Heber Valley Area Community Agencies That Work with. Students. Last updated August 2019

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1 Heber Valley Area Commnity Agencies That Work with Transition Age Stdents Last pdated Agst 2019

2 Disability Resorce Center Utah State University Services Available For stdents 1. Accommodated Testing 2. Accessible Printed Materials 3. Note Takers 4. Interpreting, transcribing, and captioning 5. Assistive Technology 6. Architectral Access 7. Priority Registration 8. Hosing Accommodation Contact information: Phone Fax: Utah Valley University Services 1. Math and English Ttoring 1. Call or v.ed/wasatch for hors 2. WCA smmer program for high school stdents preparing to enter jnior and senior years. Work on career exploration (v.ed/wasatch/wca 3. $1000 Wasatch pathways school v.ed/wasatch/scholarship

3 Larie Bowen Help with Organization Stdy skills Self Advocacy Time Management There is a cost per semester for these services

4 Tami Martinez Admissions Conselor Job Corps is a tition-free training and edcation program for that connects eligible yong men and women with the skills and edcational opportnities they need to establish real careers Recrition.jobcorps.gov Miftoro.jobcorps.gov (espanol) 1(800)733-JOBS [5627]

5 MISSION To enhance the employability of individals throgh market-driven career and technical edcation. VISION To prepare the workforce in the three conty service region and implement the Mission Statement of the Montainland Technology College throgh the five core areas of: Program Development; Stdent Achievement; Faclty and Staff Spport; Physical Resorces; and Commnity Otreach. Orem Camps 1410 West 1250 Soth Orem,Ut Spanish Fork Camps 1200 Del Monte Rd. Spanish Fork, Ut Lehi Camps 2301 Ashton Blvd Lehi,Ut

6 USOR Vocational Rehabilitation The Utah State office of Rehabilitation provides Transition Serves to Eligible stdent with disabilities as they transition from school to adlt life Wasatch Conty VR Conselor Elise Haward Phone: N Main St #103 Heber City, UT 84032

7 Lacey Rice Pre-employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Career Exploration Workplace readiness Conseling on postsecondary edcation Self Advocacy Work-based learning Debbie Downs Shannon Wilkins Erin Green

8 Ability 1 st Utah Yoth Program Activities Bret Gercio Bret@ccil.org Offer classroom corse on self-determination 1 on 1 with stdents working toward independence Pre-ETS Roy Gerber Roy@ccil.org 10 week classroom corse on employment

9 Debbie Downs Karla Steadman

10 Pre-employment transition services Pre-edcational transition services Job Exploration Conseling 1:1 Shannon Wilkins Work readiness training grop setting (3-4 Stdents) Work Based learning Experiences In 1:1 Instrction in self-advocacy grop setting (3-5) Conseling on post secondary opportnities1:1

11 WIOA Yoth Program Help stdents that are and strggling with: School attendance, foster care, homelessness, parenting, criminal record, disability, learning English, nemployment s Etc.. Contact person Andy Miller Cell: (801) andymiller@tah.gov What can they do 1. Career planning and job search assistance 2. Leadership/volnteer opportnities 3. Mentoring/gidance conseling 4. Internships, on the Job training 5. Basic Skill assistance 6. Connection to alternative programs and other resorces 7. Fnding for post-secondary training 8. Cash incentives for 1. Completion yo high school diploma 2. Completing a training program 3. Participation in leadership activity

12 Innovative Harbor contract with both the division of services for people with disabilities (DSPD) and Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) to help individals with disabilities 1. Prepare for employment 2. Get the right job 3. Stay employed Jonathan Brton (cell)

13 National Ability Center 1000 Ability Way Park City, UT NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER PROGRAMS: Splore Otdoor Adventres Sports & Recreation Programs Eqestrian Programs Military Programs Grop & Cstom Programs Camps Rentals & Assessments Training & Edcation Family Activities Andrea Thompson

14 Chad Shbin Program Manager

15 Division of Services for people with Disabilities (DSPD) Who is Eligible 1. INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES OR RELATED CONDITIONS 2. PHYSICAL DISABILITIES- A physical disability is characterized by a physical impairment reslting in the fnctional loss of two or more limbs, which a physician expects will last for a continos period of not less than 12 months 3. ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY An acqired brain injry is the reslt of a tramatic injry to the brain that occrred birth. An acqired brain injry may be the reslt of physical trama to the brain or non-tramatic injry reslting from an external sorce sch as a stroke, brain tmor, I infection, hypoxia, toxic exposre, or sbstance abse

16 Danville Or Services Are Tailored For Each Individal s Need Heber City Danville Service Danville Services 36 East 400 North Heber City, UT Emily Cartwright Phone: (801) Residential and Spported Living Services Day Services and Employment Person Centered Spport Planning Medical/Health Management Behavior Consltation and Spport Planning Financial and Personal Bdgeting Assistance Transportation Services

17 Chrysalis provides a continm of care from in-home intensive ABA services to children with Atism Spectrm Disorders to arond-the-clock, one-on-one care in a Chrysalis home. Chrysalis provides both professionally staffed homes for three or for individals with intellectal disabilities as well as individal placement with families in a host home setting. To help yo explore or services, we have divided them into three main categories. Click any of the pictres above to learn more. If yo have qestions please reach ot to s, we are always happy to help. Chrysalis Gochrysalis.com Peggy Lockhart peggylockhart@gochrysalis.com

18 Utah Center for Assistive Technology Utah Assistive Technology Team (UATT) sor.tah.gov/att Helps stdent with disabilities participate in all edcation opportnities throgh. 1. Stdent Evalation 2. Eqipment Loans 3. IEP spport 4. Device training Utah Center for Assistive Technology (UCAT) sor.utah.gov/cat Help people with disabilities by indendying and obtaining assistive technology that will improve their qality of live. 1. Cstom modification 2. Demonstration and training 3. Loan Bank

19 EPAS Employment-related Personal Assistant Services (EPAS) is a Medicaid program for individals with disabilities who work. EPAS provides personal assistance to help the individal maintain their employment. Adra Solovi asolovi@tah.gov How to Qalify: Be eligible for Medicaid Have a disability Have a job or job offer of 10 hors/week or 40 hors/month Need personal assistance with daily living activities to maintain a job (E.g. TRANSPORTATION) EPASHome.htm