Address: 3079 W. Ina Road, Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone: (520)-579-8824
Contacts at Agency: Christina Baker, Charlotte Higdon, Tim Higdon
Email: charhigdon@achieveInc.org
Website: http://www.achieveinc.org/
Achieve serves children and adults with developmental disabilities by respecting the individual talents and qualities of all that we serve.
Achieve Builds Confidence, Inc. is committed to provide the finest in services for the population in our programs. Contracted through the Arizona Department of Economic Security Division of Developmental Disabilities, Achieve, Inc. provides Group Supported Employment, Day Treatment and Training, Home Based Respite, Habilitation Training, Attendant Care, and summer programs for children 5 to 22 years of age.
Services Include:
Day Treatment & Training (DTA)
Group Supported Employment (DSE)
After School and Summer Programs
Home & Community Based Services (HCBS)
Provides accessible education, training, and experiences in the arts for children, particularly those with special need. Programs include Summer art camps, Winter art camps, Rodeo Break, Respite, and more.
Job development 1:1, creating a resume, practice interviewing skills and dressing for success, assistance with online job searching and applications, assistance in traveling to local businesses for openings, on-the-job coaching and mentoring, teach techniques on how to go about getting a pay raise, healthcare...etc, assist in needed assessments and accommodations in the workplace, and follow-ups for best job placement.
Address: 2030 E. #2 Broadway Blvd., Tucson AZ 85719
Phone: (520)-882-3711
Contact at Agency: Carlos Hernandez
Email: apccarlosjhernandez@yahoo.com
Address: Second Floor of Children's Clinics Square & Compass Building - 2600 North Wyatt Drive, Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520)-770-1541
Email: info@as-az.org
Website: www.as-az.org/
The Autism Society of America has developed five “core competencies” as a means to implement the Autism Society’s Mission and Vision is proposed in the Autism Society’s new strategic plan.
Advocacy
Proactively informing, influencing, guiding and developing public policy at the federal, state and local levels in collaboration with the greater disability community
Advocating for multi-disciplined approaches to autism research
Advocating for inclusion, participation and self-determination in all aspects of life for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families
Education
Providing accessible and relevant information that supports stakeholder ability to make informed choices
Maintaining an authoritative body of autism information and knowledge
Supporting proactive community outreach and education
Host educational opportunities about autism and related information
Support
Creating local connections
Services
Building capacity within local communities for service delivery to individuals and their families
Research
Identifying and promoting research that will improve the lives of people on the autism spectrum and their families
Disseminate research opportunities and information about local and regional research projects
Other Services Include:
Playgormance Teen Meet-Ups Sensory Friendly Films Social Club
Sonoran Dolphins Swim Club STEAM! Camps ASSA Speakers Series
Stepping Stones.
Address: 1575 E. 36th St. Tucson, AZ 85713
Phone: (520)-837-8123
Contacts at Agency: Norma Saenz, Beatriz Castillejo, Margo Arvizu, Maria Zambrano, and Rosa Shaprio
Email: buildupandencourage@gmail.com
After work program until 6:00 PM with aided assistance in money management, community awareness through recognition of posted signs, time management, analog time review and much more (art, social skills...etc.)
Performing Arts/Performances: Folklorico, Latin Percussion, Zumba Dance Groove and Multicultural dancing and fun encounters utilizing Italian and Spanish languages.
Community Outings, Activities, and "Fun Fitness" - Zumba & dance, stretch fitness, leisure swimming, library visits, park visits, community garden visits, pool table fun during lunchtime and optional (self-pay) community outings, voted by members for seasonal breaks during Christmas, Spring and Summer Break. Members enjoy bowling, Dave & Busters, Flandrau Planetarium, Desert Museum, Asarco Mine tours, petting zoos, theater visits, and much more.
Provides a variety of employment-related programs, as well as the education and socialization necessary for our clients to lead meaningful, productive lives. Beacon Group enterprises offer local businesses high-quality sub-contract services such as custodial and landscaping, contract manufacturing and packaging, cable assembly, fleet and facility services, paint recycling and confidential document shredding, among others.
Services Include:
Transition to Employment (TTE)
Career Preparation and Readiness (Job Explorer's Club)
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-Ets)
Job Development/Placement
Job Coaching in competitive employment
Address: 308 W. Glenn St. Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: (520)-622-4874
Contacts at Agency: Brittney Molinar
Email:
bmolinar@beacongroup.org
Website: www.beacongroup.org/
Address: 13081 North Vintage Drive, Oro Valley, AZ 85755
Phone: (520)-235-1645
Contacts at Agency: Deborah Winn
Email: deb@careerlinksw.com
Contracted provider to several AZ counties, we advocate, provide guidance, training, direction and support assisting those with disabilities or returning to the workforce. Job services, development, resumes and cover, exploration and training. Shadowing, coaching, employer support.
