| Organization |
Disability Focus |
Contact Information |
Description |
| Accessibility
Training |
All
Disabilities |
Paul O'Lone
Owner
2450 Scott Blvd.
Suite 302
Santa Clara, CA 95050
408 986-1419 T
408 986-9868 F
Email
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A program that
helps clients regain strength and function so they
are able to perform in the workplace, giving them a better quality of life. |
Alliance
Vocational Services |
Mental
Illness |
150-A South
Autumn St.
San Jose, CA 95110
(408) 938-8500 Tel
(408) 286-8988 Fax
Email
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Pre-employment
counseling, job development/placement services to individuals with mental illness.
Includes assessment, benefits counseling, job seeking skills classes and peer driven work
support groups. |
C.A.R.
Employment Services |
Developmental
Disabilities |
525
East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94603
(650) 494-0550 Tel
(650) 962-5379 Fax
Email
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Provides
recruitment, screening and training for adults with developmental disabilities, who seek
community based employment. |
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Central
Coast Center for Independent Living |
All
Disabilities |
1395
41st Avenue
Capitola, CA 95010
(831) 462-8720 Tel
(831) 462-8727 Fax
Email |
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Community
Options |
Developmental
Disabilities |
1095
Bird Avenue, Suite 3
San Jose, CA 95125-1640
smertens99@earthlink.com
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Throughout
San Jose and Santa Cruz Counties, Community Options places and trains the individual and
provides follow-up and support services. One-to-one job coaching continues until the
worker is able to perform the work independently and the employer is satisfied and
comfortable. |
DeAnza
College
Special Education Div.
Career Development
and Employment Program
|
Students
with Disabilities |
21050
McClellan Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 996-4600 Tel
(408) 996-4609 Fax
Email
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Vocational
assessment, career planning, assertive job search, employer panel discussions, ADA
training, coursework in disability and communication issues in employment, job placement,
access to computer evaluation and training using adaptive equipment. |
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Employment
Development Department/ DCARA |
Deaf |
San Jose, Fremont, Oakland, San Francisco, Pleasant Hill,
Santa Rosa
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Special
services to Deaf job seekers are attached to these bay-area EDD offices - supported by the
Deaf Counseling Advocacy and Referral Agency (DCARA). |
Focus
For Work
Catholic Charities |
Mental
Illness |
2625
Zanker Road
Suite 101
San Jose, CA 95134
(408) 944-0591 Tel
(408) 944-0468 Fax
Email
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Employment
and vocational assessment, vocational preparation, supported employment, and coaching for
persons with emotional disabilities. |
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Goodwill
Industries of Santa Clara County |
All
Disabilities |
1080
North Seventh Street
San Jose, CA 95112
408-998-5774 Tel
408-283-0201 Fax
Email
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Vocational
education, career counseling, job placement and other career services for
people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Over 3,500
trained and placed since 1991. |
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Goodwill Industries of
Santa Cruz |
All
Disabilities |
350
Encinal St., Santa Cruz, California, 95060, United States
(831) 423-8611 Tel
(831) 423-8968 Fax
Email
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Improves
the lives of people with barriers to employment by providing opportunities for education
and job training services leading to competitive job placement. |
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Harding Marketing/NetRefresh |
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Casie Ferrucci
Internet Marketing
377 South Daniel Way
San Jose, CA 95128
408-250-4540 T
Email
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Our agency has
The NetRefresh Accessibility Program ensures that your Web site is compliant
with Section 508 laws and is accessible to the disabled. |
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Hope
Rehabilitation Services |
Developmental
Disabilities |
1555
Parkmoor Avenue
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 282-0429 Tel
(408) 277-0512 Fax
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Vocational
evaluation, training and job placement, vocational counseling, temporary job placement
program, and supported employment. |
Next Step Center
Veterans’ Employment Program |
All
Disabilities
(Veterans) |
795 Willow Road
MS 1 16-B-6
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 617-2729 Tel
(650) 617-2623 Fax
Email
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Counseling
and employment assessment of disabled veterans. On-the-job training reimbursement to
employers for qualified veterans. |
Ohlone
College
|
Students
with Disabilities |
43600
Mission Blvd.
