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Community Employment Services
Marshall-Starke Development Center, Inc.

Community Employment Services places individuals with disabilities into gainful employment. We can provide your business with reliable, enthusiastic employees to meet your personnel needs.

Community Employment Services staff supports and acts as a consultant for the individuals we serve, matching abilities and interests with employers. Each individual that we serve is carefully screened to determine an appropriate job match. This evaluation encompasses skill range, strength, weakness, and likes and dislikes, as well as interest.

Community Employment Services staff assists in training and will support the individual until the employer is satisfied with the employee's performance. Our staff works with the employer to provide the quality training needed, assuring the high standards that all businesses require. The jobs are specifically analyzed to facilitate training.

Community Employment Services staff follows through on each individual that we place at your company to measure your satisfaction. We complete a minimum of two personal follow-along visits per month for as long as that person in employed. When additional training or assistance is needed, Community Employment Services staff members are readily available and easily assessable to the employer.

Community Employment Services has provided services in the Northern Indiana area since 1989 and currently holds nationally recognized accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

A Work Opportunity Tax Credit is available for many employers' who utilize our placement services. This tax credit is based upon the number of hours per year that the individual works for a particular employer. Please ask for details about this substantial tax savings for the employer.

Community Employment Services covers liability issues for our staff when training individuals on the job site. We also cover liability issues for our staff and the individual any time we perform a job at your facility.

To speak with a representative of Marshall-Starke's Employment Services contact Carol McGrew at 574-936-9400 or by e-mail at cmcgrew at marshall-starke.org.



Small Business Development Center to Office Small Business Seminars
Area small business owners and entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to learn more about operating their own business by attending one or all of the following seminars:

July 17 from 4-6 PM and July 31 from 6-8 PM
Business Feasibility-Can I Make Money At This?

July 18 from 6-8 PM
Developing Your Marketing Strategy

July 23 from 6-8 PM
Preparing Your Business Plan

July 26 from 6-8 PM
Financing Your Small Business

South Bend seminars will be held at the:
SBDC office
401 E. Colfax Ave., Suite 120

Seminar cost is $25 for pre-paid participants, $30 at the door.

Call 574-282-4350, ext. 0 for reservations.


Ancilla Domini College
9601 S. Union Road, Donaldson, 574-936-9989; www.ancilla.edu
Gene Reese, Director of Athletics and Student Development at Ancilla College, recently spearheaded the effort to name a new Athletic Director of the Year in the Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA). The MCCAA, which boasts a membership of 19 schools, elected Gene Gifford of Muskegon Community College as their 2007 recipient. Reese, who received the award in 2006, served as chairman of the selection committee and will continue to serve next year as a board member. According to Reese, Gifford is a very deserving selection for the distinction. Gifford is currently entering his 14th year as Athletic Director at Muskegon, along with his duties of 26 seasons as the men's basketball coach. Reese said, ìGene was selected for all of the extra time and effort he put into the MCCAA in the past year and his stabilizing leadership.î Reese has been at the helm of Ancilla College athletics since the College joined the NJCAA in 1995. Under his watch, the department has grown to include eight varsity sports, with golf and men's soccer taking the field in the 2007-2008 academic year. He also has overseen the addition of the Charger Fields Complex, which serves as home to baseball, softball, and soccer, and the LifePlex, which hosts men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball, as well as the training facilities for all Ancilla College student-athletes.

July 2007