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Contact information for ILCs throughout Hawaii. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.
A non-profit organization committed to linking people with technology and empowering individuals through its use.
Promotes best practices in hiring, retaining and marketing to people with disabilities. Activities include career fairs, disability mentoring and internship programs, and training programs on disability business etiquette, accommodation and other disability issues of importance to employers.
Enforces state laws prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and access to state and state-funded services.
Provides a free referral and placement service that links qualified job seekers with employers.
The State of Hawaii's designated Client Assistance Program (CAP) and designated Protection and Advocacy (P&A) system for people with disabilities.
Offers information about Work Incentive Planning and Assistance (WIPA) benefits for Social Security disability beneficiaries.
Provides links to organizations that offer employment assistance, vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other support services to Social Security disability beneficiaries.
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.
Information on your state's SBDCs, which offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing information and guidance in central and branch locations in Hawai'i, Honolulu and Maui. There is also a branch office in Kaua'i.
Information from Business.gov, an online resource to help businesses quickly find compliance information, forms and contacts from the government.
Provides for the rehabilitation needs of persons with visual impairments to secure employment and to lead full and productive lives.
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. Local chapters may provide residential, vocational and community-living support, self-advocacy programs, recreation and social experiences and respite care.
As one of over sixty University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities in the country, the organization works to expand and improve services for people with disabilities and their families.
Enforces many federal civil laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that prohibit job discrimination.
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.
