ERI CCS Services
Employment Resources, Inc. (ERI) provides services to CCS participants. We provide a variety of services to help you achieve stability, increase independence, and move toward recovery. With CCS, you are included as an equal partner in identifying your goals and selecting the services that best fit your needs. Following are the services currently provided by ERI. Once enrolled in CCS, if you are interested in ERI services, contact your CCS service facilitator for more information.
Disability Application Assistance
Get experienced help in applying for disability benefits (Social Security’s disability & Medicaid programs). We assist with completing application forms, provide education about the steps and agencies involved, and give support throughout the process until a determination is made.
Employment Counseling
ERI’s employment services can help to identify strengths, define job goals, and build key skills needed to get and keep a job. Our Employment Specialists actively assist by guiding the job search, exploring job opportunities, and providing supports along the way to promote successful employment outcomes.
Additionally, ERI provides Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment services which involve a partnership between the CCS participant, the CCS Service Facilitation agency, the ERI Employment Specialist, and DVR.
Benefits and Employment Counseling
Through ERI’s benefits and employment counseling services, build a better understanding of public benefits (SSDI, SSI, Medicaid, and Medicare Savings Programs) and the effects of work. Learn about work incentives, benefit program rules, and potential changes in benefits. Get your questions answered before starting a job or when making employment changes. We also help with problem-solving and reporting wages or changes to benefit agencies.