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Video Relay Services Available Sorenson Video Relay Service (SVRS) is a free 24-hour service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community that enables anyone to conduct video relay calls with family, friends, or business associates. Calls are placed and received through a professional American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter via a high-speed Internet connection and VRS equipment (i.e., a Sorenson VP-200 videophone).

Services for Employers and Agencies:
As an employer you may have concerns or questions about subjects such as hiring practices, interviewing, ADA, and tax incentives. For more information on these and many more topics, please click the link below.
Employers and Agencies Section (link)

Services for Individuals:
For answers concerning assistive technology, benefits, and local and national resources please refer to our Individual DPN services section below.
Services for Individuals Section (link)


Meet Your Disability Program Navigator (DPN)
Toni Costales-Servin is your North Central Counties Consortium Disability
Program Navigator.  She is located at the Sutter County One Stop and has been providing convenient and easy access to disability information in our five counties.  Some services that the Navigator provides are services to Employers such as information and training on programs, services, adaptive technology and accommodations, financial and tax incentives for hiring people with disabilities and connecting job seekers with services that will support them in meeting employment goals, provide referrals and resource information about Social Security benefits, Benefits Planning Services, Ticket to Work, and Supportive Employment and information to local resources and answers to disability questions.  The Disability Program Navigator (DPN) strengthens relationships with groups, agencies and organizations to promote the employment of qualified individuals. 

What is a Disability Program Navigator (DPN)?

• Resource
• Problem-Solver
• Relationship Builder
• Facilitator

Where can I find the DPN?
The Disability Program Navigator for Yuba, Sutter, Lake, Glenn, and Colusa Counties can be found at the Sutter County One Stop, 256 Wilbur Ave.  P.O. Box F, Yuba City Ca. 95991, (530) 822-5120 X 3052 [TTY: (530) 822-5104]

• For counties outside of the above please go to the state-wide DPN list
  
  

How can the DPN help me?

• Develop partnerships and collaborate on an ongoing basis with employers to facilitate job placements for persons with disabilities.

• Serve as resource on Social Security administration (SSA’s) work incentives and employment support programs and the provision of services through Benefits Planning, Assistance and Outreach organizations (BPAO’s); Protection and Advocacy systems (P & A’s); and employment-related demonstration projects.
  
  
• Serve as resources on the Federal, State, Local and private programs that impact the ability of persons with disabilities to enter and remain in the workforce.
  
• Develop linkages and collaborate on an ongoing basis with employers to facilitate job placements for persons with disabilities.

Disability Issues and Actions in Congress:
Please see Disability Issues and Actions in Congree Page - Link Here

“As a professional in the field of Disability and postsecondary education, I would like to thank you for partnering with Yuba College to "get the word out." Your timely response to inquiries and willingness to participate on activities of advocacy and scholarship helps the college to build and maintain an important bridge within the disability community. The Disability Program Navigator's 30 Second Trainings are an ingenious method of reaching consumers with disabilities, their advocates and other stakeholders in an era of burgeoning electronic and information technology. In a few words...the 30 Second trainings are concise, informative and creative. Kudos DPN!”

--
 Jan Ponticelli, Ph.D.
 Director

“My name is Grant Harrison.  A year ago I was 600lbs and on Social Security Disability.  I had weight loss surgery and have lost 350lbs and wanted to get back into the work force after a ten year leave.  I had no work experience, no training and like most people I was lost in the sea of unemployment.  I had no direction and like most did not find much in employment from are local paper, so a friend of mine told me of a place called One Stop.  I said “what is One Stop?”, her replied that they could help you find a job by offering training and counselors with very little to no cost,  sounded good to me.  We drove over that same day.  Nice campus and very helpful and friendly staff.  I met a very helpful and informative counselor named Toni (the Disability Program Navigator) and we talked for an hour about my experience and my interests.  We talked about all the classes and training One Stop had to offer and man did they have a big list of classes and work fields.  In that hour of trying to find out what I wanted as a job field and what classes I needed, I told her that I had gone to school and I really just wanted to jump right into work.  She told me she knows of one place that might be looking for someone and she would put a call in for me.  Not closing off other opportunities, I started looking into the classes they had to offer and a few days later at orientation she found me on campus and told me I would be getting a call for an interview.  I received the call; I had the interview and now am working full time making good money and loving my job and started a new life…”

“Thank you One Stop and a special thank you to a very friendly and helpful DPN Toni.”