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Contact information for ILCs throughout Kansas. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
Assists people with disabilities employed in agriculture by providing practical education and assistance that promotes independence in agricultural production and rural living. AgrAbility staff perform worksite assessments and develop plans to accommodate farmers and ranchers with any type of disability, physical or cognitive.
Find out what AARP, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing quality of life for all as they age, is working on in Kansas. Web site includes information on independent living, benefits, transportation and more.
Offers information about Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) benefits for Social Security disability beneficiaries.
Offers a wide variety of programs and services for people with disabilities including resources that deal with employment, education, housing, transportation and personal care assistance.
Features advice and tips to help people with disabilities prepare for a job interview.
Provides links to organizations in the state that offer employment assistance, vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other support services to Social Security disability beneficiaries.
Works to prevent and eliminate discrimination and assure equal opportunities in all employment relations, to eliminate and prevent discrimination, segregation or separation, and assure equal opportunities in all places of public accommodations and in housing.
Each center provides career counseling, career planning, resume assistance, direct job placement, classroom and on-the-job training, information about local and national labor markets and unemployment compensation.
Directs delivery of services for persons who are blind, visually impaired or deaf-blind including vocational rehabilitation services and assistive technology services.
Information on SBDCs in Kansas, which offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. Web site includes contact information for all regional SBDC locations in the state.
Information from Business.gov, an online resource to help businesses quickly find compliance information, forms and contacts from the government.
Connects users to resources and programs that help people with disabilities become gainfully employed and self sufficient.
Organization committed to creating opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be included in their communities and to make the choices that affect their lives. Web site includes contact information for local chapters, which provide a variety of services including residential, vocational and community-living support, self-advocacy programs, recreation and social experiences and respite care.
Contact information for the local field office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Kansas City Area Office has jurisdiction over the states of Kansas and Nebraska.
Enforces many federal civil laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that prohibit job discrimination. The St. Louis District Office has jurisdiction over the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma and many counties in the state of Illinois.
If you receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and are interested in working or learning more about how working would affect your benefits, you can get help from a community organization known as a Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) project.
Information and resources from the Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns regarding employment and people with disabilities. Includes information for job seekers with disabilities, employers and workforce professionals.
Provides training and other services to vocational rehabilitation agencies and counselors in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.
