NCI Affiliates offers Community Living Services (CLS) that provides services to individuals who wish to live in the community independently or with a roommate and promote a safe, self-sufficient and communal lifestyle. Services include assistance with finding appropriate housing, money management and budgeting, health and wellness, safety, mobility, assisting with medical needs and more.

provides individualized services to promote education in daily living skills, safety concerns, social skills, mobility training, physical development, vocational skills, the effective use of one’s leisure time and assessing community resources. Activity Center classes inlcude computer literacy and internet safety, sign language and Spanish, physical education, gardening, cooking and meal prep, arts and crafts, English, math, science, history, time management, money management and job preparation.

NCI offers transportation services to and from remote worksite locations. Individuals can start their day at our main locations and be transported to their vocational training site. We also assist with purchasing bus passes for those utilizing public transportation.

Our Supported Employment Crews consist of a Job Coach and up to 3 individuals that provide services for several local business’ in a variety of professional settings. We provide quality service, while instructing and mentoring actual on-the-job vocations skills. The crews work out in the community at either contracts, including state and federal operations and sites, or businesses or at sites that are owned and operated by NCI Affiliates.

The Direct placement Program provides an opportunity for individuals to secure suitable employment in their community. Referrals to this program are made by the Department of Rehabilitation for individuals who are not eligible for Regional Center Services.

Social Wellness and Health Program is intended to provide a new training model that incorporates social skills with physical, emotional and occupational wellness for individuals served in San Luis Obispo county.

This program design is intended to provide a deeper understanding and development of self-empowerment

NCI’s Individual Placement (IP) Program provides assistance to participants to obtain employment in their community. Through our IP program, individuals who have shown that they are ready for employment within the community begin the job development process. Working one-on-one with our job developers, we assist participants with every aspect of a job search

intended to provide a new training model for individuals served in San Luis Obispo County.The intent with this new program design is to provide innovative and enriching daily services for program participants. Training will include community-based activities that focus on daily living skills, job preparation and integrated volunteer work, healthy living skills development, self-advocacy, safety, mobility, housing, and social/recreational activities.

Individuals eligible to participate in our programs should be sixteen or older, have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) or 504 Plan with their school district, and a developmental disability. The work experience program provides an opportunity for students with disabilities to have a time limited work-based learning experience, with little to no work history, the opportunity to explore competitive intergraded work environments.

primary purpose of NCI Braided Day Service is to complement the already existing Community Based Day, Adult Day and Work Activity Programs, where adults are served with Person-Centered Services that enhance or maintain self-help techniques in activities of job development, soft skills, interview skills, dressing for success, job preparation and paid/volunteer work opportunities.

After being a part of the local community at our Paso Robles location, we see a need for more vocational preparedness for individuals to participate in integrated competitive work settings.