka County 
    • Carver County 
    • Dakota County 
    • Hennepin County 
    • Ramsey County 
    • Scott County 
    • Washington County 
  • Payment
    • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
    • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
    • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
    • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 
  • 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
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.

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