| Organization |
Phone |
| CENTERFORCE - Programs for adults with disabilities |
253-584-1001 |
DEPT OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION - for those who need assistance getting a job may need rehabilitation and/or accommodations to work.
www.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/ |
800-637-5627 - voice
(253) 593-5942 - TTY |
| GOODWILL INDUSTRIES - Tacoma Job Resource Room |
(253) 573-6577 |
| L'ARCHE TAHOMA HOPE - Provides adults with developmental disabilities sheltered employment. Employment opportunities include working in a greenhouse, on four acres of flower fields or in a large craft room and dried flower shop. |
(253) 537-7871 |
| ORION INDUSTRIES - Provides work skills training at a manufacturing site for persons with disabilities in vocational rehabilitation. |
(253)661-7805 |
| PIERCE COUNTY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS - DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES |
(253)798-4400 |
| PIERCE COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT JOB LINE |
(253) 798-7466 |
| SBA (U.S. Small Business Administration) |
(206) 553-7310 |
| SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives/Tacoma) |
(253) 680-7770 |
| TACOMA AREA COALITION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES (TACID) - Employment Assistance. |
(253) 565-9000 |
| CITY OF TACOMA HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT |
(253) 591-5400 |
| TACOMA URBAN LEAGUE |
(253) 383-2006 |
| TAHOMA ASSOCIATES - HMC - Employment Training and Supports. Provides employment opportunities to adults with developmental disabilities. |
(253) 627-7980 |
| U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS - REGIONAL OFFICE- Employment office helps eligible veterans find jobs by providing free job counseling, testing, placement services, and job training. |
(800) 827-1000 |
| VADIS - Provides training and employment assistance to people with disabilities, both youth and adults. Vadis provides a variety of resources depending on need or disability. |
(253) 863-5173
Extension: 0 |
| VIEW - VETERANS INDEPENDENT ENTERPRISES OF WASHINGTON- Vocational Rehabilitation and Transitional Services. |
(253) 922-5650 |
| WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES - Apprenticeship combines classroom studies with on-the-job training supervised by a journey-level craft person or trade professional. |
(509) 886-6500 |
| WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL |
(360) 664-1960 |
| WASHINGTON WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT & EDUCATION - Has a job readiness training program. Participants are asked to come in and do an intake on Wednesdays or Fridays. This program includes Microsoft Office 2007 training classes in Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook, & Access; the Life Skills are 35 hours long set and include resume writing, setting work and personal boundaries, and mock interviews, Community Jobs and Community Service programs are available in non-profit programs to gain experience for resume building. Typing skills must be 25 wpm. Computers are available for practice. |
(253) 474-9933 |
WORK SOURCE PIERCE (a division within EMLOYMENT SECURITY)
Tacoma office: 1305 Tacoma Ave. S
Lakewood office: 5712 Main St.
Training benefits, workshop re: Dislocated worker
www.go2worksource.com Microsoft eLearning classes offered. |
(253) 593-7300 |
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