Iowa City Career and Support Services

HistorySafer Foundation, an Illinois not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, began providing employment, educational, and supportive services for individuals with criminal records in 1972. With headquarters in Chicago, Safer Foundation's staff of more than 250 assist clients in facilities throughout Illinois and eastern Iowa.SpecialtiesSafer Foundation is one of the nation's largest not-for-profit providers of services designed exclusively for people with criminal records. We focus on helping our clients secure and maintain jobs because we understand that employment offers the best chance at successful re-entry.

Based in Iowa City, Iowa, Employment Systems is a part of Systems Unlimited. It is a nonprofit corporation serving people with disabilities and other physical and mental disabilities throughout eastern Iowa. It also provides supported employment, nonvocational and facility-based vocational services for adults with developmental disabilities. Its supported community employment adult day services provide individuals with disabilities a wide variety of jobs, including data entry operations, clerical assistants, maintenance and custodial, food service and assembly workers, day care center aides, mail clerks, certified nursing assistants, telemarketers, and warehouse and stocking associates. In addition, Employment Systems provides summer transitional employment and assessment programs for these individuals.

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