Disability Services: Lake Region Human Service Center
The N.D. Department of Human Services offers various programs and services that help people with disabilities and their families live meaningful and productive lives.
Developmental Disabilities Services
Case managers assist eligible individuals and their families in identifying, coordinating, and monitoring the support services necessary to meet individually determined outcomes. Individuals with intellectual disability or related conditions and similar needs may be eligible for services.
Community services authorized and coordinated through case managers include:
- Group homes
- Day support programs
- Individualized supported living arrangements
- Supported living
- Supported employment and extended services
- Family support services
- Family subsidy
- Infant development/early intervention services
- Adult family foster care
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation provides planning and services to help people with disabilities find and keep a job that matches their skills, interests, and abilities.
Services may include:
- Assistive technology
- Diagnostic and evaluation services
- Equipment distribution services
- Follow-up to ensure compatibility between the individual and his or her job
- Independent living services
- Individualized vocational counseling and guidance
- Vocational training
- Job development and job placement including resume development and interviewing strategies
- Maintaining a job
- Physical or mental restoration
- Post-employment services
- Supported employment services
- Vision services
Services to assist businesses find solutions to their disability-related issues
Contact Information:
200 Highway 2 SW
PO Box 650
Devils Lake, ND 58301-0650
Phone: (701) 665-2235
Fax: (701) 665-2300
Toll Free: (888) 607-8610
ND Relay TTY: (800) 366-6888
Website: www.nd.gov/dhs/dvr/index.html
E-mail: dhslrhsc@nd.gov
Other Resources
North Dakota Client Assistance Program (CAP)
The Client Assistance Program is an independent program that advocates for people with disabilities in North Dakota who are seeking or receiving services through the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Projects, and Independent Living Centers.
The program offers information and referrals, negotiation services, mediation, and assistance with fair hearings for clients and program applicants.
Contact Information:
Phone: (701) 328-2950
Central Intake: (701) 328-3950
Toll Free: (800) 472-2670
ND Relay TTY: (800) 366-6888
Website: www.ndpanda.org/cap/
E-mail: panda@nd.gov
Interagency Program for Assistive Technology (IPAT)
The N.D. Department of Human Services contracts with the Interagency Program for Assistive Technology to provide people with disabilities or people with changing abilities access to adaptive equipment and assistive technology.
Contact Information:
Fargo
3240 15th St. S., Suite B
Fargo, ND 58104
Phone: (701) 365-4728
Toll Free: (800) 895-4728
Fax: (701) 365-6242
Website: www.ndipat.org
Bismarck
400 East Broadway, Suite 501
Bismarck, ND 58501
Toll Free: (888) 540-4728
Fax: (701) 258-7474
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