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American Training offers day services and employment support including job coaching to individuals with developmental disabilities, and/or an Autism Spectrum Diagnosis and Acquired Brain Injury.
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Provides personalized employment support services for adults with developmental, intellectual, psychiatric, or physical disabilities. Includes: Vocational coaching, job placement, on-the-job support, and community-based day supports (CBDS) with volunteer, training, and soft-skills programs.

Works closely with MassAbility to deliver vocational assessments, job development and placement, résumé writing, interview preparation, and ongoing job support. Accessed through a MassAbility Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor.

A statewide initiative offering trainings, webinars, and resources on benefits planning, career discovery, job development, and job coaching strategies. Excellent for professionals supporting job seekers with disabilities.

A free, confidential federal resource offering guidance on workplace accommodations, ADA rights, and entrepreneurship. Available to job seekers, employers, and family members.

Workforce development program offering training and certifications. Programs include Medical Assistant, CNA, Phlebotomy, Business Technology, ESOL, and HiSET.

Formerly Mass Rehab Commission (MRC), MassAbility offers a suite of services for ages 14 to adulthood, including Pre-ETS, career services, benefits counseling, and more.
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Services include employment counseling (résumés, interviews, job-search guidance), training opportunities (e.g., ACT WorkKeys curriculum for workplace skills), online job-search workshops, and free digital learning via SkillBase (career development, digital skills, English for work). The Career Center also offers assistive technology, access to job fairs, and job listings through resource rooms.

Based in Andover, Melmark’s programs include Community-Based Day Services (CBDS) with pre-employment training, job exploration, volunteer and paid work opportunities, communication and life-skills development, and the Cancro Center for Adult Services offering customized supported employment focused on community inclusion. Ideal for adults with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), intellectual/developmental disabilities, or acquired brain injuries.

ThinkWork! is the Institute for Community Inclusion’s (ICI) resource hub offering data, personal stories, innovative practices, and tools related to improving employment outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Open to individuals aged 18–64 receiving SSDI or SSI. Provides free services such as career counseling, job placement, benefits planning, and support through Employment Networks or public VR agencies like MassAbility.

Helps connect job seekers with disabilities to disability inclusive employers. We also provide benefits counseling services to assist individuals to understand how working and earning wages will affect eligibility for public benefits such as SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and more.

A list of Pre-ETS vendors in Massachusetts. Pre-ETS allows youth starting at age 14 to explore employment. These services can be offered through specialized programs available through LPS starting in Grade 11 (such as American Training), but students with IEPs and their families may apply directly to outside Pre-ETS vendors or be referred by a transition specialist beginning at age 14.

Local Pre-ETS vendors in Lawrence include American Training and NILP.