Job Placement and Retention, Veterans Support Services, Assistive Technology, and Social Security Benefits Profile

Serving the Indiana Counties of Lake, Porter, LaPorte,
Newton, Jasper, Starke, and Pulaski

JobSource
For more than 20 years, JobSource has specialized in helping individuals with disabilities find and keep meaningful employment. 

Our service opens doors to careers for people with disabilities.  We work to find employment that fits with your individual vocational goals and aspirations in a variety of positions from entry-level to professional.  We are here to help people just like you find, prepare for, and keep rewarding and fulfilling employment. 

Porter County Office
56 Valparaiso Street
Valparaiso, IN  46383
P (219) 510-5330
F (219) 707-5718

Lake County Office
1465 East 84th Place
Merrillville, IN  46410
P (219) 685-5627
F (219) 685-8699

Contact: Kathie Savich
(219) 510-5330
kathleen.savich@oppent.org

 

Veterans Support Services
Through a unique partnership with the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairds, Opportunity Enterprises provides Veterans with disabilities the support they need to achieve as much self-sufficiency as possible in their transition to civilian life.

Our dedicated and knowledgeable staff work with Veterans to develop an individualized support service plan to holistically address their occupational, residential, educational, and health-related needs.  Opportunity Enterprises has the capacity to offer community-based work evaluation, job development (resume writing, interview skills, professional attire), skills training, job shadowing, volunteer work experience, job placement, and supported employment.  Additionally, nurses are on staff to provide independent living assessments, recommend and arrange for the installation of home modifications and necessary equipment, as well as dietary training.

This program is supported in part through the generosity of the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Trust. For more information, please visit www.dav.org.  

Contact: Kathie Savich
(219) 510-5330
kathleen.savich@oppent.org

Or

U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Jaime Hardesty, US Dept of VA
(888) 928-9397, ext 328
Cell: 317-625-4711
Fax: 219-465-1352
JAIME.HARDESTY@va.gov

Assistive Technology
This unique training service matches individuals with physical, visual, developmental, and/or learning disabilities with the appropriate high- and low-tech adaptions needed to achieve self-suffiency. Our Assistive Technology Practitioner begins with an assessment of what adaptions, independent living aids, and instruction are needed, and then provides the necessary equipment and training. 

Contact: Pam White
(219) 510-5330
pamela.white@oppent.org

 

Social Security Benefits Profile
Our Benefits Network Liaison reviews and thoroughly explains work incentives that are available to protect your Social Security benefits.

Contact: Jennifer Hunter
(219) 510-5330
jennifer.hunter@oppent.org