Career Opportunity Development, Inc. Programs and Services
CODI Organizational Employment Programs
Evaluation and Work Adjustment Training
Extended Employment - Outsource Center (formally known as CODI Sheltered Workshop)Offers area businesses a competitive solution to everyday tasks while providing programparticipants with the opportunity to continue to improve job skills. Employers throughout South Jersey utilize CODI consumers in a wide range of jobs including:• Auto Detailing • Folding • Mailings • Packaging • Shredding • Sorting Adult Training Services
CODI's day program is funded by the division of Developmental Disabilities.
Consumers in this program participate in production work enclaves as well as vocational
training. Training and assistance is provided to prepare for transition into community
employment.
Job Development/Job Coaching
Consumers are paired with a job coach who provides intensive training prior to and during job placement. Training may include areas of needed improvement and
enhancing work habits. In addition, program participants receive assistance in developing
a resume, interviewing for a job and completing applications.
Supported Employment
Offers CODI consumers the opportunity to work in either food or janitorial services in a community setting while earning a competitive wage and developing job skills.
Current supported employment sites include:
• Coffee Shops located in the Atlantic City and Mays Landing Court Houses • Local churches, office buildings, residential apartments, and New Jersey Air National Guard 177th Fighter Wing Division
CODI Programs
Career Opportunity Development, Inc
CODI Funding Sources
Career Opportunity Development, Inc. receives funding for services
provided from the following sources:
Atlantic County Government
NJ Department of Human Services (DHS) Community Family Development
NJ Department of Labor - Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS)
NJ Department of Youth and Family Services (DYFS)
NJ Division of Addiction Services (DAS)
NJ Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
NJ Division of Mental Health Services (DMHS)
NJ Department of State Office of Faith Based Initiatives
Nicholson Foundation
United Way of Atlantic County
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
US Department of Justice
US Department of Labor-Employment and Employment Training Administration
Entrepreneurial Ventures
Fundraising
Donations
Accreditations
With over 25 years of accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation
for Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Career Opportunity Development, Inc.
is committed to enhancing services through a voluntary process
of accountability focused on the consumer.
CODI is currently accredited by CARF for the following programs:
Case Management/Services Coordination
Community Housing
Comprehensive Vocational Evaluation Services
Employment Development Services
Job Development
Job Supports
Organizational Employment Services
Workforce Development
Community Services Coordination
Supported Living
Job-Site Training
CODI Residential Programs & Services
CODI’s residential services provide a range of options from 24/7 supervised to independent
living and flexible programing. Services are developed to meet the unique needs of each
individual while supporting their journey to wellness and recovery. This program provides
support services to individuals diagnosed with mental illness who are living in the community
in their own apartments or group homes licensed by New Jersey Department of Human
Services. These supports include case management, assistance with life skills, assistance in
housing relocation, obtaining and maintaining employment, and assisting with medical needs.
Intensive Supportive Housing Program In 2008, CODI entered into a partnership with the John Brooks Recovery Center in Atlantic
City, to provide supportive housing services to homeless individuals with substance
disorders. Funded through New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of
Addiction Services (DAS), the program provides assistance for individuals and families.
Services are consumer-driven, client-centered, and flexible in response to individual service
preferences. The program provides tools to locate and maintain housing, obtain and retain
employment, and provides on-going support empowering consumers to reach optimal potential.
CODI Support Groups
CODI offers a weekly MICA (Mentally Ill & Chemically Addicted) support group as well
as a DRA (Dual Recovery Anonymous) group. CODI recovery groups are facilitated by a
Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor.
CODI Community Programs and Services
Early Employment Initiative (EEI) EEI is located within the One Stop Career Centers in Atlantic City and Pleasantville. Staff assists participants in conducting a focused job search to obtain and retain employment. In addition to employment counseling, individuals participating in this
program receive assistance in securing child care, transportation and clothing helping to
remove barriers preventing employment.
Reintegration of Ex Offenders (RExO) formally known as Prisoner Re-entry Initiative or PRI
(Located in Atlantic City and Egg Harbor)
RExO is funded by the US Department of Labor and Employment Training Administration,
and focuses on providing services to non-violent, ex-offenders upon release. The goal of
this initiative is to promote self-sufficiency through employment, reduce recidivism and
create safer neighborhoods. Each participant is matched with a Life Coach who provides
the following services:
• Intake/Assessment • Workforce preparation, employment and retention services • Life skills training • Assistance with accessing community supports and resources Second Chance Act (Located in Gerard L. Gormley Justice Facility)
Is funded by US Department of Justice, Second Chance Act (SCA). The program provides
mentoring services to adult offenders during incarceration, through transition back into the
community, and post release. The program's focus is to ensure participants' successful
re-entry into the community. SCA grants were in high demand with less than five percent
of the over 800 applicants receiving funding. This program trains mentors who become
actively involved in providing services to inmates housed in the Atlantic County Justice
Facility.
The goal of the program is to reduce the rate of recidivism by providing inmates with a
trained mentor who will share life experiences, knowledge and social supports to prepare
inmate, pre-release, for re-entry and continue relationship during re-entry process, thus
enhancing successful outcomes.
Atlantic City Re-entry Center (Funded by the Nicholson Foundation)
CODI operates the Opportunity Reconnect Center located at the Atlantic Cape May One Stop Career Center in Atlantic City. Here CODI serves ex-offenders by providing intake
and assessment, linkages to social services and connection to employment and educational
opportunities.
Group Job Search (GJOBS) GJOBS provides vocational services for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) or General Assistance (GA). The program assists
participants to obtain employment or improve employment prospects through various
work activities.
Financial Literacy (Funded by United Way of Atlantic County) Pathways to Success offers financial self-sufficiency workshops to assist unemployed or
under employed residents of Atlantic County to meet financial responsibilities.
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