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Jan 11Job Center has a Disability Navigator
Posted in disability navigator at 4:14 pm
The Sheboygan County Job Center has a Disability Navigator who is available to customers once a month. Please read below to get a better understadning of the services she can provide and contact information if you are interested in setting up an appointment to meet with her.
Disability Employment Assistance and Services:
Assistance and services are available from the Disability Program Navigator to assist people with disabilities to access and “navigate” through the various programs that impact their ability to gain, return to, or retain employment.
Disability Program Navigators work collaboratively with the Job Center system, organizations that provide services for individuals with disabilities, and employers.
Within the business community, the Navigator can be viewed as a resource.
Specifically, the Navigator can assist employers with the following employment issues pertaining to people with disabilities:
· Job Accommodations
· Work Opportunity Tax Credit
· Access Tax Credit/Deduction
· Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
· Disability-related information
· Adaptive equipment and assistive technology
· Physical accessibility
The Disability Navigator is available for no-cost consulting and can offer a wide variety of services including on-site training, information on tax credits for hiring individuals with disabilities, workplace accommodation expenses, and more.
For more information, please contact:
Patty Branton, Disability Program Navigator
NEW Curative Rehabilitation, Inc.
Northeast Wisconsin Job Center
325 N. Roosevelt St
Green Bay, WI 54153
Phone: (920) 448-7217
or E-mail: pbranton@newcurative.org
Serving the counties of Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Kewaunee, Door, Brown, Oconto, Shawano. Marinette, Menominee, and Florence