Services To Enhance Potential partners with State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies and public school districts to assist students and families in transitioning from the school system. Our team of Employment Specialists and Support Coordinators can help lessen the anxiety during this critical time, by identifying community based and vocational opportunities, and working with the student prior to graduation or completion to help prepare for post-school life, and linking and coordinating of Community Mental Health Services, Benefit Planning, Housing Assistance, and other needed services.

 

Pre-Employment Training Services (Pre-ETS)

Pre-Employment Training Services assists the student in choices post-school. Our Employment Specialists identify job training and other opportunities to fit the desires of the student. Job exploration, work-based learning experiences, and work place readiness trainings offer students a variety of exposure and experience in different fields of work. Support Coordinators can work with the transition support staff from the school and the student’s parents to help link the student with Community Mental Health Services, benefits planning, housing assistance and other needed services. Most services are also offered in a virtual online format.

Project SEARCH

Project SEARCH gives students who are currently enrolled in a public school an opportunity to spend their last year of high school in a hybrid classroom and worksite environment. This service permits the student to graduate with one full class year of work experience in a field that is of interest to them. Our current program includes a partnership with Corewell Health. This host site permits a student to experience a variety of work experiences during the student’s final year of education. With a job placement rate of over 80%, the program can be quite beneficial for its participants.

Summer Earn & Learn

This summer program is a partnership between Michigan Rehabilitation Service/Bureau of Services for Blind Persons and STEP. The Summer Earn & Learn Program consists of six weeks of paid on-the-job experience at a community work site with the support of a Skills Trainer. In addition to working in the community, this program also includes virtual classroom sessions centered around soft skill development, workplace expectations, industry specific support and more. Participants will learn the skills they need to be successful in the workplace and earn at least minimum wage while doing so.

School Transition & School to Work Services

Through our Transitions Services, our team of specialists assist the student in choices post-school. Our Support Coordinators and  Employment Representatives can work individually or as a team to help the transition. Our Employment Representative can help identify employment training and placement opportunities to fit the desires of student. Support Coordinators can work with the transition support staff from the School and the student’s parents to help link the student with Community Mental Health Services, Benefit Planning, Housing Assistance and other needed services.

Community & Vocational Based Skill Building

Eligible Students can transition to a program designed to help integrate the student into the community where they live. Our Community Skill Trainers help design and promote community based opportunities for individuals with a disability and/or a mental illness including social, recreational, and volunteer based opportunities. Understanding that some students may desire services that include Community and Vocational Based services, our team can design a program that could include both services. We have Resource Centers in Detroit, Dearborn (2), and Westland. A variety of classroom trainings are also provided at a few of our community based programs including our Thrift Stores and our Culinary Arts program. Work experiences can be provided at one of our Workplace to Success Intern Sites, one of our Thrift Stores or on one of our Environmental Work Crews.