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Shelter Workshop: Provides work opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities to learn and practice work skills in a supported environment.

Vocational Services, Inc.'s onsite training center provides individuals with disabilities the opportunity to work in a structured, supportive setting to perform meaningful work such as assembly, packaging, production, or service-related tasks.

VIP Industries is a not-for-profit corporation established under Senate Bill #52 for the employment of handicapped individuals either being Mentally Retarded or Developmentally Disabled. VIP "Very Important People" provides three basic needs for the handicapped and the community. "Pay Check" allows the handicapped to perform a service for society by earning a portion of their livelihood. "Responsibility" gives them the responsibility of coming to work and doing a job. "Asset to Business" performs a service to competitive industry in jobs that are labor intensive. VIP Industries is the largest sheltered workshop in the State of Missouri and serves (2) two counties, Cape Girardeau and Bollinger and part of Stoddard and Scott. Each supports itself by either local contributions or by Senate Bill #40 moneys. VIP Industries now has a work force of over three hundred (300) handicapped individuals at three plants. The facilities are located in Cape Girardeau, Fruitland and Marble Hill, Mo. The employees work a 6 hour day and some employees participate in an adult educational program (ABE) or a recreational program after work hours.

Provides people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities support to volunteer and obtain employment in a healthcare environment.

Vocational Rehabilitation helps people with disabilities find and maintain employment. This includes assessment, job counseling, training, and job finding assistance with the help of a job counselor.

Consists of job discovery, job preparation, and community employment. The goal of the program is sustained employment in the community and work experience leading to further career development.

Adults with complex disabilities are provided supports with vocational exploration and development of an individualized plan for job development and supports.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Provides assistance, such as post secondary education, job skills training, adaptive equipment, computer technology and job retention services for persons who are blind or visually impaired; Placement services available.

The supported work option establishes employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the local industries on an one-person one-job basis at or above minimum wage. A job coach develops the employment site, conducts a job analysis, matches an individual to the job, trains the individual on the job until the employers standards are met, gradually fading out as the individual is more independent.

Supported Employment is employment for adults with disabilities working in the community with the aid of a job coach. Community Employment Service is employment for adults with disabilities working in the community with minimal support from a job coach for a short time.

Provides long-term training, includes work training and life skills training with support services to individuals with disabilities to improve vocational skills.

Supported Employment (Adult Services): Assists individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities find a job based on person's interests, skills level, and need for supports. Each client has a "job coach" to work side-by-side to provide support.

Provides placement, vocational counseling, physical restoration assistance, training and interpreters to help persons with disabilities obtain work.

Provides assessment of individual to determine extent of disability and evaluates to determine types of work best suited to the individual.

Vocational Rehabilitation Program: Provides assistance, such as post secondary education, job skills training, adaptive equipment, computer technology and job retention services for persons who are blind or visually impaired; Placement services available.

Helps people with disabilities prepare for a career by offering career evaluation, customized job training, assesses strengths, abilities, preferences and limitations using actual work tasks and by helping people find and obtain jobs in the manufacturing and distribution industries.

Vocational Services, Inc. (VSI) is partners with businesses and community agencies to provide employment, training, and support services for individuals with disabilities. VSI helps people develop job skills through vocational programs including employment supports and on-the-job training.

Provides a sheltered workshop for disabled adults, some tasks include furniture refinishing, assemble eggs, light assembly and lawn service.

Provides services needed to enter, remain in or return to suitable employment. Services include diagnosis and evaluation; counseling and guidance; vision restoration programs like uninsured people needing cataract surgery or glaucoma surgery. Provide training to continue employment or school, technical or trade jobs and job placement/development. Also provide help adapting electronic aides/devices for the workplace and follow-up services.

Vocational Rehabilitation helps people with disabilities find and maintain employment. This includes assessment, job counseling, training, and job finding assistance with the help of a job counselor.

Provides employment to individuals with an intellectual disability

Provides assessment of individual to determine extent of disability and evaluates to determine types of work best suited to the individual.

Missouri Vocational Rehabilitation offers job placement, referrals, sheltered employment, occupational therapy and counseling

Sheltered workshop which provides sheltered employment for adults with developmental disabilities who are certified by DESE and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation as being unable to work in a competitive environment.

The supported work option establishes employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the local industries on an one-person one-job basis at or above minimum wage. A job coach develops the employment site, conducts a job analysis, matches an individual to the job, trains the individual on the job until the employers standards are met, gradually fading out as the individual is more independent.