Community Options’ mission is to develop housing and employment supports for persons with disabilities.
Services include:
Employment services-JD/P, ISE, GSE, Pre-ets, job readiness
Home and Community Based Services
Residential
Address: 1661 N Swan Ste 310 Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 207-9152
(520) 345-1029
Contacts at Agency: Rachel Bryant, Wayne Bell, and Rebecca Albee
Email: rachel.bryant@comop.org
Website: www.comop.org/
Address: 268 W. Adams St. Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: (520)-792-1906
Contacts at Agency: Jennifer Brown & Debbie Frent
Email: jessicaw@copdaz.org
Website: www.copdaz.org/
Community Outreach Program for the Deaf (COPD) provides services throughout Arizona to persons with a hearing loss. COPD is considered a grassroots organization partnering with Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf-Blind persons and organizations in establishing services and providing a "one-stop" center for persons with a hearing loss.
Services include:
Vocational Rehabilitation
Counseling and Case Management
Interpreting
COPE Community Services, Inc. (COPE) is a private, nonprofit healthcare organization. COPE creates pathways to better health by offering innovative solutions for behavioral and physical healthcare, wellness, and recovery to individuals and families. COPE offers comprehensive programs, specialty services, resources, and support to address general mental health and substance abuse issues, serious mental illness, physical healthcare, and wellness concerns. COPE utilizes an integrated healthcare approach that takes into consideration the body, mind, and spirit connection. COPE receives funding from the City of Tucson Housing Department, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and from AHCCCS through the following Managed Care Organizations: Arizona Complete Health, United Healthcare, and Banner University Health Plan.
Services include:
Behavioral health services for youth and adults
Individual and group therapy
Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Address: 1477 W. Commerce Court, Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone: (520)-792-3293
Website: www.copecommunityservices.org/
Address: 1455 S Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711
Phone: (520) 429-4710
Contacts at Agency: Nelly Sanchez & Teresa Simpson
Email: nellysanchez@azdes.gov, tsimpson@azdes.gov
Website: des.az.gov/services/disabilities/developmental-disabilities
The Division of Developmental Disabilities empowers individuals with developmental disabilities to lead self-directed, healthy and meaningful lives. DDD provides supports and services for eligible Arizonans. DDD provides supports and services to individuals diagnosed with one of the following developmental disabilities:
Autism;
Cerebral palsy;
Epilepsy;
Cognitive / Intellectual Disability; or
Are under the age of six and at risk of having a Developmental Disability
The Division provides supports and services that help enable individuals with opportunities to exercise their rights and responsibilities of independent decision-making and engagement in the community. DDD serves more than 40,000 people with developmental disabilities and their families throughout Arizona each year.
DIRECT Center for Independence, Inc. advocates voice, choice and independence for people with disabilities. Universal access and opportunity for all people with disabilities.
Services include:
Independent living skills
Peer support
Counseling services
Address: 1001 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711
Phone: (800)-342-1853
(520)-624-6452
Contacts at Agency: Hannah Woelke
Email: hannahw@directilc.org
Website: directilc.org/
Address: PO Box 46316 Phoenix, AZ 85063
Phone: (602)-425-5135
Contacts at Agency: Mellie Santora
Email: mellie@diverseabilityincorporated.org
Website: www.diverseabilityincorporated.org
Diverse Ability Incorporated promotes access, equality, inclusion, and the intersectionality of diversity, through peer-based experiential learning, innovative person-centered practices, and maximized collaboration efforts, designed to heighten knowledge, enhance skills, and foster individual life path planning, and growth
Arizona Youth Leadership Forum (AZYLF) and Arizona Youth Engagement Academy
Skills to Pay the Bills, Health and Wellness, and Financial Literacy Workshops
Person-Centered Practices and Planning
Today, we continue to help people get jobs that enrich their lives and allow them to make our community better. Our compassionate, qualified staff provide support to people from ages 18 to 80 who are unemployed, have limited work experience, or find it difficult to qualify for the jobs they want. Our programs are free, and our DKA team is always ready to answer questions, help identify your skills, offer suggestions, and give encouragement.
