OKEEFE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA Disability Connection

Community Assist: Disability Connection provides specific assistance to low-income individuals including resource referrals and assistance, clothing, food, medical equipment, home repair and more. Disability Connection assists individuals who call the office in identifying other agencies that can assist them with additional needed resources. Disability Connection develops accessible recreation opportunities such as the development of two community playgrounds.

Supported Employment: Disability Connection offers and supports this program to find jobs for individuals with intellectual disabilities and provides them a job coach, training and transportation. The program serves about 20 individuals with intellectual disability with employment assistance.

Community Education: Disability Connection provides inclusive community events and programs which vary annually: the Arbor Day 5K-1 Mile-1/4 Mile Run/Walk/Roll; the Art Ability Fair; the Disability Connection Playground Party and the MS Coast Heritage Information Center, which promote accessible heritage and cultural travel opportunities. DC has produced the MS Coast Heritage Information Center which is located at www.DisabilityConnection.org with 44 films and 160 pages of information and photographs. This website also hosts the Employment Connection and a variety of four MS Coast Community Resource Guides developed by Disability Connection. Disability Connection has produced and distributed a variety of nine MS Community Resource Guides.

Community Service: General Programs, and General Program Match for miscellaneous services and all donated items and services. Total Donations of Goods and Service