Employment Services  

Employment Services is a program that provides educational and vocational opportunities for individuals to pursue his or her career of choice. Through this program, individuals are assisted with obtaining, training for and maintaining employment in the community. The degree of assistance is determined by individual needs and referrals are made by Vocational Rehabilitation, 111 North 4th Street Suite A, Lafayette, IN 47901-1305, telephone 765-423-2276. Specific services include: job seeking skills training (completing applications, interviewing, résumés) job placement (assistance getting, learning and keeping a job) supported employment (assistance getting, learning and keeping a job)    follow-along (intervention as needed to keep a job) job coaching

These services are available in Montgomery, Clinton, Tippecanoe and surrounding counties. For more information, call 1-800-362-4021, check out the location nearest you. Or,contact Vocational Rehabilitation toll-free at 1-877-847-9892 and ask for an appointment with a vocational rehabilitation counselor.

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Habilitation

Habilitation helps individuals become and stay independent in their communities. Through training and support, we help strengthen personal, social and community access skills. Depending on their needs, our staff help them learn such skills as balancing a checkbook, shopping for groceries, comparing prices at stores, doing laundry, cooking and making productive use of their leisure time.  Exercise and hygiene skills are also taught. Back to Top

950 McKinley Ave. Frankfort, In  46041 (765)659-4631 1237 Concord Road Crawfordsville, IN  47933 (765)362-4020 or  1-800-362-4021 615 N 18th Street, Suite 103 Lafayette, IN  47904 (765)446-9201

This program emphasizes a combination of life skills and vocational training in a highly supervised and structured setting.   Participants in this program have the opportunity to engage in paid work activity.

Intensive Training Homes

Abilities Services operates three intensive training homes, one in Rossville, one in Frankfort, and in May of 2007 we opened our first group home in Lafayette.  All homes are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eight individuals reside in each home.

The focus of each home is to assist the residents in gaining independence in daily living, such as laundry, room cleaning, cooking, shopping and leisure time activities.

For more information contact: Greg Dyken at asi 1-800-362-4021   The Bureau of Developmental Disabilities  1-877-218-3096.

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Supported Living

Home and Community Based Waiver program

Through individualized training and supervision allowed through Home and Community Based Waiver Services, qualifying individuals with developmental disabilities can live in their own individual apartments or houses, regardless of severity. Abilities Services serves individuals on the Developmental Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, and the Aged and Disabled waivers who live in Montgomery, Clinton, Tippecanoe and Boone counties.

Unlike our intensive training homes, waiver programs are highly individualized around each person's strengths. Staffing can range from 1 hour per week to 24-hour supervision.

Individuals receiving a Medicaid-funded waiver are eligible for many different services ranging from residential to vocational to habilitative in nature. Some of these services include:

• daily living skills
• healthcare management
• money management
• community involvement
• case management

Funding is available to assist consumers in participating in community activities, such as museum admission, pottery classes or concert tickets

Home and Community Based Waiver eligibility

Currently the waiting list for Developmental Disabilities Waiver Services runs for five to eight years, with the exception of emergency placement. It is essential to sign up on the waiting list by contacting the local Bureau of Developmental Disabilities (BDDS) Office toll-free at 1-877-218-3096.

Being on a waiting list does not require participation in the program. For those who are BDDS eligible but do not meet the other eligibility requirements for a waiver, a limited amount of state dollars is available for similar services.

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Industrial Work Centers

Our Industrial Services division specializes in repetitive, high-volume and labor-intensive work.  Our consumers thrive on it.  When manufacturers outsource their assembly, sorting, recycling and reclamation services to us, they can focus on growth while we help them meet customers' expectations.  

Located less than an hour from Indianapolis, our industrial facilities in Crawfordsville and Frankfort are conveniently situated near Interstates 74 and 65.

Our two facilities offer a combined 5,000 square feet of warehouse space, giving us ample room for housing any necessary equipment and supplies. 

Each person working in these facilities has individual plans to optimize his or her vocational skills while working for real wages in the process. Some of those skills are: collating packaging hand assembly sorting By contracting with industries that need our industrial services, we can provide some economic independence while providing a variety of experiences to help make each consumer more employable.

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Janitorial

Through our Janitorial program, we clean and maintain the Lizton Rest Park for the Indiana Department of Transportation 365 days a year. These facilities are recognized as the cleanest and most efficient in the state of Indiana. Individuals with disabilities consist of over 51 percent of the employees.

"people that make a difference"

I wanted you to know something nice about one of our employees. Leroy McKinney, an attendant at the Rest Parks, found a wallet that someone had lost. The wallet had all the usual stuff in it: drivers license, credit cards, etc…. It also contained a large sum of cash. Leroy contacted the people who lost the wallet and made sure they got it back. So today, I had a message from Angela Neal regarding her husband’s wallet. She expressed her appreciation and gratitude for what Leroy did and, in fact, has offered him a cash reward! This is a great “feel good” story. We live in a day and age where most people think only of themselves. Leroy, on the other hand, went out of his way to make sure the Neal’s got their wallet back INTACT. There’s still hope for humanity

Matt Moss
Industrial Coordinator

We are proud to be part of Indiana's clean rest stop tradition. In a recent survey conducted by the state of Indiana, ASI crew and supervisors were commended for going above and beyond their "normal" duties and doing everything in their power to make Lizton one of, if not THE, most well maintained and cleanest rest park in the state.  Click to see the REPORT

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