AHEDD
Northwestern PA
Erie Field Office
P.O. Box 8193
Erie, PA 16505
Phone: 814-494-0873
Web: www.ahedd.org/index.html
*Ticket to Work and other job coaching services.
Career Assessment Center
435 West 10th Street
Erie, PA 16502
Phone: 814-453-7681
Web: www.careerassessment.com
E-mail: info@careerassessment.com
*Testing, consulting and assessment services.
Erie PA CareerLink
1309 French Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-455-9966
Web: www.pacareerlink.state.pa.us
E-mail: jobs@eriecareerlink.org
*No fee workforce development link between employers and job seekers.
Erie Unemployment Compensation Service Center
1316 State Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-871-4311
Web: www.state.pa.us
*Unemployment compensation.
Greater Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC)
18 West 9th Street
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: (814) 459 – 4581
Web: www.gecac.org
*Workforce development services.
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
3200 Lovell Place
Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-871-4551
*Services for individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain and maintain a job.
Regional Career & Technical Center
8500 Oliver Road
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: 814-464-8601
Web: www.ects.org/rctc
E-mail: rctc@ects.org
*Part-time, adult evening, training programs offered through-out the school year.
Saint Benedict Education Center
330 East 10th Street
Erie, PA 16503
Phone: 814-452-4072
*Case-management, education, job training, job placement, job retention, and supportive services.
General Resources
This resource map from Choose Work has information about work incentives programs, employment networks, vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies and other contacts in your state that can help you find and keep a job. Career One Stop also has information about job banks in every state: http://choosework.net/index.php/resourcesmap/#viewer
The Job Accommodation Network (JAN) is a service provided by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). JAN is one of several ODEP projects. JAN’s mission is to facilitate the employment and retention of workers with disabilities by providing employers, employment providers, and people with disabilities, their family members and other interested parties with information on job accommodations, entrepreneurship, and related subjects. JAN’s efforts are in support of the employment, including self-employment and small business ownership, of people with disabilities. JAN represents the most comprehensive resource for job accommodations available. http://askjan.org/
Choose Work through the Ticket to Work program, offering people with disabilities* a shot at achieving financial independence by enabling more choice in employment-related support services, and access to meaningful work.
http://www.choosework.net/
Disability.gov, connecting the disability community to information and opportunities:
http://www.disability.gov/employment/jobs_&_career_planning/job_banks
Fact sheet that answers questions about workplace supports that individuals with disabilities may need to obtain and keep a job. This information can be downloaded in Word format.
http://www.worksupport.com/research/viewContent.cfm/497
American’s One Stop Career Center Locater across the country:
http://www.servicelocator.org/
ABILITY Jobs Job Search, this site provides a place where people with disabilities can look for employment. Create an account to post your resume or search their job bank.
http://www.jobaccess.org/jobs.htm
Job Corps, career technical training, education, and professional skills; to find the center closest to you and if you qualify for the program:
http://www.jobcorps.dol.gov
Work, Inc., Rehabilitation services, Community Based Programs:
http://www.workinc.org/
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center ministries in the United States provide an in-residence rehabilitation program with a focus on basic necessities. Each beneficiary (program participant) is provided with a clean and healthy living environment, good food, work therapy, leisure time activities, group and individual counseling, spiritual direction, and resources to assist each person to develop life skills and a personal relationship with God as provided by Jesus Christ: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-text-dynamic-arrays/8326D9D2FE6B4C05802573250030A6E1?openDocument
