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EveryOne Works - Helping people with disabilities find jobs

The EveryOne Works Center is an employment resource for jobseekers with disabilities.  Services at EveryOne Works are offered at no-cost to the jobseeker.  EveryOne Works provides specialized services for jobseekers with disabilities including:

Benefits Information:
Benefits counselors give clients information geared specifically to each individual's situation, provided by the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services.

One-on-One Consultation:
Matches jobseekers with a counselor to help guide their search, as well as instruct in the use of adaptive equipment.

Ticket To Work:
Ticket To Work is an initiative that increases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence on SSI/SSDI cash benefits through counseling, guidance, and occupational training.  The EveryOne Works Center in Bridgeport is an official Ticket To Work site.

Sign-Language
Interpreters are available in the Bridgeport center every Monday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

EveryOne Works has equipment and software that facilitate job searches:

~  Computer stations with speech cards
~  Braille embosser (Bridgeport only)
~  CCTV that magnifies copy
~  Laser printers
~  Scanners
~  Wheelchair accessible tables
~  TDD/TYY
~  Jaws: screen reader for the blind and vision-impaired
~  Dragon: voice recognition speech-to-text technology
~  Open Book:  text to speech conversion using a scanner
~  Zoom Text:  screen reader and text magnifier for the blind and vision impaired
~  WYNN Wizard:  text to speech reading and processing tool for those with learning disabilities
~  Microsoft Office 2000:  available on large screens

Comprehensive services including computer workshops, professional development workshops, and job skill workshops are available at EveryOne Works in Bridgeport:

2 Lafayette Square
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 333-5129 ext. 406
TTY (203) 335-2419

CTWorks Career Centers in Stamford and Derby are self-service centers offering internet access, use of phones, fax, copier, mailing, job postings, and ADA compliant equipment.

EveryOne Works is a project of The WorkPlace, Inc. and operated by Career Resources.

For information contact:
The WorkPlace, Inc.
350 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604
(203) 610-8500