Featured Service Provider: Center for Independent Living of South Florida

The Center for Independent Living of South Florida was one of the organizations that early on recognized the value of joining GettingHired.com's network of Service Providers.  The Center for Independent Living of South Florida saw the opportunity to use GettingHired.com's network to increase awareness of the good work it was doing to empower persons with disabilities to reach their highest level of independence.  And as a registered Service Provider, The Center for Independent Living of South Florida saw that its staff would have access to the career development tools and the job opportunities available at www.gettinghired.com  to support its pre-vocational skills and competitive employment services.  Larry Georgeson, Center for Independent Living of South Florida's Project Director for Workforce Development, was impressed with the ease of navigation for GettingHired.com's Jobseekers, and has recently further expanded use at the organization.

The Center for Independent Living of South Florida is one of more than 680 Centers for Independent Living spread across the United States.  Since its creation in 1993, the Center for Independent Living of South Florida has grown from a one-room office to a 14,400 square foot facility near downtown Miami that serves all of Miami-Dade County.

The Center for Independent Living of South Florida recently created an Information Technology program to help reduce the digital divide between individuals who have access to computer technology and individuals with disabilities who do not have access. Fewer than 25% of persons with disabilities have access to computers compared with about 60% of the general population.  The center's IT program serves 60 to 75 adult participants annually. The program incorporates the latest technological equipment, including DSL Internet lines, to meet the needs of a cross-disability population of users.  Participants are using the IT center's resources to create resumes and conduct online job searches.  And of course, as a registered Service Provider, the Center for Independent Living of South Florida is making available to its consumers the best resource available to job seekers with disabilities, GettingHired.com.

Visit www.soflacil.org to learn more about the Center for Independent Living of South Florida, GettingHired.com's featured Service Provider.