Fremont CA 94539
(510) 659-6155 x5182 Tel
(510) 659-6098 Fax
Email
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Services
include career counseling, academic advising, job placement, job search strategies
classes. |
Palo
Alto
Unified School District
Special Education Services/TPP- WAI |
Students
with Disabilities |
4120
Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 856-0735 Tel
(650) 493-8371 Fax
Email
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Provides
transition services for high school students to work, training or continuing education.
Job development, training and follow up services offered through contract with Dept. of
Rehab. |
Peninsula
Center
for the Blind and
Visually Impaired |
Blind
& Visually Impaired |
2470
El Camino Real
Suite 107
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 858-0202 Tel
(650) 858-0857 Fax
Email
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Offers
pre-employment services, introduction to access technology and information & referral
to job seekers who are blind and visually impaired. |
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Project
HIRED |
All Disabilities |
1270
Franklin Mall
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 557-0880 Tel
(408) 557-0710 Fax
Email
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Work
site evaluations interpreters for the deaf, workshops for employers, exceptional
candidates list, job placement, HIRE-TEMPS temporary agency and ADA training and
information. |
San
Jose State University
WorkAbility IV Program
|
Students
with Disabilities |
Career
Center
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0032
(408) 924-6137 Tel
(408) 924-6052 Fax
Email
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Santa Clara County Office of Education |
Students with
Disabilities
|
700 West Sixth Street
Suite L
Gilroy, CA 95020
Tel: 408/842-0407 x 23
Fax: 408/842-0653
Email
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Regional Occupational Programs (ROP). ROP provides job training in a variety
of occupational skills. WorkAbility II provides employment preparation, job development
and placement for persons with disabilities. |
Santa
Clara Unified
School District
Workability I |
Students
with Disabilities |
3250
Monroe Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 554-6300 x3027 Tel
(408) 554-9411 Fax |
Provides
job placement and vocational counseling, preparation for work to high school students and
transition services to students leaving high school. |
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Sensory
Access Foundation |
Blind
& Visually Impaired |
1142
West Evelyn Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
(408) 245-7330 Tel
(408) 245-3762 Fax
TDD (408)245-1001
Email
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Work
site evaluation, job placement, accommodation and retention, equipment loan, training on
adaptive and mainstream hardware and software, benefits counseling, PASS plans, and ADA
training. |
Silicon
Valley
Independent Living
Center
|
All Disabilities |
1601
Civic Center Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 985-1243 Tel
(408) 985-0671 Fax
TDD (408) 985-9243
Email
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Work
site modification assessment, job readiness and vocational counseling, computer training. |
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Social
Vocational Services |
Developmental
Disabilities |
124
Blossom Hill Rd., Ste. F
San Jose, CA 95123
(408) 574-3950 Tel
(408) 574-3954 Fax
Email
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Stanford
University |
Students
with Disabilities |
Disability
Resource Center (DRC)
Room 123, Meyer Library
Stanford, CA 94305
(650) 723-1066 Tel
Email
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TransAccess
(Formerly DPI) |
All Disabilities |
One
North First Street
Suite 120
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 278-2001 Tel
(408) 278-2010 Fax
Email
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School-to-career
transition and vocationally oriented computer access technology information and
assessment. |
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University
of California Santa Cruz |
Students
with Disabilities |
Disability
Resource Center
UCSC 1156 High Street
146 Hahn Student Services Bldg.,
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831)459-2089 Tel
(831)459-4806 TTY
(831)459-5064 Fax
Email
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1156 High Street
125 Hahn Student Services Bldg., UCSC
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
(831) 459-4420 Tel
(831) 459-4018 Fax
Email
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WorkLink |
All
Disabilities |
Wayne
Calhoon
2566-A Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704-2900
(510)848-8363 Tel
(510)848-7322 Fax
Email
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We
are an industry leading Seller & Provider of equipment and training in
voice recognition, adaptive & assistive technologies, and ergonomic
computing and gaming. |
Department of
Rehabilitation
|
All Disabilities |
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Website
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Source
for job employees and interns, in-house training, accommodation advice,
and information on legal issues. |
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