Employment Service Providers
Key to Services:
CA = Community Access (for retired individuals)
GSE = Group Supported Employment
IE = Individual Employment
PIE = Pathway to Individual Employment (also called Person to Person)
PVS = Pre-Vocational Services/Specialized Industries
S2W = School to Work
Service Definitions:
Community Access - assists individuals with developmental disabilities ages 62 and older to participate in activities, events and organizations in their community in ways similar to others of retirement age.
Group Supported Employment – assists three or more people (up to eight) with developmental disabilities to work in a group in the community in regular business settings and prepare for work in individual integrated community-based employment settings.
Individual Employment – assists individuals with developmental disabilities to obtain and maintain employment in individual integrated community-based employment settings.
Pathway to Individual Employment – assists individuals with developmental disabilities to develop individual pathway to employment plans according to his/her preference to pursue or maintain employment in individual integrated community-based employment settings.
Pre-Vocational Services – assists individuals with developmental disabilities in large group workshop settings to develop skills and prepare for work in individual integrated community-based employment settings.
School to Work – assists high school students with developmental disabilities to leave school with jobs in individual integrated community-based employment settings.
Service Providers:
At Work! (CA, GSE, IE, PIE, PVS, S2W)
690 NW Juniper Ave.
Issaquah, WA 98027
Phone: 425-274-4000
Fax: 425-274-4010
www.atwork-issaquah.com/
CARES of Washington (IE, PIE, S2W)
1833 N 105th St. Suite 201
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone: 206-938-1253
Fax: 206-935-0949
www.caresofwa.org/
Centerforce (GSE, IE, PVS, PIE)
5204 Solberg Drive SW
Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: 253-584-1001 / 1-800-244-4597
Fax: 253-581-4741
www.centerforce.net/
Cliffside Vocational (GSE)
5501 4th Ave. S. suite 207
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: 206-763-2426
Community Psychiatric Clinic (StepWorks) (PIE, S2W)
4319 Stone Way N.
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone: 206-461-3614
www.cpcwa.org/
Community Trades & Careers (IE, PIE, S2W)
17962 Midvale Avenue N., Suite 232
P.O. Box 7368
Shoreline, WA 98133
Phone: 206-542-8609
Fax: 206-546-0305
www.sunrisecommunityliving.com/
Eastside Employment Services (IE, PIE, S2W)
1601 116th Avenue NE, Suite 102
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: 425-453-0676
Fax: 425-453-0338
www.eside.org/
ENSO (PIE)
16300 Chistensen Rd., suite 104
Seattle, WA 98188
Phone: 206-794-8694
www.enso.ws/
Highline Community College, District 9 (CA, IE, PIE)
P.O. Box 98000, MS 20-1
Des Moines, WA 98198-9800
Phone: 206-878-3710 x 3349
Fax: 206-878-7247
www.flightline.highline.edu/ces
L. Turner and Associates (CA. PIE)
P.O. Box 15352
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone: 206-524-5751
Fax: Number: 206-522-7786
LiTurner@aol.com
Northwest Center (GSE, IE, PIE, PVS, S2W)
P.O. Box 80827
7272 W. Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108
Phone: 206-285-9140
206-378-6345
Fax: 206-286-2300
www.nwcenter.org/
PROVAIL (IE, PIE, S2W)
3670 Stone Way N.
Seattle, WA 98103-8004
Phone: 206-363-7303
www.provail.org/
Puget Sound Personnel Inc. (IE, PIE, S2W)
50 116th Avenue SE, Suite 211
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: 425-562-1231 / 1-800294-7970
Fax: 425-562-1439
www.pspwork.com/
Seattle Central Community College – Mainstay (IE, PIE, S2W)
1701 Broadway, 2NP101
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-344-4394
Fax: 206-324-9433
www.mainstay.org/
Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind (GSE)
2501 S. Plum St. Seattle, WA 98144
Mailing address: P.O. Box C-14119
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: 206-322-4200
Fax: 206-329-3397
www.seattlelighthouse.org/
Shoreline Community College – Office of Special Services (PIE)
16101 Greenwood Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone: 206-546-5823
www.shoreline.edu/catspecialarea.html
SKCAC Industries (GSE, IE, PVS)
19731 Russell Road S.
Kent, WA 98032
Phone: 253-395-1240
Fax: 253-395-1243
www.skcac.com/
Sound Employment Services (IE, PIE, S2W)
709 NE Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: 206-634-3459
Fax: 206-634-2043
Sound Mental Health (IE, PIE)
1600 E. Olive Street
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-302-2200
www.smh.org/
Trillium (IE, PIE, S2W)
P.O. Box 206
Auburn, WA 98071-0206
Phone: 253-735-1553
Fax: 253-735-0494
www.trillium.org/
University of Washington-Employment Training Program (IE, PIE, S2W)
P.O. Box 357920
Seattle, WA 98195-7920
Phone: 206-543-6387
Fax: 206-5438480
depts.washington.edu/chdd/ucedd/ctds_4/employtrain_4.html
Vadis (IE, PIE, STW)
723 SW 10th St., Suite 200
Renton, WA 98057
Phone: 425-264-0888
Fax: 425-264-1498
www.vadis.org
Vadis (GSE, IE, PIE)
1701 Elm Street
Sumner, WA 98390
Phone: 253-863-5173
Fax: 253-863-2040
www.vadis.org
Washington State Employment Security (IE, S2W)
2531 Rainier Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98166
Mailing address: P.O. Box 22510
Seattle, WA 98122-9510
Phone: 206-721-5987
Fax: 206-721-4537
http://fortress.wa.gov/esd/portal/
Work Opportunities (CA, GSE, IE, PIE, PVS, S2W)
6515 202nd Street SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Phone: 425-778-2156
www.workopportunities.org/
Technical Assistance Agencies
O’Neill and Associates
98 Union #706
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-269-0232
Fax: 206-269-0302
E-mail: teri@oneillandassociates.com or candace@oneillandassociates.com
Washington Initiative for Supported Employment (WISE)
100 S. King St., Suite 260
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-343-0881
TTY: 206-343-8544
Fax: 206-343-2078
www.theinitiative.ws