Focus NJ's Workforce Development Initiatives & Opportunities

• Monmouth County

Pre-Vocational Training

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Life Without Limits offers pre-vocational training to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, which takes place in the community and is provided with basic training and support, allowing clients to choose their own employment options.

• Bergen County

Greens Do Good Workforce Development Program

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Greens Do Good is a nonprofit organization offering pre-employment training and workforce development to teens with autism. Services are designed to be an early start at job exploration for students with disabilities.

• Burlington County

Pride Paws

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Pride Paws provides job training and transitional employment experience to individuals with developmental disabilities. Participants receive on-the-job training at the Pride Venture pet accessory store front. Training includes, but is not limited to: Pre-job skills On the job skills Workplace readiness skills Community skills Cleaning and maintenance Cash register operation

• Hunterdon County

CAN DO WORK

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

• Middlesex County

Let’s Work For Good Inc.

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

• Ocean County

Compassion Cafe Employment and Job Training

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

• Atlantic County

Inspired Threads Designers

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Provides positive, meaningful employment for people with disabilities and those facing other barriers to employment by creating handcrafted upcycled products from fabric scraps that were headed to the trash.

• Monmouth County

No Limits Cafe Suzanne Hatfield Training Program

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

The No Limits Cafe (NLC) Suzanne Hatfield Training Program helps adults with intellectual disabilities find meaningful employment and lead productive, successful lives.

• Mercer County

We Make Enrichment Program

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Instead of continuing to ask people with autism to adjust to traditional work environments, We Make built a workspace centered around the specific needs of persons with autism and their abilities. The goal is to give adults with autism a new sense of pride and purpose. To foster real careers instead of simply offering jobs. And to produce the kind of goods everyone can feel genuinely good about. As a safe, comfortable and nurturing work environment that’s part of a true manufacturing company, employees at We Make work with their hands in mini-teams to assemble and package small parts that will be used in vinyl fencing and railing products sold at leading home improvement stores.

• Monmouth County

Individuals With Disabilities

• Basic Skills/Job Readiness - Disability Employment

Individuals with a physical, mental, cognitive, or other form of disability that makes it hard to find employment and secure a job may qualify for the following services through the New Jersey Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS). DVRS goal is to help individuals become more independent and to return to work as soon as possible in a job compatible with your abilities. For more information, please call the Monmouth County DVRS at 732-481-6300 opt. 2, to be connected to services.