General Information
Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped
211 Central Avenue
Johnstown,
PA 15902
(814) 536 3531
[email protected]
http://www.ccabh.com
Brief Description
The mission of the Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped is to develop and support an environment for persons with disabilities which promotes vocational and employment training, independence, and community involvement through rehabilitative, recreation and low vision services, and education for the prevention of blindness. The Cambria County Association for the Blind and Handicapped unites vocational training and a manufacturing business producing quality products that offer employment for persons with disabilities while ensuring worldwide customer satisfaction.
Services Offered
- Counseling
- Provides social evaluation. Offers individual, group, family/parent, couple counseling and placement in school. Provides referral to community service or other counseling/social work services. Provides family and peer counseling for seniors.
- Employment/Job Training
- Offers pre-vocational evaluation, career and skill counseling, occupational skill development, job retention, work centers. Provides vocational placement, follow-up service, personal work adjustment training.
- Recreation Services
- Offers arts and crafts activities and hobby groups. Refers for other recreational services.
- Assessment
- Provides life skills evaluation.
- Information and Referral
- Provides information and referral services to community.
- Daily Living Skills/Independent Living Skills Training
- Offers programs for vocational/skill development, pre-vocational skill development, social/personal development. Accepts emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and mentally retarded persons. Provides training in skills of daily living and use of adaptive devices for seniors.
- Transportation Services
- Provides transportation services for seniors.
- Low Vision Services
- Provides low vision services for seniors. Prescribes and supplies low vision devices.