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Horizon
Human Services works with Arizona’s Rehabilitation Services
Administration to support and assist persons with disabilities in
pursuing vocational goals. The Agency works with a diverse
population of individuals including persons with psychiatric,
developmental, learning, and physical disabilities. By design, the
department emphasizes customization and individualization of
assistance to persons with significant disabilities. Major
areas of assistance include Job Development and Placement: This
service assists persons with the development of employment-related
skills and in searching for a place of employment within their
community, utilizing a person-centered approach that emphasizes
individualism, inclusion and choice. Supported
Employment: This
service provides and coordinates individualized supports that assist
persons with the maintenance of employment through a person-centered
philosophy that emphasizes inclusion, integration, and natural
supports. Supported
Education: This
service is designed to assist persons with achieving post-secondary
educational goals that are linked to a vocational goal, through a
person-centered service that embraces the philosophy of
self-direction. Rehabilitation
Instructional Services: This
service provides various group and individual assistance to persons
with significant disabilities, utilizing a person-centered
philosophy of assisting persons in making their own choices.
Included in these services are prevocational assistance, exploration
of work options, educational assistance, and socialization
assistance associated with employment. Geographic Areas: Horizon
Human Services provides vocational rehabilitation services through
its Community Employment Connections department in Pinal and Gila
Counties, with offices located in Casa Grande, Payson, and
Globe/Miami. For specific contacts and local phone numbers at each
location, please call our central offices at (520) 836-1688 or email
your request for information to mhutchison@horizonhumanservices.org |