Works to build and enhance the local capacity to improve the quality of life for individuals of all ages in American Samoa with developmental disabilities.
Designed to increase opportunities and choices for Social Security disability beneficiaries in obtaining employment, vocational rehabilitation (VR) and other support services from public and private providers, employers and other organizations.
Information on America Samoa's SBDCs, 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 service locations.
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.
Provides a variety of social work and human services such as counseling, client protection and advocacy, family preservation, child care, nutrition counseling and education, assistance in vocational rehabilitation, substance abuse awareness and education and nutrition assistance for at-risk community members.