Help in Home Domestic Employment

Established in 1949, the Arc of Monmouth is a nonprofit organization that provides services for individuals with cognitive and developmental disabilities. It maintains a social service department that offers assessment, vocational guidance and information and referral services. The organization provides financial assistance through its Real Life Choices program, which include need-based budget allocation for youths. The Arc of Monmouth offers health care services through a team of a physician, psychiatrist, psychologists and mental health therapists. Additionally, it provides job and behavioral skills training for adults. The organization also offers residential care and special education advocacy services. The Arc of Monmouth maintains the Work Opportunity Center, which provides general assembly, poly bagging, packaging and heat sealing services for commercial purposes. It serves more than 1500 individuals in 25 locations throughout Monmouth County, N.J.

Founded in 1966, the Work Opportunity Center handles subcontract work, including general assembly, shrink wrapping, poly bagging, packaging, heat sealing and special events fulfillment. It assembles and delivers customized health care kits to hospitals and state correctional facilities within New Jersey. The center operates a more than 30,000-square-foot building and an over 10,000-square-foot warehouse. The Work Opportunity Center employs a workforce of over 165 people and assembles customized hospital admission, toiletry, suction canisters and plastic cutlery kits. The center also serves manufacturers, printers, advertising agencies, utility companies and nonprofit organizations. The Work Opportunity Center is accredited by The Rehabilitation Accreditation Commission, Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and New Jersey Department of Labor. It is a part of The Arc of Monmouth, which is a nonprofit organization that provides services and support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.