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Phone: (225) 231
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Toll Freee: (866) 74
49-0734
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• Participants must be age 22
2 or
older
• Participants of the New
Opportunitiees Waiver Proogram
(NOW)
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• Participants of Office for Citizen
s with Devellopmental
Disabilities (OCDD)
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• Participants of Louisiana
Rehabilitativ
ve Services (LR
RS)
Alll participants will be assesseed to
deetermine the ap
ppropriatenesss for
services.
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Overview
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disabilities
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in
ndividuals seeeking employ
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community.
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person to bbe supported by a coach or
mentor wh
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working on a job in the coommunity.
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skills to max
ximize their ability
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to obtaain
better emplooyment.