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Community Integration

Increase your job skills. Develop relationships. Access your community.

Our community integration services are community-based activities for Regional Center clients. Services run from 9:00AM-3:00PM Monday through Friday at sites throughout the community. By engaging in volunteer or paid work, credit and noncredit college classes, creating art, working in community gardens, and other activities, you can open up your world.

Interested in our community integration program? Contact Karen Li at info@toolworks.org.

Project SEARCH

Get into the field and start working.

Internships are one of the best ways to gain job skills and make connections to employers.

Toolworks offers internships under the innovative Project SEARCH model, which facilitates job training for people with disabilities at rotations within large employers. We identify the tasks and departments most suited to your abilities and we provide an on-site trainer to help as you work through your rotations. Part of each intern’s day is a work skills class to help you develop worksite proficiencies and the soft skills you need to be successful in employment.

Internships give you with the opportunity to learn valuable skills and prove your capabilities through your work performance.

Get connected to internship opportunities. Contact Vera Honen at info@toolworks.org.

Not just a job but a sense of community.

Get connected with employment and your peers. We have specialized employment and internship programs for people with developmental disabilities. These group programs enable you to work alongside peers with developmental disabilities in a larger, integrated work setting. We provide on-site job coaching in these settings to ensure you get the most out of the experience.

Get connected to group employment opportunities. Contact Kristy Feck at info@toolworks.org.

Get trained. Get employed.

Training is one of the most powerful tools available for gaining employment. We offer a 10-week paid janitorial training program for people with disabilities to gain work experience and learn the skills needed for success in the building maintenance industry.

We also provide classroom training on the soft skills and communication skills needed in the workplace, as well as vocational and situational assessments to help you discover what type of job you are best suited for.

We have specialized supports to assist homeless or at-risk individuals in successful training participation.

Get connected to job training. Contact Kristy Feck at info@toolworks.org.

What are your interests? What are you good at?

We want to help you find a great job that answers those questions.

We can help you prepare a resumé, practice for an interview, access assistive technology, and more. We have been helping individuals prepare for, gain, and maintain employment since 1975 and we want to do the same for you. We will work with you to evaluate your skills, interests, and abilities and identify the type of employment that best suited to you. We will then connect you with an employer that is accommodating of workers with disabilities.

Getting the job isn’t the end. Once you are employed, we provide on the job coaching and training to ensure that you are successful.

Get connected to placement services. Contact Kristy Feck at info@toolworks.org.

Could your business be more welcoming to people with disabilities?

We provide workplace training designed to make your workplace more accessible for employees and customers with disabilities, at no cost to you. Our trainings cover a variety of topics: disability awareness, cultural sensitivity, effective communication, American Sign Language basics, worksite accessibility and accommodations, and more. We are also an excellent resource on tax credits and other incentive programs for hiring individuals with disabilities.

Get connected to workplace trainings. Contact Kristy Feck at info@toolworks.org.