This program provides training opportunities to individuals with disabilities in multiple community-based work settings with job coaches. These programs include placements in commercial kitchens, copy centers, laundry services, horticulture programs, janitorial services, and creative design workshops. The program also works on soft skills such as interviewing, participating in performance evaluations, and more.

This program provides education and employment training to individuals with disabilities across three tiers. In Tier 3, the program focuses on community integration, in tier 2, it focuses on obtaining work and social interaction experience with supervision, and in tier 1, participants participate in employment opportunities with little to no supervision.

Arizona Inclusion NOW is an effort to improve recruitment of people with disabilities into National Service through targeted efforts in schools and the community. The program connects people with disabilities with national service organizations, including AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps Vista, and more.

AZYLF is a multi-day conference held in multiple regions of Arizona each summer. Participants engage in activities related to self-discovery, leadership development, career exploration, effective advocacy, and empowerment through heightened awareness of disability history and culture.

This program enables individuals with disabilities, service providers and others to learn about, access, and acquire assistive technology needed for education, employment, and community living. Services include device demonstrations, reutilization, loans, and financing.

The Business Enterprise Program helps people who are blind become food service or vending operators.

The Phoenix Day School for the Deaf provides extensive career and technical education services to its students, including general career-based classes, senior seminars, career exploration, and work experience. It also provides students with the opportunity to attend vocational training in their preferred vocational trade.

This program provides numerous services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in Arizona. These services include tutoring, counseling services, case management assistance, advocacy services, self-improvement classes, independent living skills training, and more.

To maintain independent living status, SMILE provides individuals with disabilities varied services based on individualized needs. These services include individual and systems advocacy, service referral, independent living skills, peer counseling, transition services (including transition from high school), and more.

This program helps Arizona residents who are blind prepare for employment or educational opportunities. These services include career exploration, job readiness, job development, remedial education, tuition and supply assistance, reader and note taker services, tutoring, GED preparation, and alternative media.

This program connects qualified job seekers who are blind or visually impaired with employers. Participants receive job placement and job coaching services, with assistance throughout the job search process. Additionally, this program involves a post-hire follow-up discussion, in order to ensure that job opportunities are fitted to individual needs.

This program provides training and outreach services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, virtually and in person. Trainings and presentations focus on hearing loss, communication skills, assistive technology, self-advocacy, the ADA, employment, and more.

This program provides a range of independent living services to people with disabilities at Centers for Independent Living across the state. Services include help connecting to local services, assistance with job searches, local transit skills training, assistive technology help, peer mentoring support, assistance with school-to-career transitions, self-advocacy help, and more.

These training sessions are provided to individuals with disabilities in either one-on-one or small group training settings. Training topics include cooking and nutrition, empowerment through employment, financial literacy and money management, travel training, and more.

This program provides a variety of direct services for children and youth with disabilities, families, professionals, and other organizations that support them. This includes helping parents participate effectively in their children’s education and development and partnering with professionals and policymakers to improve outcomes for children with disabilities.

These programs offer students with intellectual disabilities an opportunity to take college classes, engage in career development and independent living activities, and participate in the social life of a college campus.

Project SEARCH is a one-year transition-to-work program for students with significant disabilities that includes classroom instruction, career exploration, and internship rotations. It is a collaboration between local businesses, state agencies, local school systems, and other entities, and is offered at several locations.

This program protects individuals with disabilities by empowering them and advocating on their behalf. This includes providing information and referrals, providing training and technical assistance to service providers, and conducting self-advocacy training.

This project reviews and provides detailed feedback on secondary transition plans, to help service providers implement best practices. Transition specialists utilize a 20-point rubric to identify strengths and shortcomings of secondary transition plans.

This program helps youth with disabilities and their parents plan for transition to college or the workforce, gain skills in self-advocacy, and access services after leaving school. Services are provided through Transition Advisors, interactive workshops, and webinars.

This program places youth with disabilities in jobs in Tucson and Phoenix. It focuses on employment training and ensuring that transition-age youth with disabilities have fully-integrated experiences in a real work environment.

This program provides transportation services to individuals with disabilities to help them make it to appointments, work or school, social activities, and prescription pickups.

This program provides high school students with significant disabilities, ages 18 to 22, with opportunities to continue their transition and learning in integrated, age-appropriate environments with typical peers. CTP includes Advanced Community Training, which includes volunteering, working, interacting with the public; Project FOCUS (Focusing Opportunities with Community and University Support), where students enroll part-time at the University of Arizona; and Project SEARCH High School Transition Program-JTED, located at University of Arizona.

This program provides a range of vocational services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, including job training, job placement, career counseling, supported employment, on-the-job training, and assistance with interviewing and resume writing. It also includes a six-week Summer Work Program to help youth develop work skills and prepare for entry into the workforce.

This program helps individuals with disabilities who are receiving Social Security Disability benefits make informed choices about work and make a successful transition to self-sufficiency.