AbilityFirst Employment Services (Long Beach)

AbilityFirst is one of Southern California’s largest and oldest nonprofit providers of programs and services for people with disabilities, which include: Pre-employment and social skills development, on the Job training, prevocational training and community employment and job retention for working-age adults.

Services Offered

Adult Work Experience – Admin (Individual)
Adult Work Experience - Wages (Individual)
DOR Student Services Paid Work Experience - Admin (Individual)
DOR Student Services Paid Work Experience - Wages (Individual)
Employment Services - Employment Prep (Individual, per hour)
Employment Services - Intake (Individual, per hour)
Employment Services - Job Development and Placement (Individual, per hour)
Employment Services - Retention (Individual, per hour)
SE Intake (please remove, no longer used)
SE Job Coaching (Individual, per consumer)
SE Job Prep (please remove, no longer used)
Short-Term Supports (Individual, per consumer)
Supported Employment Services - Retention

Languages

(Provider can provide services for other languages; for further details, please contact Provider.)

Cambodian
Cantonese
English
Spanish

Disability Specialities

Developmental Disabilities

Accessibility

disability Assisitive Technologies: N/A

Transportation

Transportation via Bus via Bus Lines, Para Transit: Long Beach transit right in front of the building

Transportation via Rail Route Rail Routes: Metro Blue line four blocks away

Parking Parking Lot Access: Yes. Handicapped parking.

Qualifications

AbilityFirst has been supporting people with disabilities for 85 years and has partnered with the DOR for over 30 years. We serve over 300 individuals with disabilities at three locations in southern California. We employ qualified and experienced staff, knowledgeable in social security benefits, employment assessment and labor standards.