Transition Resources
Local Resources for Employment/Education
8th Grade Career Fair
CMCSS Career Tech Department
621 Gracey Ave.
Clarksville, TN 37040
Karen Pitts and Brenda Scarborough
Each year the 8th grade students attend a career fair which is representative of all career clusters, the high school academies and schools in the area.
Adult Literacy Council
430 Greenwood Ave., Room 209
(931) 542-5046
Provides free one-on-one and small group tutoring for adults who want to learn or improve their reading or English, get their GED®, or learn basic computer skills.
Austin Peay State University
Office of Disability Services
The APSU Office of Disability Services is committed to providing leadership to promote accessible university experience where individuals with disabilities have the same access to programs, opportunities and activities as all others by improving usability for everyone. A “person with a disability” is someone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. The following list is not limited to the common disabilities an individual may be eligible for:
Blind and/or visually impaired
Deaf and/or hard of hearing
Learning disabled/attention deficit disorder
Mobility impaired
Neurologically impaired
Chronic health conditions
Psychological
Best Buddies International
1585 Mallory Lane
Suite 208
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-891-2046
http://bestbuddies.org/TENNESSEE
A nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This program is available for individuals in middle school through college.
Centerstone (JobLink Program)
511 Eight St.
(931) 920-7200
Provides pre-employment counseling, job development, and job support.
Dream It. Do It. Tennessee.
414 Union Street, Suite 107
Nashville, TN 37203
1-615-256-5141
A campaign designed to promote and encourage careers in the manufacturing sector. The goal is to attract young adults into manufacturing careers and expanding education and training opportunities to meet a growing shortage of skilled employees.
Educational Opportunity Center
Austin Peay State University
Ellington Building, Room 333
P.O. Box 4667
Clarksville, TN 37044
(931) 221-7481
1 (800) 351-3382
The Clarksville/Ft. Campbell EOC is authorized to provide the following services to qualified participants:
Provide information about educational opportunities
Assist with educational counseling
Serve as a clearinghouse for information on colleges/vocational schools within the region
Provide computer-generated data for over 3,000 colleges and universities
Provide directories for community colleges, trade schools and four-year institutions
Offer application assistance
Provide college/vocational admissions applications programs
Assist with financial aid counseling
Provide information about scholarships for minorities, women, handicapped and other groups
Provide career counseling and career planning
Provide computer-based career-planning inventories
Serve as a resource to participants for referral to other community agencies for programs the EOC is unable to provide.
The Food Initiative
Michael Hampton, Executive Director
Regina Hampton, Program Director
Growing healthy food. Empowering lives. Building community.
Hire high school students from Clarksville/Montgomery County and Fort Campbell school systems, as well as the homeschool community, to grow fruits and vegetables for the local hunger relief agencies. Students must be willing to work four weeks in June or July.
Goodwill Industries
2001 Needmore Road
Clarksville, TN 37042
Phone (931) 241-4730
Mission is to provide employment and training opportunities for people who have disabilities and others who have trouble finding and keeping jobs. Career counselors work one-on-one with participants to determine his or her strengths and skill sets, and they guide and support them into training programs and career paths which may be a best fit.
www.goodwillcareersolutions.org
Montgomery County Tennessee Rehabilitation Center at Clarksville
1575 Corporate Parkway Boulevard
(931) 648-5560
Provides counseling, vocational evaluation, work adjustment and job placement services for graduating high school students and adults with disabilities.
St. John’s Love Center
636 Main Street
(931) 542-2718
Provides job assistance training and pastoral counseling on Wed-Fri 10:00am-2:00pm
Tennessee Career Center at Clarksville
523 Madison Street, Suite B
(931) 648-5530
Each center offers computerized labor market information, Internet access, workshops, an on-line talent bank, job placement, recruitment and training.
Workforce Essential
Montgomery Career Center
523 Madison Street, Suite B
Clarksville, TN 37040
931-551-9737
Sweet Jordan's
849 Volunteer Drive
Paris, TN 38242
(731) 642-0161
A bakery and ice cream shop that caters to the unique abilities of young adults and adults diagnosed with special needs. Owned by Jordan who himself was born with down syndrome he took a dream and made it a reality and now allows others to work and earn for themselves.