By working closely with our clients to build their work skills, life skills, and real-world job experience, what we’re really building is their confidence, independence, and self-esteem
Services include:
Support individuals in becoming employable (mock interviews)
Resume and cover letter training
Individual job development services
Address: 1502 E. Broadway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520)-790-7677
Contacts at Agency: Lourdes Ayon & Rogelio Ahumada
Email: layon@dkajobs.com
rahumada@dkajobs.com
Website: dkajobs.com/
Address: CORPORATE OFFICE- 1921 S. Alma School Road, Suite 303, Mesa, AZ 85210
Phone: 480-818-8797
Contacts at Agency: Sonya Beck & Dee Dee Lepper
Email: sonya@eesaz.org
deedee@eesaz.org
Website: https://eesaz.org/
Educate Empower Succeed supports our mission by recruiting professionals to deliver services and support in a manner that exceeds the expectations of our clients. Our innovative and quality programs are characterized by flexibility in our support service delivery. Our one-on-one and small group approach enables us to focus on specific support needs while strengthening the capabilities of each person using our services
Services Include:
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-Ets)
Tutoring Services for children and adults
Address: 2030 N. Forbes Blvd. Suite #105 Tucson, AZ 85745
Phone: (520)-624-7336
Contacts at Agency: Mayra C Alvarez
Email: tara@evtsaz.com
Website: ecsaz.org/
Our mission is to assist individuals in the areas of vocation, education, and daily life skills promoting independence & opportunity in all aspects of life.
Services Include:
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-Ets)
Disability Related Employment Services
Trial Work Experience/Work Adjustment Training
Easterseals Blake Foundation is dedicated to the vision of a Southern Arizona community where all people live healthy, productive, and independent lives. We serve more than 44,000 individuals and families across 10 counties.
By providing disability, mental health and child welfare services we make profound, positive differences in people's lives every day!
Services include:
Adult Day Services
Adult Supported Employment
Behavioral Health Services
Family Support Programs
Residential Services
Transportation
Inclusive Early Childhood Centers
Child Care Provider Professional Development
Camping & Recreation
Respite Services for Caregivers
Respite for Military Families
Parent Education Groups
Resources:
Behavioral Health
Resources
Child Development, Resources
Special Needs,
Address: 7750 E. Broadway Blvd, Suite A200, Tucson, AZ 85710
Phone: (520)-327-1529
Contacts at Agency: Nancy Boyle
Email: Nboyle@blake.easterseals.com
Website: www.easterseals.com/blakefoundation/
Address: 901 S Campbell Ave Tucson, AZ 85719
Phone: (520) 879-9209
(520) 879-9290
Contacts at Agency: Lourdes Heredia
Email: heredia.lourdes@jobcorps.org
Website: fredgacosta.jobcorps.gov/
Job Corps is a no-cost education and career technical training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that helps young people ages 16 to 24 improve the quality of their lives through career technical and academic training. The Job Corps program is authorized by Title I-C of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.
At Fred G. Acosta Job Corps Center, we support the Job Corps program’s mission to teach eligible young people the skills they need to become employable and independent and place them in meaningful jobs or further education.
Services Include:
At no cost-Career Technical Training
Housing
Placement Services
Handlers provides a therapeutic, beneficial, and healthy environment where individuals can feel safe and welcome and make quality decisions that impact their daily life. It is our mission to promote an awareness of the unique culture of persons with disabilities and to continue to promote our participants as embedded, valuable members of the community.
Address: P.O. Box 85877, Tucson, AZ 85754
Phone: (520)-622-1878
Website: http://providersearch.com/the-handlers-of-tucson-inc--362026.html
More than 1,200 experienced caring professionals
Outpatient and inpatient treatment facilities, housing complexes, and offices in multiple communities throughout Arizona and Southern New Mexico
Partnerships with numerous local, state, and national entities, including the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), and the New Mexico Human Services Department, among others.
Since 1982, LDI’s community-based high school, summer, and young adult programs have been a beacon of hope for older adolescents and adults struggling with learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, Autism spectrum disorders and other related-conditions.
LDI programs provide students with a ‘framework’ and supportive environment for students to grow and thrive while giving them enough autonomy to make decisions on their own and to gain the skills necessary for achieving success in obtaining competitive employment, living on their own, pursuing higher education or advanced job training, and developing healthy adult relationships.
Services Include:
A non-traditional learning institution specializing in providing education for students with Aspergers, Autism, or learnning disabilities.
Address: 18001 N. 79th Ave. #B-42, Glendale, AZ 85308
Phone: (623)-773-1545
Website: https://discoverldi.com/
Our Mission & Vision: Contribute to the economy by linking employers with qualified candidates to ensure every person with a disability and veteran has an opportunity for employment.
Services Include:
Linking businesses to people with disabilities and wounded warriors.
