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Jackson County Developmental Achievement Center

Prevocational Services

Jackson County DAC

226 Main St, Lakefield, MN, 56150

Distance: 962 Miles

(507) 662-6156

Website

https://www.jacksoncountydac.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
    • Jackson County 
  • 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).


Area Served

Jackson County


Websites

Phone Numbers

Type Number Hours
Main (507) 662-6156

Last Update

10/2/2024

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