For forty years CenterForce, a private non-profit agency has been providing services to people with developmental disabilities. In order to meet the ever-changing needs of an increasingly diverse clientele and to expand employment opportunities and service delivery for persons with disabilities, the agency has evolved in significant ways.

Initially established as "Pacific Care Center," with an emphasis on teaching daily living skills, CenterForce transitioned to a vocational habilitation focus in 1981. Service categories presently provided by CenterForce include Production Industries, Group Supported Employment, Individual Employment, Person to Person and Community Access services. In order to meet the specific needs of a growing number of individuals, CenterForce provides Group Supported and Individual Employment Services in King County as well.

Focusing on abilities, CenterForce works with individuals to facilitate supports needed for successful employment and/or access to their community.

 

Production Industries (pre-vocational services) are designed primarily to provide vocational skills training to people with disabilities in a sheltered setting. These services are provided in our full service assembly and production business. In this service area, people work together to fulfill production demands from businesses around the county. This program offers a variety of related services including: Vocational Training, Individual Service Plans, Structured Environment and Significant Support.

Group Supported Employment Services are training, placement and follow along services that provide supervised vocational training in business and industry settings for groups of no more than eight workers with disabilities. Individuals may learn and work in community settings or in one of CenterForce’s own businesses. This program offers: On the Job Training, Community Integration and Ongoing Support Services.

 

Individual Employment Services are placement and follow along services that assist individuals with disabilities obtain and continue employment in the community. The focus of the Individual Employment program is to help individuals identify, obtain and maintain a job in the community. This program offers: Job Development, Co-Worker Training and Support, ADA Accommodation Assistance, Supplemental on the Job Training, Facilitating Natural Supports, and ongoing employer/employee support.

 

Community Access Services are designed to provide support that allows individuals to explore and participate in a wide variety of community activities such as leisure, recreation, volunteer, employment, and educational interests. By becoming involved in the community, people with and without disabilities can learn about themselves and others, provide support and friendship, share job leads and references and build a network of community contacts while enjoying social events and learning about the world around them.

 

Person to Person (PTP) services are individualized services for persons on a pathway to employment that allows them to investigate and explore employment opportunities.

 

AIM Mail Center is a franchise retail shipping business owned by CenterForce with the purpose of providing assessment and training opportunities to individuals with disabilities, and to generate unrestricted revenue to support the agency's mission. 

 

 

The purpose of CenterForce is to assist individuals with disabilities achieve their optimum level of employment and community living. CenterForce shall endeavor to provide individuals with the skills and opportunities to become productive members of their community.

 

 

Provide the highest quality service to encourage personal achievement.

 

 

Promoting choice and empowering clients to play an active role in all aspects of service delivery and to have the right to choose areas of employment that are of interest to them and that will provide them with satisfaction and a feeling of accomplishment. The importance of relationship building with individuals and the business community in an attempt to connect clients with community resources and develop natural support systems. Integration into the workplace, whether it be in community business or Centerforce’s own employment sites