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Disability Employment Initiative

Education, Training, and Employment Services for Adults with Disabilities

The Disability Employment Initiative (DEI) provides workforce development services to individuals with disabilities. The DEI’s Integrated Resource Team will assist participants who are unemployed, underemployed, and/or receiving Social Security disability benefits.

DEI Minimum Qualifications:

Must be 18 to 64
Disabled*

*According to the Americans with Disabilities Act, Disabled includes epilepsy, diabetes, asthma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, major depression, and bipolar disorder.

DEI coordinates with state vocational rehabilitation agencies, mental health and developmental disability agencies, Medicaid Infrastructure, grant supported activities, independent living centers, business leadership networks, and other community based organizations.

The DEI Team consists of staff with expertise in disability and workforce development to meet the needs of a job seeker with a disability. Outreach and recruitment will be done in coordination with the One Stop Career Link Centers.

For more information please contact one of the One Stop Career Link Centers:

Chinatown Center: 601 Jackson Street, San Francisco CA 94133 (415) 677-7500

SOMA Center: 1500 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 575-4570

Visitacion Valley Center: 73 Leland Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134 (415) 239-8705

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The Disability Program Navigator initiative (DPN) assists persons with disabilities to “Navigate“the challenges of seeking, returning to, or retaining employment. The DPN also assists employers with American with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and provides information on the benefits of hiring workers with disabilities.