Center Based Employment
Center-Based Employment – known as "CBE" in Rochester and "Woodland Industries" in Caledonia – are CARF-accredited work programs for a person with disabilities that limits his or her work opportunities.  Clients in this program may be working toward job-readiness in the community or they may simply be adding to their existing skills.  The goal of a client in one of these programs should be to discover his or her “best fit” jobs-wise, and do the work required to get there.

Clients in this program are very independent – they are responsible for their own transportation and attendance.  Many structured work areas make up these programs, and each area provides new and different work opportunities.   New opportunities mean new challenges for clients, but they also mean new skills are there to be learned and mastered. 
  
   Some of our Center-Based work includes:
  • Insert images/sealer
  • Computer Refurbishing
  • Commercial Sewing
  • Document Scanning
  • Computer Graphics
  • Data Entry
  • Bulk Mailing
  • Box Assembly
  • Packaging and Shipping
  • Shrink-wrapping and Auto-bagging
  • Kit-building
  • Laminating
  • Laser Engraving  
These programs offers a variety of supportive work settings, individualized program planning, work behavior development and skills building.  Like all ABC programs, they are staffed by professionals dedicated to Person-Centered, team-based programming.  Each client’s team may include family, guardians, a social worker, medical or mental health providers, residential staff, the client him- or herself, and of course, an ABC Program Coordinator. 

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Rochester, MN Contact
Norma Glawe
Phone: (507) 535-7137
Fax: (507) 281-6270
Email: normag@abcinc.org
Woodland Industries in Caledonia, MN Contact
Judy Wandling
Phone: (507) 725-2092
Email: judyw@abcinc.org