Linkages advocates to employers on the benefits of hiring individuals with disabilities. Then we 'link' those employers to candidates through our job board, events, and by sharing information with our agency partners who provide employment services to job seekers.
Address: 1001 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85711
Phone: (520)-571-8600
Email: DirectAz.org
Website: www.linkagesarizona.org/
Odyssey Services Corporation is composed of many skilled adults from diverse walks of life, work, and educational backgrounds including professional certifications, master’s, bachelor’s, and associate’s degrees in various fields.
The clientele with whom we work include individuals diagnosed with psychological disorders, physical impairments and disabilities, rehabilitated criminal offenders, and many other individuals within the community who require assistance in getting their lives on the right track.
We at Odyssey Services Corporation thrive on the success of each other and our clients. We work collaboratively to forge relationships within the community to better serve our clientele. We currently have over a 90% success rate with our clients, making us one of the most successful companies in the valley at what we do!
Services Include:
VR Services
Individual tutoring, work adjustment services, supported education services, disability related employment services including job development, job retention, and track A.B. group, rehabilitation instructional services, mobility training and independent living skills, job training, career exploration, small business enterprises, and remedial training/instruction
DDD Services
Behavioral support, respite, habilitation, attendant care, employment support aide, individual supported employment, HAI-IDLA, transportation, group supported employment
Center-based company, can provide transportation.
Address: 1690 N. Stone Ave. Tucson, AZ 85705
Phone: (520)-208-7445
Contacts at Agency: Rebecca Becerril
Email: Rebecca@odysseyservicescorp.com
Website: https://odysseyservicescorp.com/
Individuals with disabilities will find that Pima strives to make all college events and activities accessible to them. The ADR office serves students and the community.
Services Include:
Degree, certificate, and special interest classes
Accommodations needed for access to college programs, activities, and services
Transition planning and coordination with high schools
Address:Pima Community College Downtown Campus 1255 N. Stone ave.
Phone: (520)-206-6688
Contacts at Agency: Matt Stutzman M. Ed. Program Specialist 520-206-7286
Email: mstutzman4@pima.edu
Address:
Phone:
Contacts at Agency: Heather Curley, and Vanessa Zuber
Email: HCurley@azdes.gov
Vzuber@ucpsa.org
We provide resources, strategic planning, and ideas to tackle transition barriers for high school youth and young adults with disabilities
Services Include:
Outreach and community education about effective transition of youth with disabilities
Addressing unmet transition needs by participating in partner projects and providing training to the community
Evaluating the transition process and recommending policy, system, and program improvements
Raising Special Kids exists to improve the lives of children with the full range of disabilities, from birth to age 26, by providing support, training, information and individual assistance so families can become effective advocates for their children.
Services Include:
Special Education resource for parents who have children with disabilities
Information and workshops about the Guardianship Process
Connection to community agencies and support groups
Address: 2600 N. Wyatt Dr. Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520)-441-4416
Contacts at Agency: Kathy Gray-Mangerson
Email: kathygm@raisingspecialkids.org
Website: https://raisingspecialkids.org/
Address: 3767 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85716
Phone: (520)-795-1331
Contacts at Agency:
Roxanne Torres -Tucson Community Relations Coordinator
Email:
Website: http://saavi.us/
SAAVI believes in a world where blind individuals are determined, bold, and self-reliant – contributing locally, nationally and throughout the world.
Ensuring that success for blind individuals is attained as we all truly believe that it is not what you can see…it is what you can do.
SAAVI Services for the Blind is a blindness rehabilitation training center; providing skills training in low vision and non visual techniques to people of all ages.
Whether a student is new to blindness; has received training in the past and would like to learn new skills; or if an individual is experiencing vision loss for the first time, our goal is to provide skills training so our students may lead productive and independent lives. Our programs serve a variety of individuals of all ages, from children to seniors, all with the goal of providing confidence and skill building opportunities, through training and education.
By participating in any number of our programs, our students can gain confidence and the skills that allow them to return to the workforce, pursue secondary education, or begin the path towards a new career.
In just a few years, Southern Arizona Family Services has grown from just a small group of devoted people to an agency that now serves the entire city of Tucson. Yet, even as SAFS has grown in size and scope, it has maintained a friendly family like atmosphere for both its clients and staff. SAFS strives to make strong connections and consistently deliver a host of high-quality services.The magic is truly in the match between client and direct care worker.The magic comes from the heart.
