Washington Vocational Services This company has an office here in Anchorage and offers free job search, placement, and disability support within our community. Services are free, but there is very specific eligibility criteria. This may be right for someone you know! For more information, click here: http://www.wvs.org/

Since the mid-1990's a total of 27 American Indians/Alaska Native and urban Indian communities have experienced positive outcomes at all levels in both planning and implementing a system of care approach. Since the work is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services and is written as specifically for children with severe emotional disturbance, the lead programs in these efforts tend to be the tribal childrens mental health programs.

JAN is a free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations, disability legislation, and the employability of people with disabilities. JAN is a service of the Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor.

Welcome the the Alaska Works Initiative - employment training and technical assistance site. We have developed this site as a tool for people with disabilities, benefit planners, service providers, employers and others to access current information about employment and benefits planning services. We hope this site gives you good information to make your employment efforts a success.

Alaska Family Directory - Welcome to the Alaska Family Directory for parents of children with special needs!

Nine Star programs focus on literacy, job readiness and professional development. These programs equip clients with the skills necessary to find a job, keep a job and advance on the job.

2005 Census Data Regarding People With Disabilities - Information Bulletin #186 (12/06)

In the year 2002, an estimated 7.7 percent (plus or minus 0.2 percentage points) of civilian, non-institutionalized, men and women, aged 18-64 in the United States reported a disability. In other words, 13,474,000 out of 174,896,000 (or about one in 13) civilian, non-institutionalized, men and women, aged 18-64 in the United States reported a disability. The estimated percentage above is based on a sample of 128,588 persons who participated in the Current Population Survey (CPS).

A web site to connect youth with adults who have interesting careers and want to answer your questions about what they do, how they prepared for such a career and how they dealt with their own disabilities.  Some of their disabilities are visible (like using a wheelchair) and some are not visible (like depression or a learning disability). On this site, you can read the information or post questions.   After a short training, you can e-mail or contact the mentor directly.

A web site that explains how to address barriers to employment if you are an Alaskan with a disability, where and how to get support and help to prepare to begin or return to work and the finances of working while still on public benefits (like Medicaid). Explanation of the "ticket to work" program, benefits calculator and planners, beginning your own business and understanding the various programs that apply to SSI or SSDI income, such as PASS (Plan to Achieve Self-Support), Self-Employment Subsidty, IRWE (Impairment Related Work Expenses).

Job Corps is the nation's largest and most comprehensive residential, education and job training program for at-risk youth, ages 16 through 24.