Compensated Work Therapy Program
Our primary goal is to help veterans who have become disabled, unemployed and/or homeless to successfully re-enter their community and live secure and productive lives. Our staff works with veterans to help them overcome some of the obstacles preventing them from finding work on their own.
Kansas City's Compensated Work Therapy provides a transitional work setting and offers a variety of vocational opportunities for veterans coping with personal challenges.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
Provide temporary income. Develop marketable skills and prepare veterans for competitive employment. Develop and improve work habits and attitudes. Provide recent work references. Participants must be willing to: Re-establish financial responsibilities. Comply with treatment planning. Actively search for employment. Resolve legal issues
Services for Business & Industry:
Employers, Manufacturers, and Government Agencies
Our mission is to provide realistic and meaningful vocational opportunities for veterans. To achieve this mission, we have developed and must continue to develop partnerships with companies who want high quality work completed on a timely basis at a competitive price.
We provide a cost effective means of achieving your company's production goals, managing costs, and improving service delivery. We welcome new partnerships.
Kansas City's CWT Program Can Help Your Company:
Reduce overhead costs. Save money by eliminating FICA, workers' compensation, and vacation and sick time. Save time by not having to process payrolls, advertise, or train a steady stream of new employees in high-turnover rated job. Meet peak or unexpected work placement demands. Have a ready source of screened workers. With assembly and sub-assembly. With custom packaging.
CWT is an efficient and effective option for hourly work or tasks completed on a piece rate or job rate basis.
What is Supported Employment?
Supported Employment assists veterans who have or presently suffer from severe mental illness with placement and support in competitive employment. We help veterans by:
Evaluating strengths, talents, and abilities. Preparing for employment searches including the application and interviewing processes. Helping our veterans become stable and productive members of their communities.
Please feel free to contact Larry Bottin at 816-861-4700, extension 56635 in you have any questions or would like a tour of our facilities.
Our mission is to provide realistic and meaningful vocational opportunities and encourage successful reintegration into the community at the veterans' highest functional level.
Supported Employment provides a wide range of support services to the veterans we serve. These services can include the following:
Assistance and support in locating and maintaining employment of choice in the local community. Competitive employment placement either full-time or part-time at no less than the federal minimum wage. Career development guidance, job placement directions, and follow up services.
Employment education and case management.
Supported Employment News
Supported Employment Initiative
The new program, called The Supported Employment Initiative is targeted for veterans with severe mental health diagnoses. This new program will help CWT involve many veterans who are presently not being served. Questions about this new program can be directed to Larry Bottin , our Supportive Employment Coordinator, (816) 861-4700, ext 56635, or Larry.Bottin2@med.va.gov
CWT/SE/MH116 A6
V.A. Medical Center
4801 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, Missouri 64128
816)861-4700, extension 56635
Pager Number: 443
(Call (816) 922-3337 to reach pager from outside of the KC VAMC)
Compensated Work Therapy Transitional Residence Program
Kansas City's Transitional Residence (TR) Program is a work-based Psycho-social, 30-bed Residential Treatment Program offering a therapeutic residential setting for veterans involved in the CWT program.
We provide a rehabilitation-focused residential setting for veterans recovering from chronic mental illness, chemical dependency, and/or homelessness.
409 East Armour
Kansas City, Missouri 64109
The TR House strives to provide a residential therapeutic community of peer and professional support with a strong emphasis on increasing personal responsibility and achievement of individualized rehabilitation goals.
Participants are responsible for maintaining their own residences and planning, purchasing, and preparing their own meals.
Contact Information:
Lavel Garrett
(816) 531-7471
Pager Number: 530
(Call (816) 922-3337 to reach pager from outside of the KC VAMC)
or
Jerome Calloway
(816) 223-4393
(816) 531-7564
Any one interested in the Compensated Work Therapy Program should contact:
Frank Staigvil (816) 809-3678
or
Tom Albracht (816) 861-4700 Ext. 57034
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4801 Linwood Boulevard
Kansas City, Missouri 64128
(816) 922-2644
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