Employment
We help thousands of teens and adults with disabilities build skills, gain experience, and find meaningful employment.
Overview
Most individuals living with disabilities want and deserve meaningful employment, yet only one-third of the disability community is part of the workforce. Too often individuals with disabilities are unemployed or underemployed, and Easterseals is committed to being a part of the solution.
Our employment programs offer personalized coaching to develop skills, confidence, and real-world experience necessary to find and keep a job. With a variety of programs to choose from, we prepare each individual for a successful workplace experience.
Our Programs
We offer meaningful Employment Services which include volunteer opportunities, job-skills development, and teen employment programs.
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BRIDGE Program: Building Real-World Independence Discovery Growth & Engagement
This is a BRIDGE that starts and ends in community. -
Career Planning, Discovery, and Exploration
This program helps individuals with disabilities explore job options and discover their strengths through a personalized, guided employment discovery process. -
Community Networking and Individualized Skill Development
Easterseals Midwest offers group and individualized services for all ages, building daily living and social skills to boost independence and community involvement. -
Community Services
Easterseals Midwest offers weekday skill-building programs for adults 18+ focused on independence, self-advocacy, and preparing for employment or volunteerism -
Job Development Services
Through Job Development, we work to support and equip individuals with disabilities to find rewarding, competitive employment. -
Journey - Employment-Based Transition Training
Journey is a nine-month program in Kansas City that helps young adults with disabilities gain job skills through classes, internships, and career exploration in community settings. -
LINK Autism Employment Services
This program supports job seekers with autism in building social and communication skills for the workplace through one-on-one pragmatic language sessions, social skill classes, and job development support. -
On-the-Job Support Services
This program supports employed adults with disabilities by partnering with employers to ensure a successful work environment, adjusting support as independence grows. -
Project SEARCH / Employment-Based Transition Training
Project SEARCH helps young adults with disabilities build job skills through classroom learning, career exploration, and internships in real community workplaces. -
Summer Work Experience
We provide high school students with disabilities paid, work-based learning experiences in community businesses.
Other Areas of Support
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