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Customers

Do you want to Enjoy the Rewards of Working? Make money? Meet new friends? Be a part of your community?

If you answered YES, then we want to meet with you and show you how we can put you on the road to success TODAY!

Our Supported Employment Services are designed to meet the needs of individuals with severe disabilities. This includes people for whom competitive employment has not traditionally occurred, individuals whose competitive employment has been interrupted or intermittent as a result of a severe disability, and those who, because of their disability, need ongoing support to maintain competitive employment.

The program also offers Time Limited Job Coach Training Services that are available for people with disabilities who require assistance with locating employment, transitioning into the workforce, and/or time limited on-the-job skills training and support services. The aforementioned ongoing or long-term support services are not provided in this service option. Vocational Assessments are available within the context of implementing either Supported Employment or Time Limited Services or for general career exploration.

What we have to offer:

• Expertise... We have over 30 years of experience!

• Choice & Control... YOU choose what jobs you like and tell us what you need to succeed at work!

• Services to Fit You... We adjust what we do to best suit you!

• Association... We work in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and community business associations!

• Practical Knowledge... We have information, such as our Customer Handbook and Customer Grievance Form that you can take advantage of!

Highlights from VCU's Business Connections Report Card for FY 2003:

• Our customers received services within five days after being refereed.

• We told hundreds of employers about the abilities of people who just happen to have a disability.

• Our customers chose to work in a variety of different types of businesses.

• Most jobs were specifically customized for our customers.

• Those who were working at the end of the year were employed an average of three years and eight months.

• Among those who left work during the year, the average length of employment was one year and six months.

• Ninety percent of those who no longer received services, left for a reason other than "desired a new service provider."

(For more details, please refer to our Annual Outcomes Report.)

We are VCU's Business Connections employment program and we are Ready to help you get Connected to a career today!

VCU Business Connections is a CARF accredited program.

Virginia Commonwealth University

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Work Place Supports

1314 West Main Street

Richmond, Virginia 23284

www.worksupport.com

VCU/VCU Health Systems School of Education and Department of Physical Medicine and rehabilitation is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, ethnic origin, or disability. If special accommodations are needed, please contact Pam Targett at VOICE (804) 828-2325 or TTY (804) 828-2494.

This portal is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), Grant # H133B980036.