Vocational Guidance Services (VGS) changes lives and communities with services that enhance personal abilities, break down barriers to employment and help individuals realize their potential.  

VGS has become a national leader in helping individuals realize brighter futures by providing a variety of services each year to over 5,000 individuals with physical or mental disabilities, economic disadvantages, and/or histories of incarceration.                                                                                  

 
   

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Board of Directors
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After a debilitating stroke, Dwight Tuttle, a U.S. Army Veteran found himself unable to return to his previous line of work.  With hard work and a little help from VGS, Mr. Tuttle was able to embark on a new career.  To read more about his experience, please
click here.

 

Contract Services
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Grants
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The Guidance Grill
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Rehabilitation Services
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Success Stories
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Sunbeam Shop
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Vocational Guidance Services is proud to count the following organizations among our partners, accrediting agencies and/or referral sources.  For more information on each agency, please click on their logo below.        

 

 

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Anyone who suffers a work-related injury in Ohio deserves to be treated fairly by BWC employees and to promptly receive the benefits to which he or she is entitled. BWC believes every employee injured at work should receive appropriate and coordinated care with a goal of returning to work and quality of life.

BWC is here to help. For more information, log on to ohiobwc.com.

You can reach BWC customer service at 1-800-OHIOBWC or by calling one of our local customer service offices

CCBMRDD – Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities – CCBMRDD offers a full range of services for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Services include everything from everything from in-home early intervention programs for very young children and their families to leisure programs for seniors and specialized therapies (speech-language, occupational and physical), psychological services, support administration, quality assurance, family resources and respite care, supported living, vocational training, community employment, rehabilitation engineering and crisis intervention.

Founded in 1905, the mission of the American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter is to help families in Cuyahoga, Geauga and Lake counties prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. We help the community in hundreds of ways. We provide emergency assistance and also offer programs such as first aid and CPR training and community outreach designed to keep Cleveland safe.

Our Disaster Action Team (DAT) provides free assistance, 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year to families whose homes have been destroyed by fire or who have undergone other disasters.

CARF – Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities = An independent, nonprofit organization that reviews and grants accreditation nationally and internationally via a set of rigorous standards.

NCA – North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement = Founded in 1895, the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI) is a non-governmental, voluntary organization that accredits 8,500 public and private schools and districts. One of six regional accrediting organizations, NCA CASI accredits schools and districts in 19 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Department of Defense Dependents' Schools worldwide.

RSC – Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission - RSC is Ohio's state agency that provides vocational rehabilitation (VR) services to help people with disabilities become employed and independent. RSC also offers a variety of services to Ohio businesses, resulting in quality jobs for individuals who have disabilities.

United Way of Greater Cleveland - United Way of Greater Cleveland is a family of more than 130 partner agencies that helps Greater Clevelanders with their most pressing health and human care needs. Because of United Way contributors, our partner agencies' staff and volunteers are able to focus their time and caring on strengthening our local safety net of care and providing community solutions.

State Board of Career Colleges and Schools - The Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and Schools enhances the economic vitality and competitiveness of Ohio and its citizens by continuously improving standards of excellence and assuring the consumer of quality programs and services through a regulatory structure for programs and operations of career colleges and schools. The Ohio State Board of Career Colleges and schools also provides knowledgeable advisory expertise to schools on the "best" career education practices and standards to enhance their effectiveness

VA – US Department of Veteran Affairs – Provide a variety of services to individuals who have served the in the US military.