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DPNs are located in One-Stop Career Centers throughout the state and help provide people with disabilities assistance in finding and keeping employment.
The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission's (MRC) Vocational Rehabilitation program helps local businesses find qualified workers. MRC's professional services are free to employers and can save valuable time and money by reducing recruitment costs.
Contact information for local VR offices in Massachusetts to help people with disabilities receive VR services in their communities.
Web site acts as a resource for workforce development and employment professionals in Massachusetts who want to improve the employment outcomes of people with disabilities.
An association of Massachusetts companies committed to a diverse marketplace that includes people with disabilities as both customers and employees.
Works to connect people and businesses to job opportunities and job training across the state of Massachusetts.
Contact information for all ILCs in Massachusetts. 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.
Works to improve post-school outcomes for youth ages 16 to 24 living in Massachusetts, including youth with disabilities.
Information on employment and training opportunities for military veterans in the state of Massachusetts.
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.
Employees who are injured during the course of employment, or who suffer from work-related mental or emotional disabilities, as well as occupational diseases, are eligible for workers' compensation benefits.
Enforces many federal civil laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), that prohibit job discrimination. The Boston Area office has jurisdiction over the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Information from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission for parents of children with disabilities about the vocational rehabilitation programs and services available to them.
Information from the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission on vocational rehabilitation services available to students with disabilities.
SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. SBDC services include, but are not limited to, assisting small businesses with financial, marketing, organization and technical problems. Web site includes a list of all SBDCs in the state.
Provides the highest quality rehabilitation and social services to people who are blind or visually impaired, leading to independence and full community participation.
Offers adaptive equipment and technical consulting to consumers and employers, as well as training on many forms of adaptive equipment and software.
A public service of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the MADIL is designed to help find information on services and programs that support seniors and people with disabilities in Massachusetts.
A comprehensive state-wide resource of information for people with disabilities that includes disability-related directories and contact information for the members of the Massachusetts Network of Information Providers (MNIP), a state-wide, cross-disability network of providers.
