Supported Employment
NEMROC has been providing Supported Employment services for people with disabilities for over 20 years. The program is successful as the needs and skills of the participant are carefully matched to the job site. Long term assistance is provided so that everyone involved has a positive experience. Financial support is provided through a partnership with Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health. NEMROC has developed two different approaches for our Supportive Employment Program:
Providing Employment
NEMROC will provide a service either short term or long term and will act as the Employer of Record. The jobsite provider will be billed monthly for covered wages and payroll tax.
Playing Matchmaker
We work with the employer to match a need with an individual and the employer hires that worker.
NEMROC Litter/ Pollination Brigade
The Litter / Pollination Brigade is a project of NEMROC and the Supported Employment program. The primary goal of the project is to create meaningful and rewarding work for the people with developmental disabilities who have a strong desire to have a job. Another goal is to make a very significant and positive change in the environmental quality of the community. This is made possible through a grant from the Besser Foundation and through support from Northeast Michigan Community Mental Health.
Sponsors
NEMROC Recognizes and Thanks Our Current Employers and Corporate Sponsors
Affiliations
SourceAmerica is the leading source of job opportunities for a dedicated and highly qualified workforce—people with significant disabilities. We’re inspired by the skills, reliability, and resolve of the more than 125,000 people we have already placed in employment.
We’re proud to play a role in helping people with disabilities find meaningful jobs. Because we believe that anyone who’s willing to work should have the opportunity to do so—that’s what the American Dream is all about.
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AbilityOne enjoys a long history of supporting the federal government. In 1938, Congress created the Wagner-O’Day Act, which enabled nonprofits that served people who were blind to sell products to the Federal Government. The Act was amended in 1971 to include people with other significant disabilities. This expanded Javits-Wagner-O’Day (JWOD) Act serves as the basis for the Federal AbilityOne Program.
The AbilityOne Program is among the nation’s largest providers of jobs for people who are blind or have significant disabilities. The Program uses the purchasing power of the Federal Government to buy products and services from participating nonprofit agencies that train and employ workers with disabilities.
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MARO members provide employment, independent living, community living supports, skill building, and rehabilitation training to thousands of people with barriers. People with severe cognitive and physical disabilities. People on welfare. People who have sustained a workplace injury and can no longer do their previous job. People returning from prison. MARO members help put people to work and back into the community.
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