The Arc of Alameda County's central value has always been the integration of individuals with developmental disabilities in all aspects of life - recreation, education, residence and work.

Our Production Services program is designed around providing vocational training and real jobs -- with real paychecks. The consumer can gain:

• On-the-job training
• Marketable skills
• Work experience

The opportunity to demonstrate efficiency, dependability and productivity - rated by employers as the most important characteristics of potential employees.

Our four program sites (San Leandro, Hayward, Livermore, Union City) provide the perfect environment for mastering assembly and warehouse skills demanded by the job market, and putting those skills to work.

It all starts with the Arc of Alameda County's Customer Service Department. They compete with local and national companies for production contracts. These contracts require individuals to be trained in a variety of skills.

The consumer works closely with a production supervisor. The supervisor teaches the job task by example, working around physical limitations. The abilities and needs of each consumer are accommodated, while at the same time, the focus is kept on quality output.

Computer Lab
The Arc of Alameda County has opened a computer lab. It is available for Production Services to teach everything from mathematics and spelling to data entry and computer office skills.

Jobs Skills include:

• Assembly work
• Packaging
• Shrink wrapping
• Sorting & Labeling
• Mailing & Folding
• Janitorial

Step Ladder to Success
Production Services provides a social work environment, but its real function is as a stepping stone to an independent job in the community. We don't just teach job skills. Habilitation Coordinators work with the consumer's social worker and family to improve appropriate work-place behavior, punctuality, attention to work and anger management.

Over one quarter of consumers enrolled in Production Services have moved on successfully to Community Services, an independent community based employment program. And at times, consumers in a Community Services job have returned to Production Services to gain more skills until moving back to a community job.

We can help improve your balance sheet by eliminating investments in:

• Labor
• Equipment
• Warehousing
• Material Handling