Services Include:
In home supports: attendant care, respite, habilitation
Summer programs for students with disabilities
Day programs for individuals with disabilities
Address: 310 S. Williams Blvd. #130, Tucson, AZ 85748
Phone: (520)-512-0200
Contacts at Agency: Donna Gallagher, Sonya Lopez-Bryant, and Bri Hernandez
Email: donnag@safsaz.com
briseidah@safsaz.com
Organize and host diverse community events to increase and promote community awareness and inclusion as well as to create new funding resources for the Southern Arizona Down syndrome community.
Funds raised are granted to the Southern Arizona Down syndrome community via the Give it back! Program. Individuals with Down syndrome and their families are granted funds for the purpose of enriching their lives through participation in programs, therapies, conferences and more… The Community Grants Program grants funds to local support groups that enrich the lives of individuals with Down syndrome and their family.
Develop and/or bring new programs and services to benefit the Southern Arizona Down syndrome community.
Services Include:
SANDS seeks to inspire, educate and support individuals, families and communities living with Down syndrome throughout Southern Arizona. SANDS pursues this goal by creating an open, supportive, and collaborative network connecting individuals and families with needed resources and information.
Grants & Scholarships
Local Support Groups
Tucson Buddy Walk
Address: SANDS, P.O. Box 17011, Tucson, AZ 85731
Phone: (520)-312-2030
Email: info@sandsaz.org
Website: https://www.sandsaz.org/
Address: Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, 1521 E. Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (520)-626-0442
Contacts at Agency: Susan Voirol
Email: svoirol@email.arizona.edu
Interdisciplinary training of students and service professionals on developmental disabilities
Research and analysis aimed at developing new knowledge on disability which can be translated into model programs and public policy initiatives
Technical assistance and information sharing for the community at large on disability best practices and new information
Exemplary services and model program development to enhance and expand the systems of support for people with developmental disabilities
The Tungland Corporation (TTC) offers support services for children, adolescents, adults and elders, ranging from residential community-based services, day treatment programs, in-home respite, habilitation and attendant care, to specialized living arrangements, foster or host homes, counseling, consulting, and employment/vocational support services.
Services Include:
Community Access
In-Home Support Services
Day Support for Adults
Developmental Homes
Day Support for Children
Elder Care
Residental Services
Vocational Services
Service Request Form
Address: 1605 N. Wilmot Road #104B, Tucson, A 85712
Phone: 1-877-886-4526
Website: https://www.tungland.com/
Services Include:
Disability related employment services
Work adjustment training
Job training
Orientation and adjustment to disability services
Independent living skills development services
Career exploration
Support education Vocational evaluations
Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)
Address: 20431 E Germann Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142
Phone: (602)-750-1959
Website: https://turningpointassistance.net/
The Vocational Rehabilitation program provides a variety of services to persons with disabilities, with the ultimate goal to prepare for, enter into, or retain employment.
Address: 100 N Stone Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701
1455 S. Alvernon Way, Tucson AZ 85711
195 W Irvington Rd. Tucson AZ 85714
5441 E. 22nd St., Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85711
899 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ 85711
7225 N. Mona Lisa Rd. Tucson, AZ 85741
Phone: (520)-629-0225
(520)-872-9120
(520)-638-2390
(520)-790-0787
(520)-790-0107
(520)-544-8618
Contacts at Agency:
Email:
Website: https://des.az.gov/services/employment/rehabilitation-services/vocational-rehabilitation
Address: 5055 E. Broadway Rd. STE 207 Tucson, AZ 85711
Phone: (520)409-2972
Website: http://wedco.net/
Our mission is to provide a variety of occupational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, with the ultimate goal to prepare for, enter into, or retain employment. Psychoeducational services and ongoing support to maintain employment services are designed to assist a person or group to choose acquire and maintain a job or other meaningful community activity.
Services Include:
Vocational Rehabilitation contracted employment services
Job Skills training
Pre-Employment Transition Services
United Cerebral Palsy of Southern Arizona (UCPSA) is a non-profit organization that provides home-based services for individuals with all types of disabilities and the elderly. These services allow people to live in their own homes, either independently or with their families. Currently, UCPSA employs about 440 direct care workers and serves over 640 consumers throughout Southern Arizona. Thank you for your interest. I hope you find this website useful in answering any questions you have concerning the agency.
Services Include:
Pre-employment transition services (Pre-ets)
Transition to employment DDD services
Job coaching and development DDD/VR
Consulting for businesses
Address: 630 N. Craycroft Rd, Tucson AZ 85711
Phone: (520) 795-3108
Contacts at Agency: Vanessa Zuber & Brande Kitzberger
Email: vzuber@ucpsa.org
bkitzberger@ucpsa.org
Website: http://ucpsa.org/