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Individuals who help people of all ages make career decisions and obtain employment. They explore and evaluate the client’s education, training, work history, interests, skills and personal traits; and arrange for aptitude and achievement tests. They also help job seekers develop job search skills; assist them in locating and applying for jobs; and provide support for persons experiencing job loss, job stress or other career transition issues.
This agency offers the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) for low income mature job seekers. Participants receive on the job paid training in a non-profit or government agency with the goal of obtaining unsubsidized employment.
Parents Helping Parents (PHP), a child abuse prevention agency, facilitates support groups in various locations throughout the state. These groups are for anyone in a parenting role, including grandparents raising grandchildren. The meetings are co-led by parent members and a trained volunteer facilitator. They are held weekly and are a place where parents/guardians can share…
This program is designed to intervene in the cycle of homelessness and institutionalization by providing an environment in which veterans can acquire skills and supports needed to function productively and independently in competitive employment and community based housing. Veterans must demonstrate the ability and interest in obtaining competitive employment and involvement in the vocational rehabilitation…
Ruth’s House is a not for profit community based thrift shop that works with over 80 human services agencies in the Merrimack Valley and surrounding New Hampshire communities. Each family member or individual referred to Ruth’s House receives four weather-appropriate outfits of clothing four times a year and is able to purchase any other store…
MassAbility promotes dignity for individuals with disabilities through employment and independent living in the community. It is the agency of the Commonwealth that is responsible for Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Community Services, and eligibility determination for SSDI SSI benefits. The Home Care Assistance Program, 617-204-3853, provides homemaker services including meal preparation, grocery shopping, medication pick-up, laundry…
This is a community support clubhouse that offers a safe place in which adults with mental illness are offered opportunities to develop or regain vocational and social skills. It offers a three-tier employment track from transitional employment to supported employment to independent employment. This program also provides educational and housing support as needed. The Point…
The Renaissance Club, a program of Eliot Community Human Services, serves adults with mental illnessess in the Greater Lowell area. It is a certified member of the International Center for Clubhouse Development. This program helps those with mental illness reintegrate into society and assists them to find gainful employment.