Agency Details:

Yuma WORC Center, Inc.

The mission of the Yuma WORC Center is to provide all people with disabilities with meaningful employment and work opportunities that enhance their self-esteem and increase their ability to achieve a greater quality of life.

Description:
Yuma WORC Center, Inc. is a community rehabilitation program, which provides vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities enabling those individuals to maximize their opportunities for employment, including career advancement. Our organization provides these services through various federal, state, local, and private contracts and has been the premier provider of employment and employment-related services to individuals with disabilities in Southwest Arizona. Yuma WORC Center also provides services to Department of Rehabilitation clients in California as well. The California Employment Services Program is grant funded and serves individuals living in rural Eastern Imperial County including Winterhaven, Bard, Imperial Dam, the Quechan Reservation, and Andrade.

Check out our Programs: Look for Habilitation Services, Employment Services, Transition Services, Facility Services.

History:
In 1973, a group of Yuma citizens with developmentally and/or physically disabled children and relatives worked together to create what is now known as the Yuma WORC (Work, Opportunity, Responsibility, Confidence) Center, Inc. The founding members knew their disabled children had the ability to contribute to society and lead a greater quality of life. The Yuma WORC Center was established on the principle that the disabled population could work, draw a paycheck, and contribute to the local tax rolls. Many employment opportunities have been created and acquired in an attempt to give the local disabled community a chance for independence.

Yuma WORC Center, Inc. is a United Way recipient and a Yuma Area Nonprofit Institute member.

Contact people:

Carol Carr, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Deena Fetzer, Deputy Director, (phone), (email) Brianne McCloud, Supervisor, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (928) 329-1019

Languages Spoken: English, Sign Languages, Spanish

Address:

3250 A E. 40th Street Yuma, AZ 85365 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.worccenter.org

Directions:

The Excel Group Corporate office. Located near the Marine Corps Air Station. Avenue 3 E and 40th Street.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: NA,   Walk distance (in minutes): NA   Nearest Bus Stop: YCAT stop at 40th Street, 1 minute walk

Last updated on April 8, 2010