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The Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services is growing our Employment Services as an established Employment Network. We are dedicated to serving individuals who are neurodivergent and/or have intellectual or developmental disabilities to obtain and maintain meaningful employment. By choosing the RCAAS as an employment network you have access to our clinical staff, resources, and established employment partners that result in proven successful employment outcomes. 
 
Contact us: employmentnetwork-info@rcaas.rutgers.edu

Employment Network 

The Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services offers a variety of employment services to people who qualify for Ticket to Work as an Employment Network provider. The services are funded by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. 

 

Ticket To Work 

The RCAAS Employment Network is part of the Ticket to Work program. Ticket to Work is funded through SSA and is free for anyone ages 18-64 who receive SSI or SSDI due to their own disability. 
The goal is to increase your earnings through sustaining gainful employment and to gradually get off of SSI or SSDI benefits. Participants must have a Ticket to be eligible in the RCAAS Employment Network.
 
Click this link to learn more about the Ticket to Work program:

https://www.ssa.gov/work/ 

 

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Employment Network you must be:

  • Currently on SSI or on SSDI through own work history

  • Have a disability and age 18  through 64

  • Looking to get off SSI or SSDI through achieving Substantial Gainful Employment

  • Willing and capable of working part time or full time towards financial independence 

  • Able to work in either Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Monmouth or Union counties

  • Eligible for services through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Note: If you are currently not on SSI or SSDI benefits, you can reach out to us to discuss other options  

 

Employment Partners 

The Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services has established partnerships with many local employers, including at Rutgers. We look at possible matches
as part of our employment network services. We also look at other employers that may be a good match for you. 

 

 

Employment Specialists

Our Employment Specialists are clinicians with backgrounds in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, Behavioral Analysis, Vocational Rehabilitation, and related disciplines who will work 1:1 with you to provide any the following services:

  • Oversight of 1:1 Agency Job Coaches

  • Liaison between you and your Employer and Job Coaches  

  • Assistance with applying for job accommodations 

  • Interview Preparation 

  • Job Search Assistance