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Directory of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities

Editor's Note: Please contact Access Press if your listing contains errors or to place your organization in a different category

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Vocational Services

BLIND, Inc., V-612-872-0100, TF-800-597-9558, www.blindinc.org BLIND, Inc. teaches nonvisual skills and helps blind/VI people develop a positive, progressive attitude toward blindness that empowers them to live independent and successful lives.

Community Connections Partnership, V - 763-540-6833 x 302, 5100 Gamble Drive Suite 460, St. Louis Park, MN 55416, marya@comconpar.com We have an endless commitment to provide individualized, innovative vocational services to support individuals in community life. Career Assessment, Job Search and Training, Advocacy, Life Skills. Contact Mary Anderson.

CCP-The Cooperating Community Programs, V-651-917-8322 x 11, 1885 University Ave, Suite 398, jrentschler@menwetherventures.com, www.ccpcdcs.com. CCP provides a range of support services to meet our customers changing desires and needs throughout their lifetime - Residential, Vocational, and In-Home support offered.

Courage Center, V-763-588-0811, TTY-763-520-0245, TF-888-846-8253, TTY-763-520-0245, 3915 Golden Valley Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55422, www.courage.org Courage Center is a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center offering comprehensive care to persons of all ages with physical disabilities, brain injuries, speech, vision, or hearing impairments.

Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota, V-651-379-5800, www.goodwilleasterseals.org Goodwill/Easter Seals provides job skills training for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment.

Kaposia Inc, V/TTY-651-224-6974, F-651-224-7249, 380 East Lafayette Freeway South, Suite 212, St. Paul, MN 55107, jalexander@kaposia.com, www.kaposia.com Kaposia advances the inclusion of people with disabilities and other challenges in working and participating in their communities.

Lifetrack Resources, V-651-227-8471, TTY-651-227-3779, 2965 Lone Oak Drive, Suite 160, Eagan, MN 55121, www.lifetrackresources.org Lifetrack Resources strengthen communities by providing rehabilitation therapies, employment services, along with early childhood and family services to bring stable, productive citizens back to the mainstream.

Lifeworks Services, Inc., V-651-454-2732, F-651-454-3174, TTY-651-365-3736, TF-866-454-2732, 2965 Lone Oak Dr, Suite 160, Eagan, MN 55121, www.lifeworks.org. Lifeworks is a nonprofit organization that helps people with disabilities live fuller lives that are integrated into the flow of community experience through employment at area businesses, social enrichment opportunities, and customized support services.

Merrick, Inc., V-651-789-6200, F-651-773-9960, 3210 Labore Rd, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110, www.merickinc.org Merrick Inc. is a Day Training and Habilitation provider that provides vocational and social opportunities to adults with disabilities.

Metro Work Center, Inc., (Metro), V-612-729-7381, F-612-729-7382, TTY-612-729-7381, 2730 East 31st St, Minneapolis, MN 55406, dKrogstad@metroworkcenter.org A resource for adults with disabilities living in the core of Minneapolis or St. Paul. We assist persons in accessing their community and work options.

Midway Training Services, V-651-641-0709, www.midwaytraining.org MTS provides supports to people with disabilities. Our mission is: Motivate, train, and support while embracing our similarities, our diversity and our community.

Midwest Special Services, Inc., V-651-778-1000, TTY-651-772-8592, F-651-772-4352, 900 Ocean Street, St. Paul, MN 55106, www.mwsservices.org Midwest Special Services empowers adults with disabilities and their families to meet the challenges of vocational training, employment and community access through vocational rehab and other programs.

Minnesota Resource Center, V-612-752-8102, TTY-612-752-8019, www.mrc-mn.org MRC works with individuals with barriers to employment by providing evaluation and assessment, skills training and education, job placement, and employment retention.

Minnesota Work Incentives Connection, V-651-632-5113 or TF-800-976-6728, TTY-651-632-5110, F-651-632-5121, 2200 University Ave, Suite 240, St. Paul, MN 55114, www.mnworkincentives.com The Minnesota Work Incentives Connection helps people with disabilities maximize their economic self-sufficiency with clear, accurate information about the effects of work on benefits.

Opportunity Partners, V-952-938-5511, TTY-952-930-4293, www.opportunities.org Opportunity Partners empowers people with disabilities to strive for maximum self-sufficiency in the community. Every day our employment, residential, and educational services help more than 1,300 people achieve their dreams for greater independence.

Rise, Inc., V/TTY-763-786-8334, F-763-786-0008, 8406 Sunset Rd, Spring Lake Park, MN 55432, www.rise.org Rise provides vocational assessment, training, job placement, career planning, and follow-up services plus mental health housing services in Twin Cities, St. Cloud, and the east central Minnesota areas.

TSE, Inc., V-651-489-2595, F-651-489-0410, 2027 Rice St., Roseville, MN 55113, lmegan@tse-inc.org, www.tse-inc.org TSE, Inc. assists individuals with disabilities with training, support and employment to enhance their opportunities to be contributing members of our communities.

Vinland National Center, V/TTY-763-479-3555, F-763-479-2605, Lake Independence, PO Box 308, Loretto, MN 55357, vinland@vinlandcenter.org, www.vinlandcenter.org Vinland assists individuals facing the many complex problems associated with disabilities to live productive, fulfilling lives through chemical health, vocational services, and affordable housing.

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