State and Local Employment Resources for Michigan

Services that help employers to retain and/or hire new employees who are blind or visually impaired.

The DeafBlind Unit of the Michigan Commission for the Blind provides statewide employment-related services and/or training in skills for independent living to adults and high school students who are legally blind and have moderate to profound hearing loss.

Michigan's Business Enterprise Program offers employment opportunities in food service entrepreneurship for blind residents of Michigan.

A business-led organization that serves as a resource center for employers who seek to understand, utilize and benefit from the valuable resources that people with disabilities represent in both the consumer and labor markets.

Provides opportunity to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve employability and/or live independently in their homes and communities.

Helps Michigan residents who are legally blind become employed in a career that suits their current or potential skills and abilities. The program provides diagnostic evaluations, vocational counseling and training in skills of blindness at no cost to the client.

Information on programs, services and benefits for military veterans and their dependents living in Michigan.

Contact information for all ILCs in Michigan. ILCs provide people with disabilities advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, transportation, housing, health care and living skills.

Each center provides career counseling, resume assistance, direct job placement, classroom and on-the-job training and information about local and national labor markets and unemployment compensation.

Provides services to help people with disabilities into employment and self-sufficiency.