“You’re Hired!”
Join us. Our mission is to empower people with disabilities by preparing and placing them into meaningful work.
We are Opportunity Center-Easterseals.
Since 1956, Opportunity Center-Easterseals has empowered thousands of people with disabilities by preparing and placing them in the local workforce.
For 2024-2025 School Year
Project SEARCH in Calhoun County Starts Soon!
Project SEARCH allows high school students with disabilities to explore employment in multiple industries through internships with local businesses.
Let’s Work Together
Without Opportunity Center and partnerships from agencies and local businesses, it’s difficult for people with disabilities to prepare and find jobs that are a win-win for them and their employers. This is discouraging and causes people to lose hope.
Together, with your partnership, we empower people with disabilities to discover their capabilities and do meaningful work across many fields and duties.
As a business, you can support Opportunity Center and our consumers by donating, purchasing office and marketing products, hiring ready-for-work employees, and partnering with us to mass produce manufactured products efficiently.
What You Can Do
Hire
Join our employment mission by hiring people with disabilities into vocational employment or hiring us to mass produce your product.
Buy
Browse and purchase a wide range of office, print, and marketing products customized and made for you at Opportunity Center.
Support
Make a donation to support our work and mission to prepare and place people with disabilities into meaningful employment.
Connecting the Dots Benefits Everyone
People with disabilities want to do meaningful work. Employers need reliable labor and cost-effective products.Government programs can only go so far.
Opportunity Center was founded in 1956 to connect the dots between individual, community, and societal needs and is now a leader in forming mutually beneficial training and work partnerships in Alabama and beyond.
Our History
Our Impact
Our Vision
Buy
Products that help you run and promote your business.
You support our mission when you purchase marketing, promotional, and office products from Opportunity Center-Easterseals.
Business Printing
Order brochures, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, custom forms, labels, and other office printing.
Screenprinting
Brand your work polos, uniforms, t-shirts, hats, and more with up to 6-color custom designs.
Embroidery
Embroider your logo and more on quality brand shirts, bags, towels, and other specialty items.
Signs & Banners
Get noticed with plastic or metal signs and heavy-duty 4-color banners as large as 4″ x 28″!
Medals & Trophies
Recognize & celebrate achievements with custom-shaped medals, plaques, and trophies.
Partner. Prepare. Place.
How Job Training and Placement Works
For individuals or representative programs interested in job evaluation, preparation, and placement — or partnering businesses — it’s simple to get started.
For Job Seekers
Contact Us
If you are a referring agency, contact us. If you are a caretaker or individual requesting services, contact ADRS or us for next steps.
Complete an Evaluation
An evaluation helps determine the best action plan, services, and potential vocation for job placement.
Get Training and Placement
Receive vocational job training, counseling, and additional job-readiness services to prepare for employment.
Maintain Employment
Live an empowered life through meaningful work and appropriate independence.
For Hiring Partners
Contact Us
If you are an employer that would like to partner with Opportunity Center-Easterseals to hire employees, contact us.
Complete Our Onboarding
We’ll work with you and your HR team to ensure the placement process goes smoothly.
Add Employees
Onboard new employees as they are trained and prepared to fill your work roles.
Maintain Employment
Successful employment helps people with disabilities live and work more independently.
Vision
When organizations work together, every person with a disability can access the job training, opportunity, and support they need to live an empowered life.
10K+
Job Placements
1M+
Products Produced
67+
Years of Community Service
Common Questions
What does it cost to participate in programs offered by the Opportunity Center-Easterseals to people with disabilities?
A: The Opportunity Center-Easterseals has several programs that provide various services to people with disabilities, none of which cost the individual participant or his/her family anything. Please visit the What We Do tab on the homepage for more details and to submit an inquiry for more information.
How do I get a job at Opportunity Center-Easterseals?
A: Opportunity Center jobs are intended for persons with disabilities who are, due to those disabilities, excluded from jobs in the competitive workplace. Positions are filled based on eligibility, job availability and need. For more information, please call (256) 820-9960, or see our current job openings http://www.phoenixhsv.org/job-openings/
How can you help support?
A: You can support the Opportunity Center-Easterseals services with disabilities through a variety of giving options: donations, corporate sponsors, tribute and memorials, and gift securities.
Will Bruser
Susan and the Opportuntiy Center have been great to work with! They do high-quality work for a great price and they’ve never missed a deadline.